The Gun Line MkIII

Neptunus Lex brings us yet another poignant production that celebrates the WW2 P-51 Mustang fighter plane, the men who flew them, and the portal that one of these aircraft provided across generational lines: The desire for the younger to truly understand the experienced of the elder.  The short film “Gray Eagles”, by Chris Wood, is [...]

A Different Christmas Poem
The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,
I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.
Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
Transforming the yard to a winter delight.
The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,
Completed [...]

Another one passes…
Patrick Swazye succumbed to pancreatic cancer at the age of 57.  He was surrounded by family when the time came…
Patrick Swazye made his debute at about the same time I did, only he was on the silver screen, and I was stepping onto the stage of Life.
The first film I remember him in [...]

11 September 2001, 1003 EST
United Airlines Flight 93
40 souls aboard…
Shanksville, PA…
They fought back, and the terrorists failed to accomplish their mission.

“In resquat pace…”

11 September 2001, 0937 EST
American Airlines Flight 77
59 souls aboard…
Pentagon…
125 lives were lost.
“In resquat pace…”

11 September 2001, 0905 EST
United Airlines Flight 175
59 souls aboard…
World Trade Center South Tower…
2,604 lives were lost, with 24 souls listed as missing.
“In resquat pace…”

11 September 2001, 0846 EST
American Airlines Flight 11
87 souls aboard…
World Trade Center North Tower…
2,604 lives were lost, with 24 souls listed as missing.
“In resquat pace…”

Memorial Day…  A day to remember those who have gone before.
Particularly poignant here in Iraq.  It’s never too far from my mind, the fact that we have lost brothers and sisters on this very post.  Having been here for the better part of a year, and being the curious soul that I am, I know [...]

Not long after I put out the word, they began to arrive…  Flags…
This is the very first of YOUR flags that we flew over the Bonecrusher Command Post.
(Please excuse the black squares, they are called “redactions”, and they protect the identities of the three NCOs of the Color Detail – they are active operators, and [...]