http://www.thegunline.com/blog/2009/01/a-day-in-the-life/ A view from the haft of the spear... Sun, 01 Aug 2010 05:54:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.thegunline.com/blog/2009/01/a-day-in-the-life/comment-page-1/#comment-32 admin Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:40:48 +0000 http://www.thegunline.com/blog/?p=46#comment-32 You are absolutely right... Both on the communications and how the memory dims... However, "Haveloc's line" was a special arrangement, I'm not quite sure it was completely above board (though I was thankful to have it) and I had to use the phone in a buddy's room across the hall (I think it was Calazzo who let me use his line)... The fact that we have the internet almost immediately available, and the fact that this place has turned out not to be what I had thought it would be makes me grateful. I remember the frequency of mail during my Marine UDP pumps to Okinawa (for which I was also <em>very</em> thankful...), a vast improvement over what was available to the units who moved about in a fluid battle space earlier in this conflict (or had been available to the ground units of my father's war). My point? Simply that I must remain aware that my comforts today were paid for by the blood of the men who came before, and not take it for granted. There's a reason for the bullet scars on some of the buildings. Thanks for jogging the memory... (Just as a sidenote: You once expressed amazement at certain morning "regularities"... Now it's a "hundred meter dash" if I misread certain indicators, and while there hasn't been a catastrophe yet, there <em>have</em> been some close calls...) You are absolutely right… Both on the communications and how the memory dims… However, “Haveloc’s line” was a special arrangement, I’m not quite sure it was completely above board (though I was thankful to have it) and I had to use the phone in a buddy’s room across the hall (I think it was Calazzo who let me use his line)…
The fact that we have the internet almost immediately available, and the fact that this place has turned out not to be what I had thought it would be makes me grateful.
I remember the frequency of mail during my Marine UDP pumps to Okinawa (for which I was also very thankful…), a vast improvement over what was available to the units who moved about in a fluid battle space earlier in this conflict (or had been available to the ground units of my father’s war).
My point? Simply that I must remain aware that my comforts today were paid for by the blood of the men who came before, and not take it for granted. There’s a reason for the bullet scars on some of the buildings.
Thanks for jogging the memory…
(Just as a sidenote: You once expressed amazement at certain morning “regularities”… Now it’s a “hundred meter dash” if I misread certain indicators, and while there hasn’t been a catastrophe yet, there have been some close calls…)

]]> http://www.thegunline.com/blog/2009/01/a-day-in-the-life/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Susan Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:50:08 +0000 http://www.thegunline.com/blog/?p=46#comment-30 As I recall, letters to you were sent out at least 2-3 per week during previous deployments. During the one previous to this, phone contact was several times per week as well, courtesy of Haveloc. Ah, how the memory dims with age..... As I recall, letters to you were sent out at least 2-3 per week during previous deployments. During the one previous to this, phone contact was several times per week as well, courtesy of Haveloc. Ah, how the memory dims with age…..

]]> http://www.thegunline.com/blog/2009/01/a-day-in-the-life/comment-page-1/#comment-27 David M Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:48:15 +0000 http://www.thegunline.com/blog/?p=46#comment-27 The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the blog post <a href="http://thunderrun.blogspot.com/2009/01/from-front-01062009.html" rel="nofollow">From the Front: 01/06/2009 </a> News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front. The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the blog post From the Front: 01/06/2009 News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front.

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