[TPIN] Military Bands - a new thread?

[Allegro69]

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Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:31:01 -0600
From: <jontrimble at suddenlink.net>
Subject: Re: [TPIN] Military Bands - a new thread?
To: <Vaxtrpts at aol.com>, <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
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I joined the military.  Under "needs of the army", I spent 3 years as an MP.
(ick)  When I went to reenlist, Clinton did that whole "no transfer MOS"
deal whcih screwed me.  I took my walking papers as a result.  I always say,
If it wasn't for Clinton, I'd still be in the army.  Oh well....:(

Jon Trimble
jontrimble at suddenlink.net
http://myspace.com/jontrimble

I know what you mean Jon. The military has some strange ways of operating.
While I can't quote the regulation chapter and verse, my Navy MOS as a rated
Navy musician barred me from working downtown and competing with civilian
musicians. Being that military musicians are often left with a lot of idle
time on our hands, I ended up working for an undertaker doing 'removals'. By
the same token, there was a Navy hospital corpsman on the same base whose
duties included being an embalmer which is a category within his rating
since he was licensed as one in civilian life. Because of the regulation, he
couldn't work downtown as such, and because he was a good sax player, he
could work downtown as a musician. Go figure!
BOB