More Motivators
Saturday, January 27th, 2007
Here are some more of those motivational posters, Army grunt style!
More Motivators
Archive for January, 2007
Motivators
Saturday, January 27th, 2007
Most of you have seen those inspirational, motivational posters decorating offices throughout the country. They exhort us to be determined, to be righteous, to dream, to exercise, to lead. Here are a few you probably won’t see in your boss’ reception room: Motivation
Targeting Difficulties
Saturday, January 27th, 2007
Have you ever wondered why no one in their right mind makes fun
of the intelligence of today’s American military Soldiers, Sailors,
Airmen, and Marines? Try interpreting the following while taking 7.62 rounds from multiple directions!
Iraq in Detail
Saturday, January 27th, 2007
Travis Patriquin wrote a pretty in-depth explanation about the difficulties fighting the insurgency. His earlier, more famous PowerPoint slide gets to the point quickly and humorously. This article was recently published in The Military Review (Hat tip: Mr Patriquin and Matthew B). Based on my own experience downrange, and the experience of some of [...]
The New ASAT Race
Saturday, January 27th, 2007
According to reports, China successfully tested and anti-satellite missile last week. This barely seemed to get the media’s attention. We as a nation are going to have to figure out quickly what our response will need to be to this capability. Assuming a regional war pitting US forces in defense of Taiwan against China, [...]
CNN’s HMMWV Supports Troops
Saturday, January 20th, 2007
I awoke to some interesting news from Scottsdale, AZ this morning. It turns out the CEO of ReMax Realty bought the HMMWV CNN used during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM for $1 million at this year’s Barrett-Jackson Auto Auction. The proceeds will go to the Fisher House Foundation, which is a series of houses that give [...]
We Can Still Win
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
It’s not over ’til it’s over. For more good news from the Ready First Combat Team’s AOR, check out today’s Stars & Stripes. Here’s a link to another heart and mind we won, and it paid off in spades!
More Good Stuff from VDH
Sunday, January 14th, 2007
If you’re not regularly reading Victor Davis Hanson, you’re letting some of the best commentary on the War on Terror pass by. If you disagree with him, at least he makes you think. Here’s some good thinking to get your 2007 underway.
The Legacy
Sunday, January 14th, 2007
I ran across this article in Stars & Stripes today. It’s nice to see Travis Patriquin’s famous slideshow being vindicated in al Anbar. (The link is to another page of this blog where you can click to view the presentation). The Ready First Combat Team will be rotate out of Anbar before too [...]
Ski Okunakayama (or as I Say, “Not Appi”)
Saturday, January 13th, 2007
Christina and I took the day off and went skiing again. Christina is going to try to become a skiing instructor, and the instructor course starts soon, so she wanted to get in a day of good practice with her favorite student, me! Okunakayama was a little closer than Appi resort, and it had [...]