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To: LindyBill who wrote (96855)	1/26/2005 3:31:28 AM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Respond to of 793717

LindyBill, I remember that. On a lighter side, sometimes patient ethnicity becomes extremely important when there is a language barrier and the medical staff needs to find a translator, and quickly! - Holly

To: LindyBill who wrote (96855)	1/26/2005 3:40:13 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793717

Mobilizing for War Intel Dump By Phillip Carter Matt, a fellow Army veteran who runs a highly successful and informative blog "BlackFive", reports on a series of interviews he conducted with several of his former soldiers on a variety of subjects. I found the answers to be quite revealing, and quite consistent with what I've gathered from folks now serving on active duty or in the reserves. Item #1 caught my eye though: 1. The Duration Plus Six Concept - All believe that, at the start of the war, the entire force should have mobilized for "the duration plus six months". This is what was done during WWII. This would have set expectations correctly for the coming fight. "The duration plus six months" mentality means that everyone (Active, Reserve, Guard) is mobilized until six months after the war is over. It's a fight till it's over mentality. Expectations are very important to morale, family readiness, etc. for deploying soldiers. If you think that you'll be deployed for a year and then back home on the block, and you're stuck in Iraq for another six months, morale plummits. Then you come home for six months to a year before heading back. Soldiers are much more willing to do what is needed to be done when they know that they are in the fight until it's over. No false expectations. Let's get this @#$%er done and go home... As the proverb goes, "wisdom from the mouths of babes".