Mail Bag

I just received some emails from Capt. S. so I figured I relay what he had to say.

Mooch-
Why do I have to find out about this site from 2nd hand sources? I had to find out from the Maj. Thanks a lot. Remember, I know you. I spent 48 hours straight with you in the Hummer as we crossed the desert speaking in dialect ranging from New York Italian immigrants to Iraqi peasants.
Capt S

I guess I have a little explaining to do. First off, the good Captain accuses me of not telling him I had a blog or that he was a central character. Beats the crap out of me. I thought I had told him. Good thing he spoke with the Major and got the straight skinny. Secondly the Captain without reading the blog, made sure to point out that I better not embellish anything or distort the truth (not a chance). Lastly, the dialect thing...well it's kind of hard to explain. From the beginning then. While in Kuwait we were attempting to learn some Iraqi words in order to make it easier to deal with prisoners and locals. The system worked well. We would put a couple of words a day on the white board and everyone would memorize them. Well Marines can never just do things the normal way. In order to make the learning process smoother we all started to say the words like Iraqis (well at least how we thought they should speak!) Long, bellowing "YYYEEESSS" would answer just about any question. Rolling RRRR's, the whole kit and kaboodle worth of pigdin English-Iraqi. Anyway, it wasn't enough during the long road marches for us to just stick with the English-Iraqi, soon we were speaking Arnold Schwarzenegger English and Italian-accented English. I know it doesn't sound funny, but you just had to be there for it. Anyway, the Captain advised us that the moment we got home, our wives would outlaw the speaking of the English-Iraqi and just as he predicted, it only took two or three times before my wife put the kibash on it. You know what I said when she did? "YYYYEEEESSSS!" (Again it's funnier if you where there.)

I asked the Captain what he thought about the blog and he sent a few comments:
SSgt-
I am still reading it. I just read Morning person. Good description and comical. I will let you know.
Capt S

SSgt-
reads well and accurate. Jarred a lot of memories. Fletcher's helmet made me laugh aloud. I forgot about that. What a Jerk.

That comment about Fletch being a jerk well it's not meant with malice. Fletch would be the first to tell you. Whenever we thought someone was acting dumb or did something stupid, well the automatic response was "what a jerk". Again something you had to be there for.

SSgt-
The way you portrayed the XO was to the "T".
Capt S

Anyway, it was good to hear from the Captain.
S/F
Mooch