Word: preparedness
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But on one of the first hot days of April, I found myself precisely in this situation, desperately copying the motions of the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) cadets to my left and right as they prepared their earplugs for the arrivals of the helicopters.
As my squad practiced calling helicopters to evacuate the severe casualties their shoddy planning had produced, Scherer explained that though he will not immediately be called to active duty, he has mentally prepared for the possibility of being deployed after his graduate studies.
With a prepared squad and a battle-tested coach, the road ahead doesn’t seem to matter. The Crimson has a chance to add some quality victories to an already memorable experience.
Now, he had done exactly the same thing, only this time he had prepared a written memorandum documenting his denials. So it was clearly a pattern on the Secretary's part, and now I recognized it. Bring in the top-level leaders. Profess total ignorance. Ask why he had not...
Continuing the conversation, I inquired about the "original twelve-to-eighteen-month occupation deployment," because I wasn't sure what he was talking about. It turned out that the investigative team was so thorough, they had actually gone back and looked at the original operational concept that had been prepared...