One of the things that
is important to think about
So it's boots on the ground.
You're there
you stand slightly aside from the chain
you don't have executive authority,
But so you see,
rank is there to get you into places
So on a day to day basis, yes you've got
all the people doing their ordinary work.
Go into offices in the hangars
where the flight line created
but you also have direct access
So the station commander, the detachment
But also, you're often
outside of the chain.
So you can find yourself on a late night
and notice
and just a drop in
Why are you still here?
What's going on?
A colleague, a colleague of mine
to get the answer "I'm choosing who might
as they were going through the targets
And he just sat with him
not making those decisions,
there as he worked through his own mind
And those stories are repeated
There's times when we have been
to talk to about something or somebody
and sometimes it's really strange advice.
Like you're
I'm worried about Fred.
So in a surreptitious way,
in his flight line,
and sometimes go back and say,
We need to get help.
In Vietnam.
What would happen
Vietnam, they found a sniper
and the chaplain was worth $1,000
because they knew that
and had a chaplain removed,
Not least,
if that bloke that speaks to God
But as a whole, morale issue