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Thursday, February 4, 2016

Tanker's Final Exam, Part 4, Moving Tank

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We are now at Part 4 of Table VIII of 1976 tank gunnery at Fort Carson, Colorado. The previous post described Engagements 3, 4 and 5 whic...
Monday, February 1, 2016

The Cold War Versus the Iraq War: The Mission Shapes Reality

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From 1972 to 1984 on active duty and in the Army Reserve, I was a Cold War soldier. My Mission, with a capital M, was to “Defend Am...
Monday, January 25, 2016

Sunset on Muir Field After the Big Snowstorm

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I took pictures from several angles of the sun setting on Muir Field, Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., after the big snowstorm.  The angles and bla...

One Soldier's Trash is a Teenager's Treasure!

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Yesterday I was walking through the Flight Facility--the big hangar for helicopters--at Fort Indiantown Gap and saw a box lunch sitting on ...
Sunday, January 24, 2016

Armor in the Snow: A Cold Day for Cold War Armor

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A year ago, I took pictures of the static display Armor at Fort Indiantown Gap after a snowstorm.  Today I took pictures of the same tanks a...
Friday, January 22, 2016

Cold War Reheated: Resurgent Russia and Vladimir Putin

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At the end of the Cold War , Russia fell into poverty and almost fell apart.  Whether you date the end of the Cold War as the Fall of th...
Thursday, January 21, 2016

Tank Vs. Citroen 2CV: Polezei on German Roads

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This Versus This: During the three years I was a tank commander in West Germany during the Cold War , we rolled through to...
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