For those of you following my Blog I am sorry I am so far behind - 5 days to be exact. In the last few days I have been the mediator between two Iraqi LtCols and the Dining facility Manager, yelled at the the Senior Dining Facility Manager, I have observed and helped direct one evening meal, I "acquired" seven cell phones, yelled at two Iraqi LtCols, conduct a meeting with two Iraqi Cols, inspected 300+ rooms and facilities, moved 2 conexes (large metal containers), received four days of Iraqi VIPs (Generals) and two days of US VIPs (Generals), and all while preparing for an upcoming mission to visit the local grade school.
So...on Saturday the 17th I had the "distinct" pleasure of organizing an "on the spot" meeting between the two visiting Battalion Executive Officers (LtCols) and the Dining facility Manager. The short version is that the Battalions - about 750 each - were not getting served the correct menu. The soldiers knew it and they were angry that they were not getting enough food. The lack of food was not necessary the dining facility manager fault because he was hired at the last minute. After pointing out that the Battalions were sent here with only a few days notice - it was agreed that the Dining Facility and the Battalions would need to be flexible. The short notice of their arrival combined with the fact that they are the first set of soldiers through this training program is reason enough to give everyone a few days to work out all the bugs and issues. In addition to this topic of food service I had 3 other point to make. The one point that I made clear was there was to be not food in the living quarters - we are in the desert and mice and rats tend to appear out of nowhere when the weather gets warm. At 2310 I reiterated this point as we were getting up to leave the area. My closing statement went something like this. "Okay so we all agree no food in the rooms - because the mice will find any leftover food and long after you are gone the mice will arrive." With out skipping a beat one of the LtCol said, "that's okay the next Battalion will just have to bring cats." Great a funny LtCol - that's just what I need. Well at least I left the meeting with a laugh. See ya tomorrow -
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Seems like you're just adding to your resume, for jobs in the civilian word. However, because you have all this experience, you do realize that you are now OVER-qualified to be President of the US.
So when you said you helped with a dinner, were you cooking? Taking food orders? Bussing tables? You better hope Jess doesn't get wind of this, or you'll be expected to do that stuff when you get home.
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