‘Tis the DAY!
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MidwestDad
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Mattis spoke at USMA last year; this year it is Dunford. Gotta stop letting all those jarheads thru Thayer gate . . .
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CHAOS = Colonel Has An Outstanding Solution (Mattis was an O-6 when he got the call-sign/nickname).
Source:
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/ne...s-explains-the-origin-of-the-call-sign-chaos/
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I admire Gen Mattis as the classic warrior-scholar, in the same vein as VADM James Stockdale.
This is an older link, because his reading lists are legendary, but I like the way it’s tailored to various ranks and roles:
https://militaryreadinglists.com/reading_list/47-lt-gen-james-mattis.html
Let’s have a round-up of his quotes:
http://www.businessinsider.com/james-mattis-quotes-2018-3
This is an older link, because his reading lists are legendary, but I like the way it’s tailored to various ranks and roles:
https://militaryreadinglists.com/reading_list/47-lt-gen-james-mattis.html
Let’s have a round-up of his quotes:
http://www.businessinsider.com/james-mattis-quotes-2018-3
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DS (a C1C from a proud USMC family) felt honored hearing the motivating & inspiring speech. [emoji106]
Here is a partial write up from ABC Channel 13:
"Mattis made a few jokes, but amid his light-hearted demeanor was a message of hope for the future: that the enemies of America would know the lethality of the Air Force with the aid of this class. He called on the soon-to-be second lieutenants (at the time of this writing anyway) to be "harder than a petrified woodpecker's lips" and said he was proud of the work they put in at the Academy.
- ABC Channel 13 Copyright 2018 KRDO.
Here is a partial write up from ABC Channel 13:
"Mattis made a few jokes, but amid his light-hearted demeanor was a message of hope for the future: that the enemies of America would know the lethality of the Air Force with the aid of this class. He called on the soon-to-be second lieutenants (at the time of this writing anyway) to be "harder than a petrified woodpecker's lips" and said he was proud of the work they put in at the Academy.
- ABC Channel 13 Copyright 2018 KRDO.
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thanks!
It feels surreal. Loved Mattis but I think the best speech of the day was the invocation. Chaplin Costin totally nailed it!