It was 11:30 at night and we were packing boxes. My assignment at the German Space Institute (or the Deutsche Forschungs- und Versuchsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt, – just rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it?) in Cologne was ending and I would be starting my work at a sister center outside of Munich (Oberpfaffenhofen) in . . . → Read More: Am Bismarckturm, Bonn-Bad Godesburg (West Germany), April 11-12, 1986
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It was a clear, sunny Sunday. A bit cool, but not bad. Sergei and his secretary, Natalia, had met me at the Hotel Cosmos, a Soviet behemoth where I was staying, near the Yuri Gagarin memorial park. Sergei was an orbit and navigation team leader at the Russian Control Center and had started his own . . . → Read More: Moscow, October 3, 1993 He’s home.. after right at a year in Iraq. I love you my Josh. I am grateful to God for you and your two brothers. Thank you son, for your service. Photo courtesy of Drew. This is what Josh has been doing… here Hope he gets here soon though. Normandy and its beaches.. Jake and Josh traveled there one summer, years ago. They made a poster. As soldiers, they knew the sacrifice. God bless those living and how have gone on who stormed the shores. Iraq: US troops in mad dash to complete mission US troops, facing hostile new Iraq government, race against the clock. By Theodore May – GlobalPost Published: January 14, 2011 06:24 ET in Middle East A U.S. soldier from from the 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment runs to his position during a patrol in a . . . → Read More: Update: Embedded Reporter’s Report I always ask Josh, “What are you doing in Iraq, Josh?” And he always says, “Advising and assisting, Mom.” Which leaves me feeling oh so informed. “That’s what the paper says, Josh,” I say. “Yeah,’ he says. Until this past week. “I was assigned to a reporter who is embedded with us.” And so he . . . → Read More: Embedded. When two of my sons joined the army, I never guessed they would go to war. There was a time when we weren’t at war and thought we never would be. Oldest son was in Iraq, with the National Guard at the beginning and youngest son is there now at the “end”. This is Jake, . . . → Read More: Iraq, then and now SportsJustice A sports blog with Richard Justice One day last spring, I was at Texas A&M for a swim meet, and during a break, I decided to walk my wife over to see Kyle Field. And then I had an idea. ”Let’s go see Mike,” he said. I had no idea . . . → Read More: To know Mike Sherman is to respect, admire and root for him Math used to be very difficult for me. Starting early in elementary school with addition and subtraction, and later with multiplication tables, it took me much longer than most students to learn these things. Years later in response to some loving Siefert family bantering, I confessed to my parents the reason it was so difficult . . . → Read More: What’s In A Name? |
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