[ARCHIVED THREAD] - False Alarm (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 1/20/2014 7:12:23 AM EDT
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Recently (January 2014), there was a chain of emails claiming Hal Moore was terminally ill. That is not the case. He is 92 and, given his mother lived to be 100, he should be with us for many years.” |
Godspeed General|
That sucks. I got We Were Soldiers Once book from the Clothing and Sales when I was in OSUT at Knox in '94. It was one of the the only "free time" book our drills would allow (NCO Guide, Street Without Joy and a couple others).
On the flipside, I wonder if his name is going to end up on the "Obama's relentless purge of the military" panic list that keeps getting posted to GD. |
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Fuck off Reaper.
Considered one of the top battlefield commanders in world history, Lt. Gen. Hal Moore established his place in military history in 1965 when he led his vastly outnumbered troops to prevail in the first major battle of the Vietnam War. Both on the battlefield and off, he has spent his lifetime studying and encouraging strong, principled leadership as a soldier and a human being. Here are his 17 leadership precepts:
1.Three strikes and you’re not out! There is always one more thing you can do to influence any situation in your favor.? 2.A leader must ask, “What am I doing that I should not be doing, and what am I not doing that I should be doing?”? 3.A leader must be visible and exhibit confidence under any set of circumstances. The determination to prevail must be felt by all.? 4.A leader must always be ready! When there is nothing going wrong, there’s nothing going wrong except there is nothing going wrong.? 5.Trust your instincts. Instincts and intuition give you an immediate estimation of a situation.? 6.Everything in leadership boils down to judgment. Intelligence and good character does not imply you have good judgment.? 7.Study history and leadership qualities. Pay special attention to why leaders fail.? 8.A person in a position of authority does not automatically become immediately respected or trusted. This is earned.? 9.Every person in an organization is as important and necessary to a mission as the next person. That goes from the top to the bottom.? 10.Instill the will to win. There can be no second-place trophies on display—awarded or accepted.? 11.Never deprive a person of their self-respect. NEVER!? 12.To do well in any field of endeavor, it is an advantage to work with good people.? 13.Strive to have one or two people around you who are totally trustworthy.? 14.Spend quality time with the team, learning who they are and what motivates them. Create a family.? 15.Great leaders learn to lead self first. Before you can lead others, leading self successfully must be accomplished day in and day out.? 16.Successful leaders create the future.? 17.Leaders must lead. Be the first boots on the ground and the last boots off. “When we go into battle, I will be the first one to set foot on the field, and I will be the last to step off. And I will leave no one behind. Dead or alive, we will come home together. So help me God.” —Lt. Co. Hal Moore, August 1965, Fort Benning, Ga. |
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Fuck off Reaper. Quoted:
Fuck off Reaper. Considered one of the top battlefield commanders in world history, Lt. Gen. Hal Moore established his place in military history in 1965 when he led his vastly outnumbered troops to prevail in the first major battle of the Vietnam War. Both on the battlefield and off, he has spent his lifetime studying and encouraging strong, principled leadership as a soldier and a human being. Here are his 17 leadership precepts:
1.Three strikes and you’re not out! There is always one more thing you can do to influence any situation in your favor.? 2.A leader must ask, “What am I doing that I should not be doing, and what am I not doing that I should be doing?”? 3.A leader must be visible and exhibit confidence under any set of circumstances. The determination to prevail must be felt by all.? 4.A leader must always be ready! When there is nothing going wrong, there’s nothing going wrong except there is nothing going wrong.? 5.Trust your instincts. Instincts and intuition give you an immediate estimation of a situation.? 6.Everything in leadership boils down to judgment. Intelligence and good character does not imply you have good judgment.? 7.Study history and leadership qualities. Pay special attention to why leaders fail.? 8.A person in a position of authority does not automatically become immediately respected or trusted. This is earned.? 9.Every person in an organization is as important and necessary to a mission as the next person. That goes from the top to the bottom.? 10.Instill the will to win. There can be no second-place trophies on display—awarded or accepted.? 11.Never deprive a person of their self-respect. NEVER!? 12.To do well in any field of endeavor, it is an advantage to work with good people.? 13.Strive to have one or two people around you who are totally trustworthy.? 14.Spend quality time with the team, learning who they are and what motivates them. Create a family.? 15.Great leaders learn to lead self first. Before you can lead others, leading self successfully must be accomplished day in and day out.? 16.Successful leaders create the future.? 17.Leaders must lead. Be the first boots on the ground and the last boots off. “When we go into battle, I will be the first one to set foot on the field, and I will be the last to step off. And I will leave no one behind. Dead or alive, we will come home together. So help me God.” —Lt. Co. Hal Moore, August 1965, Fort Benning, Ga. Thank you for posting, words to live by. |
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Quoted: See you on the Green, Sir. So, short story. He came up to West Point in the fall of '08 when I was a Senior. He gave a brief to our graduating class (and received a standing ovation upon entering the auditorium). After his talk, someone asked him how he wanted to be commemorated at the Academy. His answer was that he wanted the bathroom outside of his old room (4th floor, 34th Division, Grant Barracks) to be renamed "The Hal Moore Reading Room." Every night after Taps and Lights Out he would sneak into he bathroom and study for hours to pass all of his courses. My old company controls that part of the barracks (my platoon lived in it in the Spring of 08) and I believe we put up that sign. General Moore, Class of 1945, will not soon be forgotten. Absolutely fantastic leader and man. His writings and the writings of Dick Winters should be read by every young cadet.
