I'm On The Way To Santa Barbara...

Posted By Blackfive

...so posting will be probably be non-existent or light as the wedding (I am a groomsman) has events scheduled from eleven AM to midnight every day. I'll need a vacation after this one.

This is the wedding of one of my best friends, Todd, who I met twelve years ago in the Army. I was his sponsor when he arrived at Division HQ. I was supposed to show him around and get him settled in on the base. I didn't want to spend extra time on top of my usual 14 hour work day showing a newbie around the base.

We are completely different. He was a Candy-Ass College Boy Straight Off Of Fraternity Row, and I was a Mustang. He went strictly by the book and letter of the law (or UCMJ). I did whatever it took to get a mission done - including bribing Range NCO's with Jack Daniels and German contractors with Cigarettes, and occasionally stealing Wesley Clark's air conditioner so my men had a cool place to sleep once in awhile. He also frowned upon my choice in girlfriends which sometimes resulted in the breaking of a few rules - both official and unofficial - one was the Division Commander's Admin Assistant and one was the FORSCOM Commander's daughter (not at the same time...pervs).

We ended up becoming the best of friends.

I learned a lot from Todd. He reminded me of why I chose to become an Officer in the first place. Sometimes, you kind of lose your way along the career path. Todd brought me back into being a leader instead of being a smart-ass, know-it-all, jaded lifer. In return, I got Todd into a lot of trouble. Heh.

Anyway, here's a picture of the adorable couple (I think Todd's hammered).

Have a great week/weekend everyone!

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I'm On The Way To Santa Barbara...

...so posting will be probably be non-existent or light as the wedding (I am a groomsman) has events scheduled from eleven AM to midnight every day. I'll need a vacation after this one.

This is the wedding of one of my best friends, Todd, who I met twelve years ago in the Army. I was his sponsor when he arrived at Division HQ. I was supposed to show him around and get him settled in on the base. I didn't want to spend extra time on top of my usual 14 hour work day showing a newbie around the base.

We are completely different. He was a Candy-Ass College Boy Straight Off Of Fraternity Row, and I was a Mustang. He went strictly by the book and letter of the law (or UCMJ). I did whatever it took to get a mission done - including bribing Range NCO's with Jack Daniels and German contractors with Cigarettes, and occasionally stealing Wesley Clark's air conditioner so my men had a cool place to sleep once in awhile. He also frowned upon my choice in girlfriends which sometimes resulted in the breaking of a few rules - both official and unofficial - one was the Division Commander's Admin Assistant and one was the FORSCOM Commander's daughter (not at the same time...pervs).

We ended up becoming the best of friends.

I learned a lot from Todd. He reminded me of why I chose to become an Officer in the first place. Sometimes, you kind of lose your way along the career path. Todd brought me back into being a leader instead of being a smart-ass, know-it-all, jaded lifer. In return, I got Todd into a lot of trouble. Heh.

Anyway, here's a picture of the adorable couple (I think Todd's hammered).

Have a great week/weekend everyone!

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