[Vision2020] A front-seat ride to history
Tom Hansen
thansen at moscow.com
Tue Jun 12 02:08:43 PDT 2012
To put it into terms with which you are familiar, Sunil . . .
Objection overruled, counselor . . . Goes to credibility of the witness.
Seeya round town, Moscow.
Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
"If not us, who?
If not now, when?"
- Unknown
On Jun 11, 2012, at 21:51, Sunil Ramalingam <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Wow, stewin' over this a couple of weeks, haven't you? What, by asking Chuck about his units, are you going to roll up in the Mystery Machine and prove he was never in the Army?
>
> Sunil
>
> From: thansen at moscow.com
> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 09:40:37 -0700
> To: godshatter at yahoo.com
> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] A front-seat ride to history
>
> 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?"
>
> - Unkn! own
>
>
>
> On Jun 11, 2012, at 9:33, Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> 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 Memori al 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.
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> I’ve traveled through or reported stories out of:
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> ■ Iraq
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> ■ Afghanistan
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> ■ Kuwait
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> ■ Germany
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> ■ Qatar
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> ■ 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.
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> ■ Marine Forces Reserve Head quarters in New Orle! ans
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> ■ MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.
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> ■ Fort Benning, Ga.
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> ■ Fort Belvoir, Va.
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> ■ Fort Myer, Va.
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> ■ Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.
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> ■ Fort Rucker, Ala.
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> ■ Fort Hood, Texas
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> ■ Fort Carson, Colo.
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> ■ Fort Irwin, Calif.
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> ■ Fort Gillem, Ga.
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> ■ Fort Bragg, N.C.
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> ■ Fort Campbell, Ky.
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> ■ Fort Drum, N.Y.
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> ■ Fort A.P. Hill, Va.
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> ■ Fort Jackson, S.C.
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> ■ Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
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> ■�─ B 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
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> ■ 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
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> ■ 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
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> ■ CH-46 Sea Knight
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> ■ CH-53 Sea Stallion
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> ■ CV-22 Osprey
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> ■ G5 Gulfstream
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> ■ 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;
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> ■ Been interviewed on TV, radio and in print
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> ■ Talked to journalism students about covering the military;
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> ■ Been on discussion panels about media and the military and women who cover war;
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> ■ Written a book;
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> ■ Snagged one of the last, if not the last, interview with the most famous general of our generation, Army Gen. David H. Petraeus;
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> ■ Met innumerable friends and the love of my life … all while working in this newsroom.
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> 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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