http://iww2.net/iww2blog News from the Second Interworld War Sat, 11 Aug 2007 08:34:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here is a concrete example of what I contributed to the induction effort. Certain truths permeate an army rapidly, little facts about little things that everyone seems to know. The flow of these facts – where they come from, who transmits them – that could fill volumes. ... http://iww2.net/iww2blog/2007/08/11/building-the-better-army-2/ After the Black Smoke scare, the troops all started to get antsy. You can focus a man to a razor’s edge, but you can’t keep him like that for hours, much less days. After the first night came and went – we could still see the sky glow ... http://iww2.net/iww2blog/2007/08/11/the-battle-of-gwinnett-county-5/ From the discovery of the Red Weed Field, it was obvious to any thinking person what was ahead. Despite how it is portrayed in the low media, being a highly-ranked general or a powerful congressman does not preclude high intelligence. We are no longer in the world of ... http://iww2.net/iww2blog/2007/08/11/building-the-better-army-1/ You might be wondering how we knew to dig in where we did. After all, no one had ever sussed a pattern in the way the walkers dispersed from a cylinder. I don’t know the answer, but I’ve seen enough of the Army to puzzle out a theory. ... http://iww2.net/iww2blog/2007/08/09/the-battle-of-gwinnett-county-4/ So just about dawn on July 8, our troop train pulled into Norcross station. I call it a troop train only because I love my Uncle Sam and am inclined to generosity. You have to realize, we’d been at peace ... http://iww2.net/iww2blog/2007/08/08/the-battle-of-gwinnett-county-3/ Not a one of us would’ve come back from Norcross if it hadn’t have been for the non-coms. The officers were all newly-minted brass. All of them were eager to prove they’d mastered the demands of being an officer. Most did it by giving back to the ... http://iww2.net/iww2blog/2007/08/06/the-battle-of-gwinnett-county-2/ My unit pulled into Norcross on July 8. This was pretty good time, considering that no cylinder patrol had mobilized in a dozen years, not counting what was going on in Minnesota. There was a sense of urgency but not worry, not yet. The brass decided to ... http://iww2.net/iww2blog/2007/08/01/the-battle-of-gwinnett-county-1/ From Desperation, Deception, and Daring: The War Between E-Day and the Foothold; University of East Urbana Press: Urbana, 1940. Asteroid CTO 12, christened "Gibraltar" and inevitably nicknamed "the Rock" by the spacers stationed there, constituted the primary staging area for Operation Foothold. Troops and materiel were shuttled to ... http://iww2.net/iww2blog/2007/07/23/rock-of-ages/ I don't really see the point of this, but if Captain Atherton says to do it, I do it. Seems some high brass in the Service thinks it's a good idea to record a "soldier's-eye view" for the benefit of our future posterity. And who knows? Maybe ... http://iww2.net/iww2blog/2007/07/23/macelroys-introduction/