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From his facebook page (as of 13 minutes ago: "Recently (January 2014), there was a chain of emails claiming Hal Moore was terminally ill. That is not the case. He is 92 and, given his mother lived to be 100, he should be with us for many years.” Thank God. Good. Lock this thread. |
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Fuck off Reaper. Quoted:
Fuck off Reaper. Considered one of the top battlefield commanders in world history, Lt. Gen. Hal Moore established his place in military history in 1965 when he led his vastly outnumbered troops to prevail in the first major battle of the Vietnam War. Both on the battlefield and off, he has spent his lifetime studying and encouraging strong, principled leadership as a soldier and a human being. Here are his 17 leadership precepts:
1.Three strikes and you’re not out! There is always one more thing you can do to influence any situation in your favor.? 2.A leader must ask, “What am I doing that I should not be doing, and what am I not doing that I should be doing?”? 3.A leader must be visible and exhibit confidence under any set of circumstances. The determination to prevail must be felt by all.? 4.A leader must always be ready! When there is nothing going wrong, there’s nothing going wrong except there is nothing going wrong.? 5.Trust your instincts. Instincts and intuition give you an immediate estimation of a situation.? 6.Everything in leadership boils down to judgment. Intelligence and good character does not imply you have good judgment.? 7.Study history and leadership qualities. Pay special attention to why leaders fail.? 8.A person in a position of authority does not automatically become immediately respected or trusted. This is earned.? 9.Every person in an organization is as important and necessary to a mission as the next person. That goes from the top to the bottom.? 10.Instill the will to win. There can be no second-place trophies on display—awarded or accepted.? 11.Never deprive a person of their self-respect. NEVER!? 12.To do well in any field of endeavor, it is an advantage to work with good people.? 13.Strive to have one or two people around you who are totally trustworthy.? 14.Spend quality time with the team, learning who they are and what motivates them. Create a family.? 15.Great leaders learn to lead self first. Before you can lead others, leading self successfully must be accomplished day in and day out.? 16.Successful leaders create the future.? 17.Leaders must lead. Be the first boots on the ground and the last boots off. “When we go into battle, I will be the first one to set foot on the field, and I will be the last to step off. And I will leave no one behind. Dead or alive, we will come home together. So help me God.” —Lt. Co. Hal Moore, August 1965, Fort Benning, Ga. Thanks for posting this.... The man I wished we had for POTUS at least once in our history |
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Lay me down in the cold cold ground
Where before many more have gone Lay me down in the cold cold ground Where before many more have gone When they come I will stand my ground Stand my ground I�ll not be afraid Thoughts of home take away my fear Sweat and blood hide my veil of tears Once a year say a prayer for me Close your eyes and remember me Never more shall I see the sun For I fell to a Germans gun Lay me down in the cold cold ground Where before many more have gone Lay me down in the cold cold ground Where before many more have gone Where before many more have gone In memory of Sgt. Charles Stuart MacKenzie Seaforth Highlanders Who along with many others gave up his life So that we can live free We will remember them |
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Many of us at the Vietnam Helicopter Pilot's Association hold both Gen. Moore and Joe Galloway in the highest esteem and as a result maintain warm and open communications with them both. That said, this is what was posted this morning on the VHPA Facebook page:
Three times since yesterday afternoon I’ve received the same email from different sources, telling how LTG Moore is at death’s door. The email quotes Joe Galloway as saying things that didn’t sound like what Joe Galloway would say, so I forwarded one of the emails to him, just to be sure he knew he was being quoted. Joe says it’s BS. Some guy called him asking about Hal Moore, so Joe explained that the general is turning 92, is confined to his home, has some serious memory problems. and that the Army is doing advanced planning for an eventual funeral at Fort Benning. The caller re-interpreted that as “Hal Moore is near death” and sent it out, no doubt to a small list of Cav veterans, and it started getting forwarded from there. It’s a measure of the esteem in which LTG Moore is held by Vietnam Veterans, especially those who wear the First Cav patch on their right shoulders . . . but it’s not true. It must be distressing to the Moore family (to whom Joe says he has apologized) so let’s STOP SENDING IT TO EACH OTHER. |