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August 29th, 2003
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | Post; A page from the pastBelieve it or not, this was an actual question from an officer’s test in the US Army back in the 1870's. You are the lieutenant of a platoon of men consisting of one Non Commissioned Officer and eight private soldiers. You have been given a timber, rope, rock and support, and all fasteners required for a flagstaff forty feet high. You have been given this material and men to erect a flagpole in front of the General Headquarters building for your post. What shall your actions be to get the flagpole erected?  The correct answer? Turn to the NCO and order him to erect the flagpole in front of the General Headquarters’ building. Any other answer was a failing grade! 
__________________ “If we should have to fight, we should be prepared to do so from the neck up instead of from the neck down.”— General James H. Doolittle, USAAF |
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August 29th, 2003
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | Haha, I hatew those kind of questions
__________________ No Voice |
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January 17th, 2004
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | ...What should you're actions be? Do you have the answer? |
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January 17th, 2004
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| Buttercup  | Quote:
__________________ No boom, no boom, no boom, Amen. | |
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January 17th, 2004
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | Whoops didn't see that. |
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January 17th, 2004
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| Buttercup | Haha, didn't figure you did.  |
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January 18th, 2004
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | lol... i hate those questions/answers... like the worksheets that make you do all this crap and they say read everything before doing anything... and then at the botton it says put your name on the top and thats it.... and it says to like mooo and yell your name and stuff
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March 13th, 2004
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| Centurion | "Joint chiefs, erect the flagpole." "General, erect the flagpole." "Colonel, erect the flagpole." "Lt. Colonel, erect the flagpole." "Major, erect the flagpole." "Captain, erect the flagpole." "Lieutenant, erect the flagpole!" "Sergeant, erect the flagpole." "Maggots, erect the flagpole!" |
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March 27th, 2004
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| Milites Gregarius | Cant do it sir, we're on a time out.
__________________ People want to know what is expected of them...they need to know how you measuere that success and give them the latitude to learn. ---General Schwarzkopf |
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March 27th, 2004
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| Centurion | Sorry, Sgt, my profile says no flagpole erecting! |
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