Claude's Ventures

Ballad of the Green Berets
Fighting soldiers from the sky
Fearless men who jump and die
Men who mean just what they say
The brave men of the Green Beret
Silver wings upon their chest
These are men, America’s best
One hundred men we’ll test today
But only three win the Green Beret
Trained to live, off nature’s land
Trained in combat, hand to hand
Men [...]

Unfortunately, it took going to the IG (Inspector General) and several calls to be released from Camp Atterbury.
It was during my rounds of trying to get out of there that an officer (a name which will be withheld) said “Boy, they screwed you!” and “I would go to the IG.”  So I did.
The other issue [...]

Fortunate Son
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Some folks are born made to wave the flag,
Ooh, they’re red, white and blue.
And when the band plays “Hail to the chief”,
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord,
It ain’t me, it ain’t me, I ain’t no senator’s son, son.
It ain’t me, it ain’t me; I ain’t no fortunate one, no,
Yeah!
Some folks [...]

Here at Camp Atterbury I’ve been assigned to the “Holding” Company (How appropriate).
The company is made up of Soldiers demobbing (coming from activation), mobbing (being activated), retiring, getting out of the Army, medical recovery, or being processed out of Army.
The day is pretty simple. There is a 7:30 a.m. and a 3:30 p.m. formation. [...]

It’s backkkkkk!!!!
Last June I foundout that there were several problems with the way my orders were written and I began the process of fixing them.
Well, with all the phone calls and emails most of the problems were fixed –except for one item. I continued through October to try to get that corrected. Then I [...]