Monday, June 06, 2005

Military Notes

Here's some military stuff:

  • JD Johannes, a retired Marine from Kansas, has a pretty good blog as an embedded reporter/observer in Iraq (he just returned to Kansas this week). Read about his "insurance policies" here. Read about Silver Platoon here and a list of Marines in this unit from KC, Topeka, and Columbia here.
  • Read "I Dodged the Draft, And I was Wrong," by Mark Helprin.
  • Here's an article from Stars & Stripes about a new memorial for the 1st Infantry Division. This statue is in Germany, but when the 1st ID moves back to Ft. Riley in a few years, they'll bring the statue and all other memorials with them. I'll have to make an extra effort to go see it with my boys.

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