At a recent meet-up with James of England (JoE) I spoke about an Enlisted Leadership Development program that I initiated, developed, and implemented in Mongolia almost ten years ago. JoE asked and I promised to post on my libertarian efforts with the Mongolian Armed Forces (MAF), so please blame this post on him not me.

First of all writing the words initiated, developed, and implemented is much easier than actually doing it. It was an uphill battle for almost two years from the time my proposal was first shot down to the day that President Bush met and thanked the USMC Sergeant Major in Ulaanbaatar who was in charge of the first deployment. The USMC was in Mongolia to provide support and training for MAF troop deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and maybe a little bit because of their location between Russia and China. The Mongolian leaders call the US…

…of both sexes you trained to guard our Consulate in Herat, Afghanistan have been brutally murdered by Taliban thugs during our disastrous retreat?

It did not have to go down like this, man.

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[I was able to read a pre-publication version of this book, and purchased it on its release date.]

The wait for the next installment (Gotta love the title!) in the Campbell/Greene Adventures is over! Once again, the team of Douglas Kimball, with Simon Templar as his technical advisor extraordinaire, delivers the perfect weekend getaway or staycation book. The story takes up after the medical cliffhanger at the end of book one , “Virga Joy”. As Colin Campbell, recovers from typhoid at a military hospital in Germany, in hopes of completing his Marine enlistment and returning to Costa Rica, he showcases his jazz piano talents for fellow patients, staffers, and even Armed Forces Radio and Television.

Meanwhile, at the “Rancho del Piper Nigrum”, Colin’s friend and partner in business and adventure, botanist Alan Greene, who’d been hastily removed from Afghanistan – and his covert work there – keeps the…

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