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Name:   MAJ USA RET The author of this post is registered as a member - Email Member
Subject:   A Purple Assignment
Date:   10/17/2009 9:36:10 AM

In Iraq (I was recalled from retirement to serve all of 2007 in Baghdad, we were "purple"... that is ALL services - men and women - working together in a joint assignment (in this case WIAS). Officers' performance was more likely to be based on individual attitude,not service of origin. To be sure, the difference in training doctrine was obvious, but everyone understood the 5 paragraph order and knew how to get on board with that system. We had reserve, and national guard, and IRR people in the HQ (MNF-I). My two star star (DCS) started out AF and then became USMC (the son of a classmate of my father at USNA). My boss was a Navy CAPT and then an AF Col. Each change brought a change in demeanor. I was replaced by an AF LtCol. WE also had Brits and Aussie's in our shop.

And I went out to work with Iraqis... that is grist for a whole different post.
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A Socialist America - Yankee06 - 10/13/2009 1:21:14 PM
     A Socialist America - Talullahhound - 10/13/2009 5:07:29 PM
          A Socialist America - green,ed - 10/13/2009 5:31:59 PM
               No she - water_watcher - 10/13/2009 5:55:37 PM
               A Socialist America - Talullahhound - 10/13/2009 10:42:40 PM
                    OMG - water_watcher - 10/14/2009 5:47:56 AM
          Hound - wix - 10/13/2009 6:22:53 PM
               Hound - water_watcher - 10/13/2009 7:05:27 PM
                    WW - Talullahhound - 10/13/2009 10:50:16 PM
                         A Socialist America - Yankee06 - 10/14/2009 1:16:42 AM
                              A Socialist America - MartiniMan - 10/14/2009 10:41:17 AM
                         Hound - water_watcher - 10/14/2009 5:49:04 AM
                         Hound - a response - water_watcher - 10/14/2009 6:06:44 AM
                              Hound - one other thing - water_watcher - 10/14/2009 6:17:11 AM
                              A Response - Talullahhound - 10/14/2009 6:22:53 AM
                                   A Response - water_watcher - 10/14/2009 6:54:54 AM
                                   last comment - water_watcher - 10/14/2009 7:00:53 AM
                                   Wow - lamont - 10/14/2009 8:11:23 AM
          Hope you are wrong - MartiniMan - 10/14/2009 10:18:36 AM
     My favorite post to this threa - CAT BOAT - 10/14/2009 9:19:11 AM
          Sissy.... NT - lamont - 10/14/2009 9:52:01 AM
          My favorite post to this threa - MAJ USA RET - 10/16/2009 10:38:55 AM
               My favorite post to this threa - MrHodja - 10/16/2009 10:49:49 AM
                    From the Heart - MAJ USA RET - 10/16/2009 2:18:09 PM
                         From the Heart - MAJ USA RET - 10/16/2009 2:26:55 PM
                              Ah - Talullahhound - 10/16/2009 2:50:38 PM
                                   Ah - MAJ USA RET - 10/16/2009 3:30:07 PM
                                   Ah - MrHodja - 10/16/2009 4:22:13 PM
                                   Ah - MrHodja - 10/16/2009 4:41:19 PM
                                        Ah - MAJ USA RET - 10/16/2009 6:55:47 PM
                                             Ah - MrHodja - 10/16/2009 10:33:06 PM
                                        Yup, Hound comes clean.. - alahusker - 10/16/2009 7:04:09 PM
                                             No - Talullahhound - 10/16/2009 8:29:13 PM
                                                  And Alahusker - Talullahhound - 10/16/2009 8:33:35 PM
                                                       And Alahusker - alahusker - 10/16/2009 10:15:24 PM
                                                            And Alahusker - Talullahhound - 10/17/2009 8:27:13 AM
                                                                 A Purple Assignment - MAJ USA RET - 10/17/2009 9:36:10 AM
                                                                      A Purple Assignment - Talullahhound - 10/17/2009 10:51:48 AM
                                                                 And Alahusker - alahusker - 10/17/2009 8:00:13 PM
                                                                      And Alahusker - Talullahhound - 10/18/2009 8:26:13 AM
                                                                           And Another Debate - MrHodja - 10/18/2009 5:19:39 PM
                                                                                Army Officer Oath - MAJ USA RET - 10/18/2009 5:49:44 PM
                                                                                     Army Officer Oath - Talullahhound - 10/19/2009 12:11:17 AM
                                                  No - MrHodja - 10/16/2009 10:40:21 PM
                                                       Sorry - Talullahhound - 10/17/2009 8:14:01 AM
                                   Shameful - MartiniMan - 10/16/2009 9:17:13 PM
     Amazing thread.. - alahusker - 10/14/2009 7:58:04 PM
          Amazing thread.. - MrHodja - 10/14/2009 10:40:37 PM
          For the Record - Talullahhound - 10/15/2009 9:50:31 AM
               For the Record - MrHodja - 10/15/2009 1:38:09 PM
                    For the Record - Talullahhound - 10/15/2009 3:40:16 PM


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