Claude's Ventures

September 4, 2009
As a former journalist, this story is embarrassing:
Afghan lawmaker decries US firing on clinic
By AMIR SHAH (AP) August, 29, 2009
KABUL — The U.S. military’s decision to use a helicopter gunship to fire on a medical clinic where an injured Taliban commander had bunkered was a violation of Islamic and international law, a [...]

July 14, 2009
Today Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, gave us a visit.
I was being the “historian” taping and photographing the town hall meeting he held at Bagram.
“I believe you make up the best military in the history, not just of our country, but on this Earth,” he said. “I [...]

WAR MOVIE QUOTES
“History is written by those who have hanged heroes.”
Angus MacFadyen
“Braveheart”
“This is a military operation. Nothing ever goes according to plan.”
Terence Stamp
“Valkyrie”
“In war, trust is the first casualty.”
Ben Kingsley
“Fifty Dead Men Walking”
“What we see and do in war – the cruelty, is unbelievable. But somehow we gotta make some sense out [...]

I’ve been at Bagram Air Field (BAF) in Parwan province, Afghanistan, for a month now.
Things are going well. We’ve hit the ground running. Getting set up to do our mission – including getting software to work. Picking up some On-the-Job-Training before the other team left.
I’m already covering a couple operations and the development [...]

May 25, 2009
HEADQUARTERS GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC
General Orders No.11, WASHINGTON, D.C., May 5, 1868
i. The 30th day of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every [...]