[AGL] looking for a MS Word guru

[Frances Morey]

I didn't pay attention to Manning either. But I did see the military film
of an attack of unarmed civilians from a helicopter with automatic weapons.
When the rescue ambulances came they, too, were fired upon. I saw the
killing and listened to the cold dialogue of the men in the helicopter,
making light of the situation, laughing about the misery they had inflicted
on these unarmed citizens. I was shocked and horrified. It was MiLai

On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 9:58 PM Charles Loving <lovingigor at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't know. I never paid any attention to Manning. I went to Nam twice.
> Got a purple heart and then went to Zaire with the French as a laison
> officer for the Americans. I spoke French and Portuguese so I fit in pretty
> well. I don't recall PTSD but I had a few nightmares. We did some pretty
> intersting things in Angola and Katanga. We were defending the money. Gulf
> Oile at the time and a few Mining companies.
>
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 10:31 AM Frances Morey <frances.morey at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I suppose you missed the film clips exposed by Chelsea Manning. Some
>> "soldiers" can't hack it and come back with PTSD. Many of them end up as
>> suicides. Humans who are civilized were not bred to kill other humans. When
>> forced to do so some of them are unable to do it coldly.
>> Best,
>> Frances
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 7:49 AM Charles Loving <lovingigor at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> What you say rings true. There are graduates from Leakey and Nueches
>>> Canyon High School that can't pass the Army entrance exam. Some that do are
>>> too obese and get rejected on that basis. I actually know of one graduate
>>> who tried three times to pass the test. She was too dumb or just never
>>> learned a thing in school. I know for a fact that she nevwer read  a book
>>> of anykind.
>>>
>>> Americans don't want mercenaries to defend them. People like Mike Hoar
>>> in South Africa who had a group of real thugs under his command. Commando
>>> 5. They succeded in pacifying Katanga Province.  Ex Nazi stormtroppers who
>>> wore their Whermacht medals.
>>>
>>>  I read a very interesting article about the French Foreign Legion. The
>>> Legion  didn't much care about the history of their recruits. After the men
>>> went through basic training they were pretty much turned into tough killing
>>>  machines that did what they were told. Hazing was part of the process and
>>> the sargeants and officers were at times sadistic. The Hollywood versions
>>> make the soldiers look like glorified heroic troops.
>>>
>>> I had the occasion to party with them in El Paso. The legion sent troops
>>> to train at Fort Bliss. My mother liked to entertain them and they were
>>> mean and hard . I served with them in Zaire when I was there as liaison
>>> between the French and US military mission. They were a no holds barred
>>> group that didn't even consider the Geneva Convention. They tied women to
>>> the front of their APCs to keep the Frelimo and SWAPO ambushed to a
>>> minimum. They also took no prisoners. Mouths to feed that were unnecessary.
>>> A professional group of soldiers. Something that Americans lack. We have
>>> compassion.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 6:47 AM Michael Eisenstadt <
>>> eisenstadt0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Frances,
>>>>
>>>> Interesting about the failure rate in enlistmenting in the military.
>>>> But probably just a sizeable percentage of the rejects were grossly
>>>> overweight. Some of them failed to pass the IQ test, others had multiple
>>>> criminal convictions, or had warrants out on them, others were
>>>> psychologically unfit. And others for other reasons. Did you find a
>>>> breakdown of the rejection categories?
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>> On 4/18/2019 12:48 AM, Frances Morey wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I was about to tell you to google it. I had a similar problem. I am
>>>> making a talk about food education for the community college and I wondered
>>>> if there was any problem with military recruitment due to overweight
>>>> issues. Well, the recruiter at the US Army recruitment office in San
>>>> Antonio told me he had no idea how many recruits were turned away. He
>>>> suggested that I google it. What do you know, Google sent me to a story on
>>>> the subject. A whopping 71% of those who apply to serve in the military are
>>>> turned away!
>>>> Best,
>>>> Frances
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 6:21 PM Michael Eisenstadt <
>>>> eisenstadt0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I am ever so proud to announce that I figured out the Footnote
>>>>> Function
>>>>> tool all by myself. So I don't need the help of the AGL MSWord gurus.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike
>>>>>
>>>>> On 4/17/2019 4:33 PM, Michael Eisenstadt wrote:
>>>>> > Perhaps among the accomplished subscribers to our list there lurks a
>>>>> > MS Word guru.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > This is the problem. I had always manually typed in footnotes on the
>>>>> > bottom of the pages of whatever. I learned today that there is a
>>>>> > Footnote Function in Word which automatically inserts a footnote at
>>>>> > the bottom of the page.
>>>>> > I can put in the first footnote but I can't figure out how to put
>>>>> more
>>>>> > footnotes at the bottom of the same page. Can someone here help me
>>>>> to
>>>>> > surmount this hurdle and walk me through how to do it?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Thanks in advance.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Mike e.
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Charlie Loving
>>>
>>
>
> --
> Charlie Loving
>
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