Showing posts with label Texas State Guard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Texas State Guard. Show all posts
Monday, June 29, 2020

This Knife Might Not Work Once

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This Northwest Trail knife is built wrong. Clipped into your pocket, when you take it out, you have to flip it around before you can open it...
Monday, October 28, 2019

Why I Served

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I joined the Texas State Guard in order to be trained in emergency response. The TXSG surpassed my expectations. It was an honor and a priv...
Saturday, October 13, 2018

I am not Voting in State Elections

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I am proud of my voting record. I show up for primaries. I never cast a vote without an opinion: if I do not know anything about the candid...
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Friday, August 31, 2018

Hurricane Harvey

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One year ago today, I was into my seventh of 23 straight 12-hour days. I served as the WebEOC communications desk for the Texas State Guard ...
Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Dining Out Ceremony

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The Officer Candidate School of the Texas State Guard held a reunion dinner for all classes 2001-2017, last Saturday night, August 18. I wa...
Saturday, January 27, 2018

The Next Hurricane Harvey ...

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... will not be a hurricane. "Some years ago, there was a group in the staff college of which some of you may have heard, Leavenwor...
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Friday, September 15, 2017

AFK: Hurricane Harvey

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The day before the tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico became Hurricane Harvey, the Texas State Guard stood up its emergency operation...
Monday, May 15, 2017

ANOC: Advanced Non-commissioned Officer Course

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On the weekend 10-12 March 2017, I completed the Advanced Non-Commissioned Officer Class (ANOC) of the Texas State Guard. Although the J-7 ...
Sunday, January 1, 2017

Most Popular Pageviews

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I write this blog for myself. As a contract technical writer, I get paid to write what other people want. I enjoy it. That work is near the ...
Thursday, August 11, 2016

AFK: Away from the Keyboard

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Since I started this blog on January 2, 2011, I have posted 432 entries, a bit more often than once a week.  But the past few months, I hav...
Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Extreme Ownership

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Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, St. Martins Press, 2015. “So, there I was, knee d...
Sunday, June 12, 2016

Hurricane Tejas

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The State of Texas ran an exercise to simulate a Category 4 hurricane strike at the Rio Grande Valley.   The main events ran Wednesday an...