This is one of those "Once in a Lifetime" opportunities. We were taking a private tour of the Pentagon. An old friend of B's from his first tour in Iraq is currently stationed there. He took us around, and we ran in to a CW5 Jenkins (we believe was his name) who works in the office of Gen. Casey.
We were invited in to see Gen. Casey's office. What an impressive place. There is so much history in there, and it was just neat to be a part of it. There is an original Noman Rockwell worth nearly 2 million, a globe that Eisenhower outlined post war Germany on, the original chief of staff pin that has been passed down from Gen. McArthur and much more. Really cool!!
B asked if he could sit in the desk, and of course we had to get a picture. You aren't allowed to get pictures in most places there, but they allowed this one.
If you ever get a chance to tour the pentagon, take it up. I had never realized how much history is in that building. I just thought it would be a large cement building and be drabby on the inside, but it is like a museum inside and there is truly so much history in there that you will never see in a smithsonian. I definitely love my country
Interesting fact: The pentagon is made up of 17 miles of corridors and 125,000 miles of computer cable. (All those computer geeks like B will like that information!)
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