Archive for the 'Washington' Category
It was supposed to be a mundane task. I was to wrap two boxes, put labels on them and deliver them to the locations addressed. One was going to the Public Affairs office, specifically, CNN. They had requested some directives and memos, nothing of any importance really. The other box was going to Army Intelligence, [...]
Of the many days I spent working in the Pentagon, one thing has always bothered me to no end -Why the hell do people tour that building? Tourists by the dozens draped in overpriced gifts purchased from the Pentagon gift shop stomp through drab corridors to look at useless artifacts from the 50’s and 60’s. They [...]
My friend Bill and I, who was also military, used to take daily walks through the hallways just to get out of the stress of our offices. One day a tour stopped ahead of us and an Air Force guide began peeling off bits of useless info about the building. I looked at Bill and asked [...]
Some years back, while I was serving in the U.S. Navy, I had a cushy little job at one of the biggest and most powerful buildings in the world. It was shaped like a Pentagon.
On one unusually mild afternoon in February I was tasked to take some documents over to Capital Hill for some signatures. To entertain [...]
