[Vision2020] A front-seat ride to history

Mon Jun 11 09:40:37 PDT 2012

And like him, Mr. Rumelhart, I expressed my opinion based on my twenty-year career in the Army.

And, to take it a step further, for Mr. Kovis to show such disrespect on Memorial Day weekend (by expressing such a statement) reflects a serious lack of maturity . . . but that's just my opinion.

Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"If not us, who?
If not now, when?"

- Unknown

On Jun 11, 2012, at 9:33, Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com> wrote:

> How dare Mr. Kovis have a difference of opinion on this?  And one developed due to his own first-hand experiences?
> 
> The nerve of that guy.
> 
> What's this world coming to, anyway?
> 
> Paul
> 
> From: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>
> To: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> 
> Cc: Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com> 
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 8:44 AM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] A front-seat ride to history
> 
> Correction.
> 
> My closing comment should read . . . 
> 
> Care to comment, Mr. KOVIS (not "Kovick")?
> 
> Y'all remember Chuck Kovis, right?
> 
> He was the amoeba that posted such warm "feel good" comments concerning the Army Times (on Memorial Day weekend) as:
> 
> "I read that crap when I was in the Army.  I listened to that crap on the Armed Forces Network when I was in the Army.  And when there isn't anyone around anymore to tell me what to think or what to say, those publications are bullshit."
> 
> http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/2012-May/083219.html
> 
> Sidebar:  since you are so proud of your service to our country, Mr. Kovis, to what units were you assigned and when?
> 
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> "If not us, who?
> If not now, when?"
> 
> - Unknown
> 
> 
> 
> On Jun 11, 2012, at 6:08, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
> 
>> Courtesy of the Army Times.
>> 
>> -----------------------------------
>> 
>> A front-seat ride to history
>> By Gina Cavallaro 
>> 
>> Last week I turned in my resignation as a senior staff writer for Military Times.
>> 
>> Such a short farewell after more than 11 years in this newsroom, years in which I had unimaginable experiences that have turned into a treasure trove of memories. I have been trusted to represent these newspapers at military places, bases and events all over the world.
>> 
>> I’ve also been trusted by count less officers and enlisted soldiers and Marines to walk into their worlds and participate in their operations, carrying nothing more than a pen and notebook, often replacing a rifleman.
>> 
>> A little more than six months after I started working here as deputy news editor at Army Times, our nation was attacked. I watched it on TV with senior writer Jim Tice. Since then, I have racked up a few miles, met a few people and fired a few weapons. A short accounting of my approxi mately 4,000 days here: I’ve been on: 
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>> ■ Seven deployments to Iraq, including two VIP trips with senior uniformed and civilian officers. 
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>> ■ Two deployments to Afghan istan, including one VIP trip with a senior officer. 
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>> ■ Six VIP trips in the U.S. with leaders from each of the services.
>> 
>> I’ve traveled through or reported stories out of: 
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>> ■ Iraq 
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>> ■ Afghanistan 
>> 
>> ■ Kuwait 
>> 
>> ■ Germany 
>> 
>> ■ Qatar 
>> 
>> ■ Jordan 
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>> ■ Turkey I’ve reported stories at home out of: 
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>> ■ Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va . 
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>> ■ Camp Lejeune, N.C. 
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>> ■ Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. 
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>> ■ Marine Barracks Washington, D.C. 
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>> ■ Naval Air Station Norfolk, Va. 
>> 
>> ■ Marine Forces Reserve Head quarters in New Orleans 
>> 
>> ■ MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. 
>> 
>> ■ Fort Benning, Ga. 
>> 
>> ■ Fort Belvoir, Va. 
>> 
>> ■ Fort Myer, Va. 
>> 
>> ■ Fort McNair, Washington, D.C. 
>> 
>> ■ Fort Rucker, Ala. 
>> 
>> ■ Fort Hood, Texas 
>> 
>> ■ Fort Carson, Colo. 
>> 
>> ■ Fort Irwin, Calif. 
>> 
>> ■ Fort Gillem, Ga. 
>> 
>> ■ Fort Bragg, N.C. 
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>> ■ Fort Campbell, Ky. 
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>> ■ Fort Drum, N.Y. 
>> 
>> ■ Fort A.P. Hill, Va. 
>> 
>> ■ Fort Jackson, S.C. 
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>> ■ Fort Leavenworth, Kan. 
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>> ■ Fort Riley, Kan. 
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>> ■ Fort Sam Houston, Texas 
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>> ■ Fort Monroe, Va. 
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>> ■ Fort Eustis, Va. 
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>> ■ Fort Lewis, Wash. 
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>> ■ Fort Knox, Ky. 
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>> ■ Fort Lee, Va. 
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>> ■ Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. 
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>> ■ Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. 
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>> ■ The Pentagon 
>> 
>> ■ Capitol Hill On Army ranges at home and abroad, I’ve fired: 
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>> ■ M16 rifle 
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>> ■ M4 rifle 
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>> ■ 9mm pistol 
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>> ■ M60 machine gun at an aerial range from a Black Hawk helicopter 
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>> ■ Chinese RPK 
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>> ■ AK47 
>> 
>> ■ Main gun on an M1A1 Abrams tank I’ve flown on: 
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>> ■ UH-60 Black Hawk 
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>> ■ CH-47 Chinook 
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>> ■ UH-72 Lakota 
>> 
>> ■ CH-46 Sea Knight 
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>> ■ CH-53 Sea Stallion 
>> 
>> ■ CV-22 Osprey 
>> 
>> ■ G5 Gulfstream 
>> 
>> ■ G3 Gulfstream I’ve had a front-seat ride to his tory, and: 
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>> ■ Lived in an apartment in Kuwait City and pet a camel in the desert; 
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>> ■ Watched surgery in a military field hospital; 
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>> ■ Walked on patrol with soldiers and Marines; 
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>> ■ Been shot at and mortared, felt the heat of a flare off the side of a helicopter and witnessed the death of a soldier, Spc. Francisco Martinez, in Iraq in 2005; 
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>> ■ Slept on the ground next to a Humvee, on a cot in a tent and on a bed in a palace; 
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>> ■ Crossed the Helmand River in Afghanistan with Marine Corps infantrymen; 
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>> ■ Watched a lieutenant accused of allowing his soldiers to shoot innocents walk free when they recanted; 
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>> ■ Talked with basic trainees and four-star generals all in the same day; 
>> 
>> ■ Been interviewed on TV, radio and in print 
>> 
>> ■ Talked to journalism students about covering the military; 
>> 
>> ■ Been on discussion panels about media and the military and women who cover war; 
>> 
>> ■ Written a book; 
>> 
>> ■ Snagged one of the last, if not the last, interview with the most famous general of our generation, Army Gen. David H. Petraeus; 
>> 
>> ■ Met innumerable friends and the love of my life … all while working in this newsroom.
>> 
>> So, thank you to my friends and colleagues and my appreciation for the front-seat ride. Farewell until we meet again. □ 
>> 
>> Gina Cavallaro, who has reported for Army Times and Marine Corps Times for more than a decade, is leaving June 15 to embrace new challenges in Africa and beyond.
>> 
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>> -----------------------------------
>> 
>> Care to comment, Mr. Kovick?
>> 
>> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>> 
>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
>> 
>> "If not us, who?
>> If not now, when?"
>> 
>> - Unknown
>> 
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