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WTF is a military hostess? (Original Post) amywalk Nov 2012 OP
A grifter. DURHAM D Nov 2012 #1
Well Ms Kelly isn't what I would call a Hostess. southernyankeebelle Nov 2012 #2
I understand. I'm from a Southern, military background. Plenty of great women helping out. amywalk Nov 2012 #11
Your right. This Kelly woman to me comes of worse then the other woman. It's really southernyankeebelle Nov 2012 #19
a cupcake that fights back? zbdent Nov 2012 #3
A Zinger or a Ho-Ho? jberryhill Nov 2012 #5
The same as a "hostess" nichomachus Nov 2012 #4
groupie? SpartanDem Nov 2012 #6
These - packed in MRE's jberryhill Nov 2012 #7
A B-girl in Olongapo DollarBillHines Nov 2012 #8
Holy Shit Bill!!! HangOnKids Nov 2012 #12
Hah! HOK DollarBillHines Nov 2012 #16
Someone with torpedoes? RagAss Nov 2012 #9
I believe they're legal in Nevada. Indpndnt Nov 2012 #10
First thing that comes to mind is total snark csziggy Nov 2012 #13
She threw a lot of champaign and cigar parties at her McMansion. amandabeech Nov 2012 #14
Per a military spokesperson: Live and Learn Nov 2012 #15
A military hostess is a social liaison. Kablooie Nov 2012 #17
a twinkie with a machine gun. BlueMan Votes Nov 2012 #18
They seat the ticket holders Shankapotomus Nov 2012 #20
A smaller version of First Lady marshall Nov 2012 #21
 

southernyankeebelle

(11,304 posts)
2. Well Ms Kelly isn't what I would call a Hostess.
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 10:22 PM
Nov 2012

There are some very fine women who act at Funerals when a soldier dies. I know when my dad died and he was buried at Arlington National Cemetary there was the minister, the aid that helped the widow and the hostess who was a representative who was at the burial site. She was a very kind lady and she made sure if we needed anything she was there.

amywalk

(254 posts)
11. I understand. I'm from a Southern, military background. Plenty of great women helping out.
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 10:50 PM
Nov 2012

Just don't think she is doing what we assume would be the normal care-giving. I could be wrong.

 

southernyankeebelle

(11,304 posts)
19. Your right. This Kelly woman to me comes of worse then the other woman. It's really
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 08:48 AM
Nov 2012

none of our business but when a highly respected general does something like this it hurts the morale of the troops who are in the field fighting. This is nothing more than a distraction of real important issues. I do think he did right by resigning. Generals have to be an example. War isn't an excuse. Sorry his wife was at home doing what she was suppose to do. I know she will forgive him and try to move on. You don't throw over 30 yrs of marriage so easy. I'm so over this situation. All these people involved are republicans and somehow its all Obama's fault.

zbdent

(35,392 posts)
3. a cupcake that fights back?
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 10:22 PM
Nov 2012

Gotta watch that cream filling ... more than just the trans-fats to watch out for ...

 

HangOnKids

(4,291 posts)
12. Holy Shit Bill!!!
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 11:17 PM
Nov 2012

Olongapo indeed. I know what you're talking about BTW, my late Dad was the CO of NAS Atsugi back in the 60's. I've actually been there, 1979, and the kids chased me and my F-14 pilot husband down the streets screaming "bionic woman."

csziggy

(34,138 posts)
13. First thing that comes to mind is total snark
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 11:20 PM
Nov 2012

A camp follower - as in "a civilian (as a prostitute) who follows a military unit to attend or exploit military personnel". http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/camp%20follower

 

amandabeech

(9,893 posts)
14. She threw a lot of champaign and cigar parties at her McMansion.
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 11:20 PM
Nov 2012

She also tried to "liaise" between U.S. military brass at McDill military base with visiting Lebanese and other Middle East government officials.

She, her husband and her twin sister all have serious financial problems.

Live and Learn

(12,769 posts)
15. Per a military spokesperson:
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 11:31 PM
Nov 2012
Petraeus Mystery: What Is an 'Unpaid Social Liaison'?

What does being an unpaid social liaison entail?
By Eli MacKinnon, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer | LiveScience.com

<snip>

Life's Little Mysteries spoke to a military spokesman, who asked not to be identified, to try to officially clear up the unofficial matter. While his responses didn't definitively solve anything, his analysis was still instructive. Some of the conversation is reproduced below.

Spokesperson: I don't think it entails anything. Someone does some nice things for people, and then they give them a piece of paper and a gift and say thank you.

Are there other unpaid social liaisons in Central Command or is Kelley the only one?

Spokesperson: I don't know. I don't think it's a position. It's like saying CentCom [Central Command] has a green thermos. A green thermos isn't some official position; there's no official green thermos. Someone might have considered themselves a green thermos.

How and why would the decision to bestow an "honorary ambassador" status on Kelley have been made?

Spokesperson: They probably said, "Hey, this nice lady hosted several parties we were at. We had a lot of fun and she seems really nice and does things to help us out, so let's give her a certificate and make her an honorary ambassador to the coalition." Someone typed it up, someone hit print and that was it.


http://news.yahoo.com/petraeus-mystery-unpaid-social-liaison-233532599.html

Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts)
20. They seat the ticket holders
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 08:56 AM
Nov 2012

at battles. A traditionally big, but mostly hush hush source of entertainment and diversion of the super rich.

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