AVF Lifer NCO Fight Songs as viewed from here.
To the tunes "The Army Song" and "Green Berets":
Over hill, over dale, as we hit the dusty trail
As the lifers go stumbling along,
Watch them drink, watch them stink,
Watch them even try to think,
As the lifers go stumbling along.
For it's heigh heigh hee, truly ****ed are we,
Shout out your numbers loud and strong. R.A.!
For wher'ere you go, you will always know
That the lifers go stumbling along.
Stumble! Stumble! Stumble! (Brown 1969)
A parody of the "Ballad of the Green Berets" (Lansdale 1976)
Frightened soldiers from the sky
Screaming "Hell I don't wanna die,
You can have my job and pay,
I'm a chicken any old way!"
As I noted generally and inclusively, some certain lifer Marine NCO retired from AVF would also be included of course.
I congratulate Laura Yeager the soon to be two-star general and CG of the 40 ID. Her commissioning source is Rotc and she has two master degrees, one from Chapman University in Psychology and another from the US Army War College in Strategic Studies. BG Yeager deployed to Iraq in 2011 as deputy commander of the Cal Guard’s 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, then served as a battalion and then brigade commander in the infantry division. Her husband is a retired LTC.
Cal Guard Col. Laura Yeager is seen here in 2013 with her father, retired Cal Guard Maj. Gen. Robert Brandt. Col. Yeager, an Army aviator, is being promoted to brigadier general in May.
“People complain about some of the things the military makes you do,” said Yeager. As a female, I have found the military to provide opportunities and benefits unmatched by any profession,” she said.
“Clearly, females are in the minority within the military, yet in every assignment I have held, my mostly male peers, subordinates and superiors, have supported me, treated me with respect, coached, mentored and advised me. At the same time, I have been inspired by the incredibly strong and amazing women I have served with and for. I was especially proud to have commanded the same brigade, the 40th CAB, my father once commanded.”
Needless to say, I would not have achieved this rank without every one of them, from the professor of military science at Long Beach State Rotc, to the platoon sergeant I served with as a platoon leader, ranging all the way up to brigade commanders and the adjutant general.”
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