tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10238534.post115176397423615656..comments2023-11-05T04:35:19.263-05:00Comments on Faceless Bureaucrat: "R.A."--Blast from PastBill Harshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02094598931693185805noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10238534.post-1152322378411646262006-07-07T21:32:00.000-04:002006-07-07T21:32:00.000-04:00R.A. 13994344 -- that was my serial number and I j...R.A. 13994344 -- that was my serial number and I joined right ahead of my draft notice in 1966. Everybody in my MOS was RA. Army Security Agency.<BR/><BR/>No, the real kicker, the real insult, was -- calling someone a "lifer." That was usually, in our frozen part of the army, E-5 or E-6 and up. All the rest of us were spec. 4's after about three months on the duty station.<BR/><BR/>RA's were regular assholes, but lifers earned the title for the rest of their life.George Buddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10567769949113869344noreply@blogger.com