Friday, July 09, 2004
A Washington State Guardsman in Iraq.
You may have seen this.
It's interesting.
R. writes about his everyday tasks and frustrations with an amusing eye for detail.
He has to deal with the media:
What amazes me is how a lot of the civilian news journalists demand to be treated like royalty. One CNN reporter demanded a helicopter to fly her from the Green Zone to here - 8 miles. hahaha Another reporter was outraged at the room he was offered here - it's the same room that a visiting field grade officer gets and certainly significantly better than what the line units get. I've had one reporter get huffy when we didn't have refreshments ready for her. She also commented that she was amazed that we didn't have any coffee ready for her. Her visit was a surprise and I offered to make a pot for her but she rudely refused saying that I "had already blown my chance." My chance? To cater to her? That was blown long before she was born!
Now the senior reporters like Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw are some of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. Of course they have a staff that cater to them but I never heard an unkind word or even the hint of a complaint from those guys about what the Army had or did not have to offer.
it's the up and coming reporters that are still fighting to become a name that are a pain and very demanding.
It's interesting.
R. writes about his everyday tasks and frustrations with an amusing eye for detail.
He has to deal with the media:
What amazes me is how a lot of the civilian news journalists demand to be treated like royalty. One CNN reporter demanded a helicopter to fly her from the Green Zone to here - 8 miles. hahaha Another reporter was outraged at the room he was offered here - it's the same room that a visiting field grade officer gets and certainly significantly better than what the line units get. I've had one reporter get huffy when we didn't have refreshments ready for her. She also commented that she was amazed that we didn't have any coffee ready for her. Her visit was a surprise and I offered to make a pot for her but she rudely refused saying that I "had already blown my chance." My chance? To cater to her? That was blown long before she was born!
Now the senior reporters like Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw are some of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. Of course they have a staff that cater to them but I never heard an unkind word or even the hint of a complaint from those guys about what the Army had or did not have to offer.
it's the up and coming reporters that are still fighting to become a name that are a pain and very demanding.
