August 2007

This Week’s Soldier Was Suggested By Gary

  Col. James W. Harrison Jr. 47 years old from Missouri U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Combined Forces Command Afghanistan May 6, 2007  Duty, Honor, Country. Col. James Harrison Jr. embodied that ethos, said his family. He was committed to the mission of the United States in Afghanistan and spoke with great pride about the accomplishments of the men and women with which he served Col. Harrison was killed on May 6 when a Taliban fighter, dressed as an Afghan police officer, shot him at point blank range at Pul-e-Charkhi prison near Kabul. Also killed along side Col. Harrison was Master Sgt. Wilberto Sabalu Jr. and two other soldiers were wounded. All four men were working as mentors to Afghan troops providing external security for the prison. Harrison graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1981. He also graduated from the Military Police Basic and Advanced courses, the Combined Arms and Services Staff School, the Command and General Staff College, the Army Inspector General Course, and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He earned a Master of Business Administration from Syracuse University and a Master of Science degree in national security and strategic studies from the National Defense University. Before going to Afghanistan in December 2006, he was assigned to Fort Leavenworth as director of the School for Command Preparation at the Command and General Staff College. He is survived by his wife and three sons. To read a letter from the Afghan general in charge of the detention facility, visit Amy Proctor’s site.

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I came across this story courtesy of Fark. Apparently this guy in Spokane decided to run around his back yard naked waving his pistol around (his weapon, not his gun) and the Sheriff’s deputies tasered his crazy ass. What’s this country coming to when you can’t run around naked with guns in your own back yard? That ruins my plans for tomorrow.

Lt. Earl Howerton says when deputies arrived about 5:10 p.m., Raymond S. Wheatly was “definitely acting weird” and probably high or intoxicated. Howerton says the 39-year-old Wheatley was in his backyard still holding one gun.

Howerton says within eight minutes, the deputies persuaded Wheatly to drop the weapon, then they shocked him with a Taser. Howerton says Wheatly stood up and fought back as deputies tackled him.

Yuh think?

The older I get the more I discover that I am starting to like warm places more and more.

I ran across this over at Adeline and Hazel’s place and just had to post it.

That’s what time I got out of work this afternoon. It is probably the earliest I managed to get home since I was a store manager. Very nice. The only bad part is that it is right at 100 degrees out so that ride home in my no-air car sucked. I had to go pick the girls up from the baby sitter as we have open house in an hour or so, then the wife has to go back to work for HER open house.

Looks to be a long evening…

I am so ready for fall to get here.

Just need a few beers in a cooler and I would be good to go. Hell, as hot as it has been in that stupid car with no air the last couple of weeks I think I could kick all their asses.

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