Colonel’s Wife Accused of Harassing Soldiers

[tdrt]

On one of the bases my MOS school instructor had been there was a section in the base paper where the base CO would reply to letters written by people on the base. One officers wife wrote to him about the lack of respect from the base sentries. She had come through the gate showed a dependants ID and they refused to salute her. She then went on to ramble how she worked hard for him to be an officer and she deserved to be saluted and respected for it. The base CO then replied to the wife in the base news paper "Excuse me ma'am let me get some oats for the high horse your riding" and then went on to tell her they owed her nothing and that she needed to get off her high horse. My instructor was Air force by the way.

Nice.

I never had any problems with any of my CO's wives. My XO's wife & I actually became good friends. I do remember 1 or 2 of the Captain's wives having a bar or two stuck up their ass, but I just laughed in their face and walked away. No biggie. Only ran into a Corporal's wife with a rank issue. Again, just told her to shut the f*ck up.

(I got away with a lot of sh!t - LOL)

[WXSgt]

When i had first gotten to Iwakuni i heard kids talking bout their "daddies." "my daddies a sgt maj hell tell your daddy what to do" then the other responded ohh ya my daddy is a msgt hell kick your daddy's butt." word for word even the kids have that problem

[Kegler300]

Those wives who pull rank...my wife's been pulling rank on me since we got married...(;

[Zulu 36]

On one of the bases my MOS school instructor had been there was a section in the base paper where the base CO would reply to letters written by people on the base. One officers wife wrote to him about the lack of respect from the base sentries. She had come through the gate showed a dependants ID and they refused to salute her. She then went on to ramble how she worked hard for him to be an officer and she deserved to be saluted and respected for it. The base CO then replied to the wife in the base news paper "Excuse me ma'am let me get some oats for the high horse your riding" and then went on to tell her they owed her nothing and that she needed to get off her high horse. My instructor was Air force by the way.

When I was in the Corps, it was SOP for gate sentries to salute ALL officer decaled vehicles (regardless of occupant) and ALL unaccompanied females (except enlisted females in uniform). In practice a lot of teenagers driving Daddy's car with the blue sticker got ignored, but not adults.

In the Air Force, it was SOP to salute officer decaled vehicles unless the sentry knew the occupants were not officers. When I worked gates in the Air Guard, I had a really tough time breaking the Marine Corps habits. I even saluted, several times, the unaccompanied female with an enlisted Coast Guard decal who later became my wife. She remembered too.

[tdrt]

I got saluted while in uniform alot by MPs at the gates -- in and out of uniform. Thought it was very nice and respectful.

[Kegler300]

When I was in the Corps, it was SOP for gate sentries to salute ALL officer decaled vehicles (regardless of occupant) and ALL unaccompanied females (except enlisted females in uniform). In practice a lot of teenagers driving Daddy's car with the blue sticker got ignored, but not adults.

In the Air Force, it was SOP to salute officer decaled vehicles unless the sentry knew the occupants were not officers. When I worked gates in the Air Guard, I had a really tough time breaking the Marine Corps habits. I even saluted, several times, the unaccompanied female with an enlisted Coast Guard decal who later became my wife. She remembered too.

I always hated saluting the blue decal, especially when you realized after the salute that is was the wife, son, or daughter driving the vehicle...

[Wyoming]

I got saluted while in uniform alot by MPs at the gates -- in and out of uniform. Thought it was very nice and respectful.

Troy, you take off that uniform for me, and I'll show you a salute.

[tdrt]

ya know, after I posted I that I thought, oh holy hell, I just opened the door wide open, didn't I?

And oh, ya, the best "saluting" was done out of uniform.

[SlingerDun]

"One of Drinkwine's battalion commanders, Lt. Col Frank Jenio, said Leslie Drinkwine threatened to have him fired during a heated phone conversation last year.
Jenio, who was in charge of 800 troops operating just outside Kandahar, said the need to deal with challenges involving the unit's family support group nearly every other day took away time he could have been using to focus on the war" ----> http://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts...ommander_fired

[temarti]

We were at a Company picnic at Onslow when my wife, who happens to be Japanese had her first encounter with the CO's wife. Now my wife is not even close to the stereotype, speaks four languages and gives her opinion when needed. Mrs. Anderson came up started talking to her in a "childish" tone, when Michi asked her name, she said, "call me Mrs. Anderson I am the wife of the Capt. Anderson."... a pause and Michi said "you can call me Mrs. Martin, I am the wife of Cpl. Martin." and walked away.

[tdrt]

We were at a Company picnic at Onslow when my wife, who happens to be Japanese had her first encounter with the CO's wife. Now my wife is not even close to the stereotype, speaks four languages and gives her opinion when needed. Mrs. Anderson came up started talking to her in a "childish" tone, when Michi asked her name, she said, "call me Mrs. Anderson I am the wife of the Capt. Anderson."... a pause and Michi said "you can call me Mrs. Martin, I am the wife of Cpl. Martin." and walked away.

Good for her! Sass and class -- deadly combination!

[temarti]

Good for her! Sass and class -- deadly combination!

That is her to a tee, I can see the same personality in our daughter.

[kenrobg30]

Those wives who pull rank...my wife's been pulling rank on me since we got married...(;

Only one thing you can do Top. Have another drink S/F!!! Ken

[Zulu 36]

My ex was a Yeoman 1st Class in the Coast Guard and she had no problems whatsoever being the alpha b*tch when necessary at work (or at home for that matter).

Our lovely oldest daughter, now a SSgt in the Air Force Reserves, seems to have inherited her mother's alpha b*tch genes (also when necessary).

But they had/have those ranks in their own right. You can deal with that.