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  • Cry Havoc

    Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war! We are ready. Never give up; never dig in; never defend; always attack; never worry about defeat, never take council of your fears; think of and plan only for victory; we win by never losing. To win a battle one must make their mind run the body because the

  • The Spartans, 300, and the UCI

    Those of you who saw the movie "300", which is loosely based on Spartan heroics against the Persians during the Battle of Thermopylae, know that the Spartans of Greece lived by a philosophy that stressed the importance of preparing for battle. The legendary Spartan warriors were trained from a young

  • The Bell Lap

    In my last commentary I wrote that getting ready for a UCI was like a marathon, not a sprint... Anyone who has ever watched a long-distance race knows that as the runners start the last lap a bell rings to remind them that the time to conserve energy is over and the time to begin their sprint to the

  • Water Wings for the Pool of Life

    In the late 1980s, the civil engineer squadron at Pope Air Force Base, N.C. was practicing building a tent city in a field that was capable of supporting several hundred Airmen. One of the needed facilities was, of course, a latrine. To support hundreds of people, it had to be a large, elaborate

  • The history of Adana

    Question: Mehmet, ITT office and all other travel agencies have brochures about every city in Turkey, but Adana. We live here in this city and know very little about it. Can you tell us about its history and places to visit and see in the city?Response: As a local of Adana I always feel that my

  • Note to Self: Don’t Yank on Superman’s Cape

    Fort Bragg has seen its share of military "accidents," including the following, a true story and an object lesson often recounted on explosive device ranges to teach soldiers a basic safety lesson; let's see if you can figure out the lesson. At the Light Anti-Tank Weapon range, soldiers are afforded

  • Time flies when having fun

    Team Incirlik can you believe it is already April? We are already in the second quarter of 2007. Since the first quarter is history, I want to let you know how we are doing in our quest to reduce Alcohol Related Incidents by 50 percent. Thanks to the Commander's Access Channel slides and the ARI

  • Electrical Choices

    Daniel and his friend were practicing their marksmanship by shooting at targets in a farm field. But instead of the usual choices of mice, bottles, or birds, they selected a more worthy adversary: electrical insulators. These pear-shaped glass or plastic devices are intended to hold electrical wires

  • Born to be Wild

    This one is a Darwin near-miss. Like a true country child, Jim was born, born to be wild ... even though he had grown up to be a county sheriff. The wild one had cast off his mild-mannered alter-ego and taken to the road, in the company of another cop and the cop's brother, riding his hog without a

  • Metallica Shenanigans

    According to the Commissioner-In-Charge, Robert was found in a pickup truck on top of Ormond at the bottom of a 23-foot drop. Ormond was found with severe lacerations, numerous fractures, contusions, and a branch in his rear. He was stabbed and his pants were in a tree 15 feet above him.Apparently,