We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/12/a_commonwealth.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:09:36 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification News of our Brothers-in-Arms from Canada and Australia. The Canadians lost a Regimental Sergeant Major in Afghanistan. That is the equivalent in the US Army of losing a Command Sergeant Major, the senior Non-commissioned officer in a battalion-and-higher unit. CAPT H sent me this, from the Globe and Mail: Suicide bomber robs regiment of its soul. When Robert Girouard was killed, his unit lost more than its Chief Warrant Officer. CHRISTIE BLATCHFORD From Saturday's Globe and Mail As Chief Warrant Officer Robert (Bobby) Girouard and Corporal Albert Storm came home to Canada last night, their flag-draped caskets arriving at CFB... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/12/a_commonwealth.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/12/a_commonwealth.html Sun, 03 Dec 2006 11:00:35 -0600 American Marine Mom, long-time resident of Canada, many a bout of "blood spurting from my eyes" (as Glenn Beck says) from living in a country where the government has been contemptuous of the military for decades, until recent election of Conservative Party. About Christie Blatchford: The Blatch is the Best. Probably the best genuine investigative reporter in Canada, began by crashing male sports preserves (hockey locker rooms) and made her second career in crime/courtoom reporting. Always does her homework when no one else does. Glad you have discovered her. The day the National Post let her leave was a tragedy-- the best paper lost the best reporter. But she's worth reading anywhere. Ooh-rah for Christie. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/12/a_commonwealth.html#comment-53714 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/12/a_commonwealth.html#comment-53714 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 11:14:49 -0600 Leaked memos seem far too often a political ploy to me. Rumsfield is history now, the new one will be trying to call the shots instead. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/12/a_commonwealth.html#comment-53669 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/12/a_commonwealth.html#comment-53669 Sun, 03 Dec 2006 13:32:48 -0600