Cyrus Cassidy #45437 Posted March 3, 2024 Posted March 3, 2024 I received an email stating, "COL [Cassidy], congratulations on being selected for brigade command..."
Michigan Slim Posted March 3, 2024 Posted March 3, 2024 Congratulations Cyrus. Good luck going into that.
Mud Marine,SASS#54686 Life Posted March 3, 2024 Posted March 3, 2024 The enlisted need quality officers. You must be one of them since 1 star was offered to you. You didn't lobby for it! IMHO, you will be able to enhance your service by staving off your retirement for a few more years. The Army needs all the help it can get! :-) Semper Fidelis; Mud Marine
Cyrus Cassidy #45437 Posted March 3, 2024 Author Posted March 3, 2024 35 minutes ago, Mud Marine,SASS#54686 Life said: The enlisted need quality officers. You must be one of them since 1 star was offered to you. You didn't lobby for it! IMHO, you will be able to enhance your service by staving off your retirement for a few more years. The Army needs all the help it can get! :-) Semper Fidelis; Mud Marine Definitely not a star. Brigades have been commanded by Colonels since WW2.
Subdeacon Joe Posted March 3, 2024 Posted March 3, 2024 4 minutes ago, Cyrus Cassidy #45437 said: Definitely not a star. Brigades have been commanded by Colonels since WW2. Kinda takes the meaning out of "Brigadier. "
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted March 3, 2024 Posted March 3, 2024 I'm a bit confused if this is a joke. I'm a lowly civilian and not knowledgeable in such things, but I would think you would receive something more than an e mail in such a thing. JHC
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted March 3, 2024 Posted March 3, 2024 1 hour ago, Cyrus Cassidy #45437 said: I received an email stating, "COL [Cassidy], congratulations on being selected for brigade command..."
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted March 3, 2024 Posted March 3, 2024 After re reading this thread a few times I think I stuck my foot in my mouth. Not the first time but I try not to make a habit of it. Congratulations Col. Cassidy! Su amigo, JHC
Cyrus Cassidy #45437 Posted March 3, 2024 Author Posted March 3, 2024 2 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Kinda takes the meaning out of "Brigadier. " They eliminated the “regiment” layer of bureaucracy and reorganized. So a modern brigade is the same size as the old regiments used to be. Regiments were commanded by colonels, so it’s the same span of control. So the brigadier label has been relegated to history.
Subdeacon Joe Posted March 3, 2024 Posted March 3, 2024 8 minutes ago, Cyrus Cassidy #45437 said: They eliminated the “regiment” layer of bureaucracy and reorganized. So a modern brigade is the same size as the old regiments used to be. Regiments were commanded by colonels, so it’s the same span of control. So the brigadier label has been relegated to history. So it's no longer Army Corps Division Brigade Regiment Battalion Company (which I remember as All Cops Drive Big Red Bad Cars)
Cyrus Cassidy #45437 Posted March 3, 2024 Author Posted March 3, 2024 22 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: So it's no longer Army Corps Division Brigade Regiment Battalion Company (which I remember as All Cops Drive Big Red Bad Cars) Pard, seriously, it hasn't been since shortly after WW2. There are a few separate cavalry brigades that retain the name "regiment" as a historical marker, but they are brigades commanded by colonels. Other than that, there is no such thing as a regiment and hasn't been since two generations before I was born!
Doc Moses Posted March 3, 2024 Posted March 3, 2024 3 hours ago, Mud Marine,SASS#54686 Life said: The enlisted need quality officers. You must be one of them since 1 star was offered to you. You didn't lobby for it! IMHO, you will be able to enhance your service by staving off your retirement for a few more years. The Army needs all the help it can get! :-) Semper Fidelis; Mud Marine Oorah
Subdeacon Joe Posted March 3, 2024 Posted March 3, 2024 39 minutes ago, Cyrus Cassidy #45437 said: Pard, seriously, it hasn't been since shortly after WW2. There are a few separate cavalry brigades that retain the name "regiment" as a historical marker, but they are brigades commanded by colonels. Other than that, there is no such thing as a regiment and hasn't been since two generations before I was born! Next you'll be trying to tell me that NCO chevron point up and this handbook is out of date! Again, well done, and well deserved. The organizational skills you possess must be phenomenal.
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted March 3, 2024 Posted March 3, 2024 With all due respect and a touch of whimsy, I shall now always think of our own CC as "Colonel Ump~!" That said, congratulations ~ to both you AND the Army.
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted March 3, 2024 Posted March 3, 2024 Reading between the lines… Does “selected for brigade command..." mean “soon, when we have a brigade opening.” In the reserves? Would you have to relocate? chain of command for me was USAREUR 7th Army VII Corps VII Corps Arty 35 Arty Gp 1bn / 36 Arty Regiment Battery The Regiment was just a paper organization, 2bn was on a different continent. The group would have been the regiment/ brigade level organization, led by a colonel.
Cyrus Cassidy #45437 Posted March 3, 2024 Author Posted March 3, 2024 1 hour ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Reading between the lines… Does “selected for brigade command..." mean “soon, when we have a brigade opening.” In the reserves? Would you have to relocate? chain of command for me was USAREUR 7th Army VII Corps VII Corps Arty 35 Arty Gp 1bn / 36 Arty Regiment Battery The Regiment was just a paper organization, 2bn was on a different continent. The group would have been the regiment/ brigade level organization, led by a colonel. It wasn't even a paper organization by that time. It was just a historical marker. They still exist as historical markers. Three battalions scattered across the army can all trace their lineage through the same regiment. So 1-36, 2-36, and 3-36 all came from the 36th Artillery Regiment, but the regiment is no longer a thing. Reserves: We don't relocate for part-time (HA!) jobs. We fly all the time. All. The. Time. I'm currently a division G3/5/7 and work out of Fort Sill but live in Colorado. Now I'll be flying to PA and NY instead.
watab kid Posted March 4, 2024 Posted March 4, 2024 congrats ,that is an honor and i know from my deceased FILs conversations with me that it will do some good in your retirement that is well deserved , my roommate in college expanded my understanding of command a little but ill admit to knowing very little , his father was a colonel in charge in Stuttgart germany at the time , later in leavenworth i think , his two brothers , were SF in VN at the time , that sat with my wife and i at the table for his wedding were lieutenants at the time , they became the general of the army and surgeon general of the army later in life ,
PowderRiverCowboy Posted March 4, 2024 Posted March 4, 2024 On 3/3/2024 at 7:22 AM, Cyrus Cassidy #45437 said: It wasn't even a paper organization by that time. It was just a historical marker. They still exist as historical markers. Three battalions scattered across the army can all trace their lineage through the same regiment. So 1-36, 2-36, and 3-36 all came from the 36th Artillery Regiment, but the regiment is no longer a thing. Reserves: We don't relocate for part-time (HA!) jobs. We fly all the time. All. The. Time. I'm currently a division G3/5/7 and work out of Fort Sill but live in Colorado. Now I'll be flying to PA and NY instead. Congrats On the assignment , Although I kind of liked Sill, Lots of History there . When I came back in they had the old hospital where Geronimo died as our barracks Sheridan house ect. Ironically that was also my last Army duty station . Better stop up at Meer's for a burger before you go .
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