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	Name:	Talullahhound -
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	Date:	10/16/2009 8:29:13 PM

No, I actually love the military. My family all served, including my husband. I have admired their ability to come into a new job, assimulate themselves and pretty soon it was like they worked there forever. I had a number of people that came into my office as military, and I hired them back as civilians. They were some of the best people in my organization. One Master Sargent who was our office admin was the most professional person I have ever met. He retired and came back to our organization. He's just been promoted into a Management position, and I have no doubt that he will be an SES before he is done. Even after he retired he continued to mentor the NCOs in our organization.

I had one AF Major that came to work in my office. He fought me all the time. He was dumb as dirt. Didn't assimulate, didn't bond with the other military. I can only assume that he had been promoted filling someone's quota along the way. He was an exception.

I've known some asses along the way -- but I suspect they would have been asses whether they wore the uniform or not.

Alahusker, Sometimes it's a fine line between between "doing what's right for the country" and being a loose canon. Since you became a senior commander, I assume that you were prudent in your judgement. In my view, there is nothing wrong with speaking up when the time is right. But some people continually kick up dust because they always think they know better than their bosses.

BTW, it seems to me that a lot of you have a bias against civilians. Too bad, because so many civilians were working to support you when you wore the uniform.