My Message To The Forum And Why I Am So Critical Of The GOP

[TahitiNut]

40. Yup. We were "speshul" alright. I was in the DSC ... next to the Generals' compound.

We erected the blast wall around it ... to make sure that any indirect fire that was on-target would be contained and kill everyone inside. (That's the "military mind" for ya.)
I vaguely remember the (annual?) MPC conversion ... and all the panicked grey market folks.

Did you work "up on the hill" (to the west-northwest) in one of the 2-story tin tilt-ups? I only had a couple of trips up there when I was working on Strength Accountability. (hush-hush shit ... "foxhole strength" in detail) I needed to tap into intel on action reports to apply "fuzz" for units on LRPs. I got it within an RCH (technical measure of precision) of dead-nuts-on. The Pentagon was happy. 1969 was the first year they could actually know how many troops were in Viet Nam THAT WEEK ... without waiting 4-6 months for the data to be crunched. Until I redesigned the system, they were failing on the first rule of warfare: know the location and condition of all your forces. (That's been the first rule since the first caveman told another one to pick up a rock and throw it.)

Or did you work in one of the barracks buildings "on the street"? I recall the building where we went for orders and promo tests ... where the LtCol who bought it on Feb 23rd worked. I bunked on the 2nd floor above our arms room ... just across from the Chapel (and pool).

You guys did six-and-six, as I recall. I Corps wasn't on my tour schedule (thank the gods). I did January-November 1969... just shy of 11 months before I got Nixon's "home for the holidays" treatment.

Backatcha, GI.