tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191205038617397351.post1726586073770763937..comments2024-03-27T07:42:27.263-04:00Comments on A Colonel of Truth: EAST WASHINGTON STREET CIVICS LESSONUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191205038617397351.post-59073588322443047712011-12-01T18:23:38.162-05:002011-12-01T18:23:38.162-05:00Outstanding! I will subscribe to your blog as I am...Outstanding! I will subscribe to your blog as I am sure your other musings will be as inspiring. It was very nice seeing you and your wife in Phoenix! Please give my best to the Captain.<br /><br />CTRCS(ret) Mark RaddatzMark Raddatznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191205038617397351.post-91126537541048772602011-12-01T13:49:09.425-05:002011-12-01T13:49:09.425-05:00Colonel, the truth in life is often scarier than t...Colonel, the truth in life is often scarier than the lies we hear every day. Being a part of that 1% for the last 23 years is a great honor and humbles me every time that it comes to mind. Missing the ceremony was a moment that I personally would rather not missed but the Navy and the world needed me elsewhere. My family attended in my absence as they are the greatest a sailor could ever ask for. back a few years when my class went through Cheifs induction, then Senior Chief Reyes made a lasting impression on all of us that we now laugh about to this day but have never forgotten. Her words, very simple but full of strength and truth, "never quit". She has been a leader, a sister chief and a great friend to us all. She may have retired form the Navy but her Navy family will always be there. Congratulations to your wife, being honored means she has show promise and great things and will always be respected by the chief's mess.BUCSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191205038617397351.post-84957688409715257692011-12-01T13:01:00.957-05:002011-12-01T13:01:00.957-05:00Thank you for your thoughts on this occasion, Sir....Thank you for your thoughts on this occasion, Sir. It was nice to read someone else's perspective on that day's events.CMC(SCW) Nathan Rhoadnoreply@blogger.com