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wizards of oz wizards of oz life is fraughtless when you re thoughtless 6 3 10 moved please go to http www wizardsofoz net 1 3 10 stomp rockets with the cub scouts it s amazing what you can do with a bike tire tube paper tape an empty 2 liter bottle posted by deichmans 18 33 0 comments 25 2 10 middle school band concert shelby is second chair clarinet in her school s band she is just left of the band teacher as they prepare for tonight s seventh grade pops concert posted by deichmans 18 32 2 comments 21 2 10 review senator s son nearly 25 years ago as a freshman college student balancing a science major with the obligatory credits in the humanities my english 101 professor introduced me to the concept of verisimilitude the likeness or resemblance of a creative writing effort to reality while this was a difficult feat for me in my writing assignments it is something that luke larson has effortlessly achieved in his first novel senator s son luke was a journalism major at a rival pac 10 school courtesy of an nrotc scholarship to the university of arizona and as a junior officer in the u s marine corps served two tours in iraq both in al anbar province first in 2005 during the election of the iraqi transitional government that was to draft a permanent constitution and again in 2007 during the iraqi national referendum and the start of general petraeus s surge senator s son wastes no time hurling the reader into the breech written in a tempo prestissimo style this rapid fire novel gives you a no holds barred perspective of modern counterinsurgency from multiple perspectives the families at home with a dissociated populace the wounded warriors battling the demons of recovery opiate pain killer addictions and post traumatic stress disorder the careerist bureaucrats that infiltrate every large organization and most importantly the junior officers and non commissioned officers who must make up for higher s planning inadequacies and strategic myopia larson s use of a 2047 scenario in the southwest pacific with a lone senator holding the deciding vote on whether or not to commit u s military power abroad helps to reinforce the strategic consequences our actions today can have on future generations set in 2007 ar ramadi a city of nearly a half million that serves as the provincial capital of al anbar province just west of baghdad senator s son is the story of the platoons of golf company golf is a marine company part of a marine battalion tied to an army brigade responsible for sweeping missions in south ramadi in the days prior to the 2007 iraqi national referendum and a few months prior to the surge their early ventures from the snake pit a heavily fortified marine firm base poignantly demonstrate the complexities of contemporary warfare the force protection concerns are palpable one can almost smell the raw sewage flowing through the ruined streets of a dying city and feel the peering eyes of snipers tracking you in their sights every piece of litter is a potential improvised explosive device and every sound a threat and like mayor giuliani s broken windows theory in late 1990s new york city the reluctant shift from a hardened up armored patrol mindset to one of cooperative engagement with a foreign culture underscores the essence of counterinsurgency coin doctrine now codified in fm 3 24 mcwp 3 33 5 counterinsurgency like real life there are few happy endings in this book each platoon commander in golf has his own strengths and fallibilities from steadfast bama s bravery and bigotries to the maverick greg s ingenuity and independence and each must face his own demons in the prose that larson deftly weaves at a minimum senator s son is a brilliant primer on leadership how to learn which rules are worth breaking the importance of adaptability when there are no black or white situations but only gray and the primacy of relationships but it is also a tribute to those who answer a call to serve whether they serve in their own communities as volunteers or have the privilege of wearing the eagle globe and anchor of a marine like my grandfather a mortarman with charlie 1 6 in guadalcanal and tarawa and my grandmother a clerk typist at hunters point san francisco who met my grandfather after his malaria washed him out of the fleet marine force senator s son is a testament to the resilience of those who carry the burden of personal sacrifice with such humility that we can take our own freedom for granted this book is a must read for anyone who cares about the greater world beyond our neighborhood and the role that power be it the hard power of weaponry and kinetic energy or the soft power of relationships can play in shaping the world for better or for worse cross posted at antilibrary and zenpundit labels 4gw books complexity counterinsurgency culture reconstruction reviews xgw posted by deichmans 14 37 0 comments 16 2 10 dc sidewalks after tons of snow was trucked away posted by deichmans 18 54 0 comments 12 2 10 a different kind of intel i m in silicon valley today for intel labs single chip cloud computer symposium scc is an experimental many core processor that i believe could revolutionize modeling simulation posted by deichmans 11 05 0 comments 11 2 10 el mejor burrito en todo del mundo taqueria ramiro y sons 2321 alameda avenue in alameda calif the best burritos ever especially the carnitas posted by deichmans 16 57 0 comments landing in the bay area partly cloudy skies and temps over 60 f in the san francisco bay area posted by deichmans 15 16 0 comments 6 2 10 snow ice mud posted by deichmans 11 05 0 comments cheyenne mtn state park posted by deichmans 10 04 0 comments 5 2 10 sign of the bear man cub earned his bear badge tonight with the face paint to prove it posted by deichmans 19 33 0 comments 31 1 10 a tale of two boots it was the best of times it was the worst of times it was the age of wisdom it was the age of foolishness snofest 2010 the annual snow festival hosted at keystone resort for front range military installations took place this weekend the weather was perfect the snow was perfect the equipment was well not so much never mind that my koflach ski boots would have been more at home in a museum than on a black diamond run in colorado after all i purchased them 19 years ago on consignment in banff alberta i e used putting their age around 20 25 years for can 90 about us 60 at the 1991 exchange rates and never mind that upon buckling up for my first run on friday morning one of the upper buckles snapped off big deal i thought i have three more buckles it was the age of foolishness all was well truly the best of times until i ventured onto north peak s geronimo the run in the top photo of this post which is accessible only from a narrow roped off gate with a sign warning of hidden obstacles and variable terrain so i pointed my 195cm olin 870s no not parabolics into a nice fall line made a turn made another turn then bounced off one mogul into a trough in a puff of powder when i looked down one chunk of my boot was next to my skis and another from the other boot was uphill that red you see on the back of my foot on the photo below should have been covered by rigid white plastic this is the chunk from my left boot the right boot piece is still somewhere on geronimo so what is one to do when barely one quarter of the way down the most remote run in a massive resort like keystone why keep skiing that lasted all of four more turns when your ankle is free to move independently of your feet your skis will go whichever way they want and the red plastic digs into your achilles by the time i actually reached the bottom of the run i had perfected the fine art of butt sledding carrying my poles in one hand my skis in the other braking with my boots and crab walking over moguls when my momentum slowed once i made it down to silver mill village after riding the flat non mogul portion of the run on the skis taking the chair lift to the summit then riding the gondola down i stopped by christy s sports i asked the folks in their rental shop who put a nice belt wax on my olins that morning for my 27 second nastar race time and who found a reasonably close facsimile to replace the lost basket on my boss s poles that i borrowed since my poles were left in colorado springs about one day boot rentals when they said boots cost 20 day i e 1 3 the price i paid for my boots 19 years ago plus 10 to adjust my bindings oh and the caveat that they can t touch bindings that are out of warranty which i guarantee my 20 year old tyrolias are that made my decision for saturday s gear trivial shred on labels sport travel posted by deichmans 22 16 0 comments about me name deichmans location colorado springs co united states view my complete profile links tdaxp zenpundit interact war is boring abu muqawama whirledview dreaming 5gw rethinking security small wars journal shlok vaidya defense and the national interest soob coming anarchy 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