I am reading some slides on Containment v. preemptive foreign policy.  Granted, I am reading it in the context of military law studies, but I am curious why it is that we do not seem to take a position of not only military preemption (which I do not particularly care for) but also one of cultural preemption.  If Clausewitz is right and war is ( Read more... )

Back from LDAC "warrior forge"  2006.  NOthing stellar but nothing too bad, either.  The daily views of Mt. Renier were uplifting.  I'll write more later.

It is will be a very busy slow five days coming.  Here it is ( Read more... )

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Probably nothing exciting... just thought I would let it be known that we in-processed and received our gear for training today.  Excited to begin real training tomorrow, I hope.  Probably not, though.  PT test is tuesday, things will get rolling for real real then ( Read more... )

Encircl'd in a cloud of smoke,
Sat the convivial core;
Like light'ning flash'd the merry joke,
The thund'ring laugh did roar.
Blithe Bacchus pierc'd his fav'rite hoard,
The sparkling glasses shine:
'Tis this, they cry, come, sweep the board,
Which makes us all divine.

Was introduced to High Falls State Park today. It totally rocked. I didn't take my digi camera, or I would give pictures to you. Maybe once Farran has developed and scanned the images. You can find it at 33°10'50.20"N by 84° 0'54.01"W :) Yay, Google Earth.

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Isn't she beautiful? *drool*

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