tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post8362581976474703205..comments2023-10-25T06:13:28.265-04:00Comments on The Conservative Wahoo: Shinseki at VAThe Conservative Wahoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17818674434286683162noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-18313157178099229072008-12-09T21:29:00.000-05:002008-12-09T21:29:00.000-05:00I worked for him in Sarajevo. He's the best. Whe...I worked for him in Sarajevo. He's the best. When I left I told him as much and he also thought it was funny a Navy guy looked up to him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-8577147746398418112008-12-09T16:29:00.000-05:002008-12-09T16:29:00.000-05:00Reminds me of the story about a Green Beret soldie...Reminds me of the story about a Green Beret soldier asking a Marine why the Corps did not have distinctive headgear for personnel in elite units. The Marine pointed to the Marine Corps emblem on his cover and said "we do have distinctive headgear for people in an elite unit and there it is. Semper Fi.Smoothfurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08141131580433212173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-19824851008480745522008-12-09T16:26:00.000-05:002008-12-09T16:26:00.000-05:00I agree that General Shinseki had every right to s...I agree that General Shinseki had every right to say screw it, we'll all wear berets. But he could have accomplished this by having the Army in general wear any other color beret without denigrating the proud Army Rangers by taking away their distinctive black beret which in the thirty plus years since being adopted had become a symbol of something earned by a few.Smoothfurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08141131580433212173noreply@blogger.com