I’d make a disparaging remark about taxpayer dollars being poorly invested, but I got a glimpse at the 3rd ID headquarters operation at BIAP during OIF3. There are literally dozens of officers there looking for make-work. I don’t know whether I would consider this a plush situation or truly depressing. I suppose if I had done two tours much lower down the chain I probably would relish the opportunity to drink coffee and worry about the general’s bowel movements for a year. Many of those guys had done a tour already, since 3rd ID took part in OIF1. Still, there were perhaps 100 guys getting combat pay for hanging out at BIAP for a year.
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"We're not innovating. We're selectively imitating." June Bernstein, Acting President of the University of Arizona in Tucson, November 15, 1998.
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