Mr. Quinn has asked me to send his apologies for his slow response to your ideas and suggestions. He has had one mission after another and his sixteen hour days leave him little energy to give to anything but the Army, on top of that he is being asked to write up his own promotion packet. How laughable is that? The Captain is wearing my husband out ensuring the he(the Captain) gets his own promotion and that his name is seen by leadership as much as possible. The mister has had some tough bosses in the army but he always seems to find the good in them, but this one is so self-serving and egotistical that he would have made me snap months ago. Good thing the mister has a lot of patience and is a workaholic, seems to be a perfect match. Sorry had to vent!
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