tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1665619563748706349.post7776520102528101279..comments2023-10-07T07:44:17.892-07:00Comments on The New Englander: Rowing Well, Towards the LightThe New Englanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06201310505648616855noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1665619563748706349.post-58817194332338501332011-05-08T14:58:35.545-07:002011-05-08T14:58:35.545-07:00I skipped R&R on my first tour, so I could get...I skipped R&R on my first tour, so I could get home quicker (100 Missons North and out). Then it dawned on my Flight Commander and he slowed me down on the schedule. :-(<br /><br />Second tour I did both R&R and, later, a Week's leave. The latter was so I wouldn't be there for our craven and cowardly abandonment of Cambodia in the Summer of 1973. Otherwise I would have been on TV, crawling out of the Wing King's aircraft back seat (I was his Instructor Pilot, back when we did such things). I scooted for fear I would tell the Press what I thought.<br /><br />Looking forward to seeing you in June, but not seeing very much of you, as you make up for lost time with Lily and Mother.<br /><br />Regards — CliffC R Kriegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10563658418464959198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1665619563748706349.post-55543480308423007172011-05-08T12:57:23.872-07:002011-05-08T12:57:23.872-07:00Can't comment on the situation in which you fi...Can't comment on the situation in which you find yourself, so hard to know the relative color of the grass, but I've been up to my ears in preparations for our annual conference (and the bureaucratic insanity which always ensues) and thinking to myself when reading your writing lately that bureaucracies may not know the difference between military and civilian. This time, a coworker nominally in charge of coordinating the group's effort pulled up lame and took a 3 week medical leave in the middle of it. (I asked my boss if he could tell me the specific excuse, so I consider using it myself). It's thus fallen on the rest of us to discover all the missed deadlines, fix all the incorrectly done paperwork, and handle the bogies heading straight for us while we try to do our other full times jobs as well. The paychecks still clear, so we're nothing but grateful, but it's still a wear on the emotions to have to go through it. Glad you're getting your R&R at just the right time, and here's hoping it'll be more reasonable once you hold Lily and enjoy reminder of what it's all about. Looking forward to some Viet-Thai!Craig Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09824029248081902170noreply@blogger.com