SENSIBLE SURVIVOR

Once upon a time I was a Battalion Commander. My staff and I were preparing a large group of Soldiers to deploy to Iraq for war. As part of their training, we had a variety of vehicle exercises where we used live ammunition, pyro-techniques, paint-ball style ammunition, role players, enemy forces (OPFOR) and scripted scenarios. We would create certain scenarios and my Soldiers would have to use their training to effectively negotiate the scenario and continue with their mission. One young Sergeant, freshly returned from a tour in Iraq, took me aside and told me, "Sir, this is not the way we did it in Iraq when I was there. We're learning the wrong things."... I and my family have lived all over the world and in all parts of the United States. I am a retired US Army Colonel with 30 years of military experience. I and my family have lived through a lot of tough times and we have a lot of experience with disasters... I am optimistic about people and the world. I look for the good in..

Also known as: The Sensible Survivor