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Originally Posted by Abbott Shaull
So was the dick in question from the 3rd ID Brigade you were to work with?
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Rock(heads) of the Marne!
It was always a kinda of an odd thing, but whenever 2ACR had to be pulled off of its border patrol duties for gunnery/field exercises, our relief was always pulled from the 3ID...and when we got back, the BGS troopers would inquire as to just where the US Army had located that band of idiots.
Then there was the rock wars...being a cavalry outfit, the dog-and-pony show always kept the big rock right outside of the border camp gate painted red/white...whenever the 3ID showed up, the rock got painted blue/white stripes. We would come back and get orders to paint the rock again. It was always an article of faith among the troopers that the rock had originally started life the size of a baseball and had accumulated so many layers of paint that it was now the size of a VW Bug!
You know the Russians who were watching this entertainment had to be convinced that it was actually some kind of propaganda ploy...because they were always painting this rock red with the ole yellow hammer/sickle...on their side of the grenze!