Comments on: Quiz: If you were a military leader, who would you be?

By: Jillmz

Jillmz — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:19:59 +0000

Hey – overthinking is my role! I think you've irreparably skewed your results. lol

By: StockBoySF

StockBoySF — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:02:50 +0000

Jill, the first time I answered how I thought I would act. Though questions and answers (what the answers are trying to get at) are so transparent that I could “feel” what I was doing. The second time I closed my eyes and imagined a general who micromanaged and wanted to do everything on his own. Then I tried it the second time. I didn't expect Alger. I wanted to be an ancient, like Alexander or Cyrus, but they're not a possibility. But I don't know if that's because the nature of armies have changed over time, or if there wasn't enough information to include Alexander or Cyrus, or a combination of the two or some other reason.

By: Jillmz

Jillmz — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:43:42 +0000

StockBoy – I did a bit of that, but not entirely – guess that's how I ended up with Teddy Roosevelt.

Regardless, I need Remedial Military Leaders, 101.

By: pacatrue

pacatrue — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:14:13 +0000

I just wanted to add that this is the first time I could really hear all the lyrics to Waterloo clearly.

By: StockBoySF

StockBoySF — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:23:40 +0000

My thought while going through the exercise the first time was to nurture my men- showed them I trusted them and yet offer guidance. That's how I came up with Clark.

Hmmm… so I just took it again, only this time I pretended to be someone who wanted his way, someone who micromanaged. Now I'm Lord Horatio Alger. I wonder if that would make me the Borg in the future….

By: mikkel

mikkel — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:14:19 +0000

I was Clark too, but since I was following the directions very closely I'm not sure how accurate it was. My general thought was that if the unit was doing well before I got there, and I was only there for three days then why screw anything up trying to dictate exactly what to do without knowing them that well. When I took it assuming that I had been in command long enough to actually know what to expect I got Bradley.

By: StockBoySF

StockBoySF — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:53:15 +0000

ChrisWWW: LMAF! Very good. OK, you can be Q. I'll see you in a couple hundred years.

By: elrod

elrod — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:44:22 +0000

JMZ,
No, it was definitely not a Popeye's. It was some North Georgia local joint. It was in Rossville on US27 just below Chattanooga. I could just FEEL I was in Georgia.

By: elrod

elrod — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:43:01 +0000

Jeebus, I'm Stonewall Jackson! So there I go praising a Virginia Unionist in George Thomas and the test makes me a West Virginia Confederate! Ugh. Jackson's Valley campaign was one for the ages though. And the forced march from Harper's Ferry to Antietem was nasty.

I guess I'm old fashioned. I believe in front-line loyalty and morale. That's George Thomas too!

By: ChrisWWW

ChrisWWW — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:41:24 +0000

That's fine.. but I call being Q. Mwhahaha

By: StockBoySF

StockBoySF — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:18:17 +0000

I'm Wesley Clark, too. I guess I'll be Captain Picard in my next life. I call dibs!

Thanks Jill, that was fun and informative!

By: ChrisWWW

ChrisWWW — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:44:09 +0000

Apparently I'm Wesley Clark… he's like Captain Picard of our times…

By: Jillmz

Jillmz — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:21:52 +0000

LOL – you sure there wasn't a Popeye's nearby (sorry – I just love their biscuits).

So – is that who you are as a military leader?

By: elrod

elrod — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:08:23 +0000

I love George H. Thomas, a Virginian who fought for the Union in the Civil War. The hero of the Army of the Cumberland, Thomas was instrumental in rolling back Braxton Bragg in KY and TN and for saving his army at Chickamauga. I just went to Chattanooga/Chickamauga Battlefield last Friday by the way. Gorgeous place. Georgis is funny. I saw a sign that said, “Praise the Lord…Eat a Biscuit!”