Re: [MV] Award recommendation suggestions

From: Ken Boge (ken@clovermachine.com)
Date: Wed Jan 02 2002 - 12:36:54 PST


Tom,

I hate to be a hard-ass, but I vote for summary execution (both you and the
dogs) if you are not able to control them.
A pack of dogs can do a lot of damage to a herd of cows.
Now what the heck does this have to do with military vehicles?

Ken

> Please take the following administrative action under advisement and
> forward
> you suggestions to Head Quarters here at Camp Woodburn at your
> convenience.
> For the last several months a K9 transfer has been assigned here as
> guard to the Camp Woodburn Motor Pool.
> This K9, Sgt. FUBAR, came here for corrective training for an AWOL
> problem from another assignment.
> Sgt. FUBAR's tour of duty here has been outstanding until a resent
> event where
> Sgt. FUBAR was recruited by a deliciously smelling WAC K9 for special
> service.
> This service included, among other things, reckoning a Bovine Battalion
> on a
> nearby ridge.
> Unbeknownst to Sgt. FUBAR this was enemy held territory and he was
> involved with an ambushed by the Cow Commander of the Bovine Battalion.
> Two members of Sgt. FUBAR's special squad were KIA and two more were
> WIA, one of which was Sgt. FUBAR. The WAC K9 escaped unharmed to carry
> on the bloodline of her German heritage.
> Sgt. FUBAR sustained a load of bird shot to the head and neck area.
> Sgt. FUBAR made his way back to the field aid station were he was
> evacuated to
> a more suitable medical facility.
> Here in lies the problem, should Sgt. FUBAR be awarded for his service
>
> and wounds, or court marshaled for dereliction of duty.
> His fate is in your hands but before you decide here is a little
> information to
> help weight your decision.
> Sgt. FUBAR is a yellow lab recruited from the dog orphanage.
> Like any good lab he is loyal to a fault and his brown eyes are
> capable of
> melting your heart.
> To date this event has cost Sgt. FUBAR his pride to say the least. The
> front half
> of his body has been shaved for treatment and the 6" scab on the top of
> his head
> is not he least bit attractive. He will confined to the cage in the mess
> hall until
> the weather warms up or his hair grows back, whichever comes first.
> Please let your conscious be your guide.
> Respectfully Submitted
> Pfc. Tom Woodburn
> PFCIC Camp Woodburn Motor Pool



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