I think back today on the sacrafices of so many for our fine country. Even though it is not perfect, I believe whole heartedly that it is the greatest country in the world, These United States of America.
I think of a tribe that I am a member of, and I smile. Fore they too sacraficed for this great country.
I have heard that a measure, is to see what a person, a people, a country protect, by that measure you may see the value of that person, that people, that country.
I feel my tribe protected freedom, truth and justice.
My tribe is B company 2/227 AVN, 3rd Armor Division, 1990-1994. They served first in Ft. Hood, Texas. They next served at Fliegerhorst Army Airfield in Hanou, Germany. They quasi volunteered to go to Saudi Arabia to protect a border. They returned to Germany to regroup with 2/227 to deploy to Saudi Arabia. Travelling through Iraq then Kuwait. Returning back to Germany. Many stops were made along the way that included the Netherlands, France and Israel.
Following this was a diaspora to the winds of the world. The tribe remains, if only in my mind. Some glimmer of the tribe can be found here http://bravocompanybadboys.blogspot.com/.
The warriors of this tribe continue on. They now have more wisdom of age. They are now making new tribes, in new lands and in new ways. I hope each warrior remembers the tribe I call the Bad Boys of Bravo Company 2/227 Avn. I hope they remember their world tour.
I hope their memory of the tribe is as strong as mine.
Monday, May 26, 2008
Memory of the Tribe
Monday, May 12, 2008
Burma
16 Days of Glory
Bud Greenspan can tell a story. He is able to wrench my heart, make my throat constrict and cause tears to fall from my eyes.
He is the premiere athletic documentarian of our time.
His stories about athletes are more than who won which event. The stories he tells are of human achievements. These achievements are not always about the winners of the competition.
Citius, Altius, Fortius. Latin for Swifter, Higher, Stronger. The olympic motto.
When Bud Greenspan weaves his stories you find the swiftest may finish last, the highest not necessarily the greatest distance from earth and that the strongest may not lift the greatest weight.
His documentaries titled "16 days of Glory" show some of the finest moments in athletic and human history. The 16 are the number of days in each olympiad.
If you get the opportunity I highly recommend viewing his work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Greenspan
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Tim Credeur
Tim Credeur is a man to watch in mixed martial arts competition.
He is an interesting individual who chooses to live by a warrior code. I believe he is smart enough to actually know what this entails.
Reading some of his biography I found he is a veteran and student with a degree from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is an expert at Jiu-Jitsu.
I have been watching him on the Spike program The Ultimate Fighter. This was taped this past spring. It will be interesting to see how he fairs.
Jack Lalanne
Jack Lalanne 1953
Jack just before his 90th birthday.
Jack is 93. I think he is an inspiration to all.
Ralph Paffenbarger, M.D., one of principal investigators in the Harvard Alumni Study, summarises the benefits of exercise with a neat formula: For each hour that a person exercises, he/she gets roughly two extra hours of life!
What is vigorous exercise? For the Harvard researchers, vigorous exercise was anything which was greater in intensity than about six 'METS' (e.g., greater than six times resting metabolic rate).
Several studies also show that increased muscle mass and strength leads to longevity and health with fewer complications of ageing.
One look at Jack and his active lifestyle can make a believer out of anyone.
