YOU LOST TRACK OF WHAT????!!!!!!!

That's the first thing that I thought when I read  this .  How do you loose track of six trucks full of weapons and explosives?

No wonder they closed the embassy.  I saw photos of the place.  Five well placed blocks of C4 and it's gone.  Well maybe ten.  Either way a truckload not so well placed will do the job several times.

It's just beyond my imagination that they could lose track of even one truck of weapons.  In the Army we had to sign for each weapon that was taken out of the arms room.  Every day the armorer would count all the weapons and signatures.  If one was missing they would shut down the post.  If we transported weapons the people transporting them would be armed.  This was in the states before 9/11.  This happened in Yemen where thw government knows there are extremists who would love to get these weapons.  Again, how do you loose a truck loaded with weapons?  

I was at : 35 Poplar Springs Rd, Ringgold, GA 30736,

Tiger Woods

I just saw the SNL skit about Tiger Woods.  I thought it was funny. I suspect there is more truth to it than we imagine.

 I have some advice for Tiger and all of the celebrities out there (not that I think they are reading my blog).  This bit of advice was given to me by CSM Purdy many years ago when I was in the Army.  He told me "Son, you can't hide nothing from nobody."  I don't remember what I was trying to hide, but over the years this has proven to be true.

Veterans Day

I want to write something special for veterans day, but I’m having trouble finding the words.  From the first days of our Revolutionary war to a few days ago people have seen fit to step forward and risk their lives for this country.  How can any words do justice to that?  If those words exist I don’t have them.  Instead I’ll invite you to find a veteran and thank them for their service, remember those who are no longer with us, and pray for those who are serving now.

combat soccer

A Couple of days ago I saw this article which made me remember a sport that we played when I was in the military.  We called it combat soccer mainly because we played it at the soccer field with a soccer ball.  This is where the similarities between the official version and our version end. 

Once the platoon arrived at the soccer field we were divided up into two teams.  Then the platoon sergeant would assign each team a goal and go over all of the rules of the game.  I still remember all of the rules pretty much verbatim so here they are;

1.    Don’t kill each other.

2.    If you get the ball in the goal you get a point.

3.    The team with the most points wins.

During one game I remember running to catch the ball that someone had thrown and seeing something approach me out of the corner of my eye.  I don’t remember the rest of that day, but I think it was fun. 

Afghanistan

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/10/620000438/1

I keep seeing this come up in the news. First question in my mind is why is this an Obama level decision? I know he is the commander in chief, but moving troops around should be handled at a lower level. It’s not smart for him to be involved at this level. He gets all the blame if they loose and none of the credit if they win.


As a citizen I expect our president to give the military their mission and leave it to the military to decide how to do it. He should also decide on priorities of missions. When I was in the military our squad leader might define a limit of advance. When you reached that point you would find cover and reload your weapons. On a much broader scale I expect the president to define an end point to missions given.

I don’t expect the president to understand military tactics /strategy. He has people who have been very well trained in that area. He should trust them. They understand that sending more troops does not mean sending more people to get shot at. Sending more troops means sending more people to shoot back. That’s the way I see it.