Re: [Epic] Who is the elusive Sauron1?

From: Sauron1 <sauron1_at_...>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 17:17:55 -0400

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> From: Paul Collins <pcollins_at_...>
> To: space-marine_at_...
> Subject: Re: [Epic] Who is the elusive Sauron1?
> Date: August 4, 1997 9:55 AM
>
>
>
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> > From: Philip Troy Routley <ptr320_at_...>
> > To: space-marine_at_...
> > Subject: Re: [Epic] Who is the elusive Sauron1?
> > Date: Monday, August 04, 1997 6:15 PM
> >
> > >> 1) He is/was in the army - armor company to be specific. Is he an
> > >enlisted
> > >> or officer?
> > >Blow up by an RSM would indicate that he probably was enlisted at the
> time
> > >(Although An Australian RSM (RSM Payne of 8/7 RVR for the local's)
> severly
> > >Chewed out a visiting American General for Spitting on HIS parade
> ground!
> > >Publicaly! )
> >
> > Well, I'm navy myself, so I don't know to much about attitudes of
RSM's.
> > Shipboard, however, it isn't terribly uncommon for senior NCO's to
> correct
> > junior officers when they do something stupid relating to the NCO's
part
> > ship - assuming the captain doesn't notice and do it himself of course.
> > It's part of the 'unwritten' job of a senior NCO to use his experience
to
> > 'guide' the junior officers who, while technically outranking the NCO
due
> > to their commission, lack the years of experience the NCO has. The
good
> > officers of course consult their specialists (the NCO's) and thus don't
> > make the mistake in the first place.
> >
> > Troy
> >
> In Australia a Regimental Serjant Major is a Warrent Officer (The highest
> Non Commisioned rank) who is incharge of Battalion discipline and
basically
> answers to no-one in such matters.
> On a training course a couple of years ago (I work for Telstra), two
> instructors entered the room. You could tell immediatley that they were
ex
> Warrent Officers (In Vietnam as it turned out). The nearest thing to an
IG
> commisar that I have ever met, or can think of. (After prompting from a
> house mate, we think that RSM payne won a VC)
>
Sauron1 writes; The RSM comment. In that incident {not my countries
uniform,not their country,they were suppossed to be in another country not
too far away} And I was just passing through the fire base. I am shure the
RSM knew I was "sight unseen"and made no comment to me.I was not the driver
anyway!. sauron1
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