December 2004 - Posts

• Wet Christmas

  It started drizzling this morning and the drizzle built into a steady rain. The soil here is a fine clay that forms choking dust when dry and heavy, slimy mud when wet. The ground is already saturated and the gravel spread out all over base to keep the Read More... Posted Saturday, December 25, 2004 9:08 PM by edquayle | 1 Comments

• Reserve Officer Crisis

  I posted an article from the Seattle Times that I learned about from an AKO forum topic by the same title. It is informative. Unfortunately, it doesn't include the chart showing resignations growing exponentially. The Army Reserve states that it is at Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 22, 2004 8:40 PM by edquayle | 4 Comments

• R&R ROCKS!

  I returned from R&R last week refreshed and ready for another round. Well, maybe that was the wrong choice of words for around here but prepared for duty none the less. The R&R program is one of the outstanding successes of this war. It breaks Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 22, 2004 8:02 PM by edquayle | 0 Comments