Baptism by Fire & the Burden of Command

I’m talking to a friend the other day and he tells me about the scariest moment of his life. I tell him there is nothing wrong with being afraid. His story also reminded me of a time. My battalion, 2/9, was conducting jungle operations training at Fort Sherman, Panama, in 1988 and the winds of … Continue reading Baptism by Fire & the Burden of Command →

Exercise SHATRUJEET

ST UnWoked & UnVaxxed!

…Similarly, and later as MARFORPAC’S G5 South Asia Desk Officer, I turned a small platoon-level exercise into what was designed to eventually become a Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), infantry battalion reinforced, engagement. When I took over the South Asia Desk, the platoon-level exercise did not even have a name. It was a relatively obscure mil-to-mil exercise that was conducted one year in India and the following year in the United States. Because of the distance between our two countries, no Desk Officer had attempted to grow this exercise into something more appropriate between near-peer, if not peer, nations. My belief was that this exercise was totally inadequate and was basically serving next to no purpose as a platoon-to-platoon exchange. I wanted to grow it into an exercise that was strategic in its outlook and impact.

At that time, however, the war in Iraq was raging, and the Marine Corps’ involvement…

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Yes – Starship Trooper

https://youtu.be/359qGNryZmY Back into the fight again!

You Know It’s a Bad Day When…

...you say to yourself, "Self, we've had better bad acid trips than this!"

Fury — ST UnWoke!

Liz once asked Simon which war movie, in his opinion, was the most accurate: Simon recommended the movie “Fury”. I watched it today. I will never be the same, please watch this movie.Fury — ST UnWoke!

‘Dog’ – UR Movie Recommendation of the Week

https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/02/channing-tatum-tweaks-progs-salutes-vets-in-the-same-movie/

(Thai) Cashew Chicken

Home Cooking, Homey

CSN – Dark Star

https://youtu.be/gUUsYurcCZw

Atlas Shrugged in Response to Benghazi

Change my military mind. Herat, Afghanistan 2010

BVotD

Romans 1:22-25 King James Version 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. 24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour … Continue reading BVotD →