Chillicothe
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Ah, that was ka-boom development.
I had not seen any of this thread before....either it's start back in October, or the most recent news on this retired trooper's death from Covid.
In short, I'm late to the retirment party and the wake.
But......I too would've wished him 'happy retirement'. I've been retired over 20years....and they have been the best years of my life, and I had a pretty darn good life before I retired.
Second, peace to his family. Sorry for their loss.
Lastly, I didn't ....nor wouldn't have.....retired the way he did.
He trashed his classiness with the "Kiss my ass" comment. Not that he couldn't say it. But he should have confined such to his mates at the local DewDropInn, or his family, or the retirees morning kaffeklatch he joins.
Broadcasting the 'KMA' statement cheapend him. It was heard by many people...presumably ...... some of them presumably didn't welcom their CIC dissed. Dissing the chain-of-command on his way out the door is...... bad form.
But then, it wasn't a spur-of-the moment, improptu by-himself, set speech.
It was a set-up. He enlisted others to help him -- the camera person, the woman who immediately responded on the wire and ran off a prepared list of the guy's history and accomplishments. Nobody knows that stuff off-the-cuff.
Having a 'team' was OK, I guess. If only he had stopped without going to the KMA.
May he rest in peace and his family find comfort.
I had not seen any of this thread before....either it's start back in October, or the most recent news on this retired trooper's death from Covid.
In short, I'm late to the retirment party and the wake.
But......I too would've wished him 'happy retirement'. I've been retired over 20years....and they have been the best years of my life, and I had a pretty darn good life before I retired.
Second, peace to his family. Sorry for their loss.
Lastly, I didn't ....nor wouldn't have.....retired the way he did.
He trashed his classiness with the "Kiss my ass" comment. Not that he couldn't say it. But he should have confined such to his mates at the local DewDropInn, or his family, or the retirees morning kaffeklatch he joins.
Broadcasting the 'KMA' statement cheapend him. It was heard by many people...presumably ...... some of them presumably didn't welcom their CIC dissed. Dissing the chain-of-command on his way out the door is...... bad form.
But then, it wasn't a spur-of-the moment, improptu by-himself, set speech.
It was a set-up. He enlisted others to help him -- the camera person, the woman who immediately responded on the wire and ran off a prepared list of the guy's history and accomplishments. Nobody knows that stuff off-the-cuff.
Having a 'team' was OK, I guess. If only he had stopped without going to the KMA.
May he rest in peace and his family find comfort.