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Model Forum / General / Models / March 2006Thanks on the WWI movies and question about securing a building
My wife is working as a project manager trying organize part of a major govt agency move. She's have trouble with some of her teams on defining terms. Apparently people have very differing ideas on what something being ready means. I suggested a story to tell at the next meeting where she's trying to sort these guys out. Some time ago I heard an amusing story of how the military defines "securing a building". Apparently the different services view this as meaning anything from getting a lease to turning off the lights and locking the doors to assaulting it with 2 fire teams, repelling all attempts to retake it and using the second floor as FAC position. (No points for guessing who the last ones are). Does anyone know this story in some semblance of rational order and what everyone does. Thanks! Frank > My wife is working as a project manager trying organize part of a major govt > agency move. She's have trouble with some of her teams on defining terms. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Thanks! > Frank The one I remember goes like this: If you tell the Navy to secure a building, they will turn out the lights and lock the door. If you tell the Army to secure a building, they will occupy it and forbid entry to those without a pass. If you tell the Marines to secure a building, they will assault it with heavy fire, capture the building, fortify it, and call for an air strike. If you tell the Air Force to secure a building, they will take out a three-year lease with option to buy. >> My wife is working as a project manager trying organize part of a >> major govt agency move. She's have trouble with some of her teams on [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > If you tell the Air Force to secure a building, they will take out a > three-year lease with option to buy. Thanks very much! That is exactly how I remember it now! Frank > My wife is working as a project manager trying organize part of a major govt > agency move. She's have trouble with some of her teams on defining terms. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Thanks! > Frank The one I remember goes like this: If you tell the Navy to secure a building, they will turn out the lights and lock the door. If you tell the Army to secure a building, they will occupy it and forbid entry to those without a pass. If you tell the Marines to secure a building, they will assault it with heavy fire, capture the building, fortify it, and call for an air strike. If you tell the Air Force to secure a building, they will take out a three-year lease with option to buy. > The one I remember goes like this: > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > If you tell the Air Force to secure a building, they will take out a > three-year lease with option to buy. Being a retired D.o.D. facilities engineering type I can testify this sounds about right! We had a large complex and it had a number of entry doors and alarm systems. One night late there was an alarm and the Marines on duty rushed to the area on the building perimeter. There was a locked door in their way. The Lieutenant in charge ordered his detail to break it down and they turned to with a will with rifle butts. 50 feet down the hall was another door that wasn't locked, but hell, that wouldn't have been as much fun! Bill Shuey |
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