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/2007/07/hi_fires_12_jun_1.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:58:16 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Open post for those with something to share, updated through the day. New, complete posts come in below this one. Note: If trackbacking, please acknowledge this post in your post. That's only polite. You're advertising here, we should get an ad at your place... *************************** From MNF-I: Humanitarian aid decreases violence in Baghdad neighborhood Spear Academy brings Coalition Forces closer to ultimate goal Soldiers spread word on rewards program Soldiers work to build trust in Rashid ********************************* A discussion of war and lawyering, from Glenn Sulmasy, who teaches law at the US Coast Guard Academy... NEW LONDON -- LAW AND... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/hi_fires_12_jun_1.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/hi_fires_12_jun_1.html Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:13:33 -0600 Amazing what you can get done if you aren't worried about the credit, eh? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/hi_fires_12_jun_1.html#comment-62211 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/hi_fires_12_jun_1.html#comment-62211 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:40:47 -0600 One thing about politics and politicians - they seem to live every day in the here and now... Unfortunately, it's not the same *here* in which the rest of the world resides... ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/hi_fires_12_jun_1.html#comment-62210 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/hi_fires_12_jun_1.html#comment-62210 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:28:13 -0600 OPSEC matters. Tell me about it. In 2003, I got my butt chewed by an O-6 for having the temerity to suggest that HQ-NJNG's posting our Incident Response Plan (detailing responding units, routes of travel and rally points) on the NJARNG website was a Very. Bad. Idea. O-6: "Our site is secure. You have to log in to the LAN to access the IRP." Me: "There's a back door to the NG site through about six links in the State's own homepage." O-6: "No one would think of doing that." Me: "Ummmm -- well, *I* did." O-6: "You're being obstreperous. Besides, that information needs to be available to *everyone* in the event of an Incident." Me: "Including the Incident Perpetrators? Just send the response teams an OPORD through distribution and tell them to keep it Close Hold unless the balloon goes up." Butt-chewing for Failure to Comprehend Serious Matters followed. Long story short, having determined that I survived the encounter, I sent an e-suggestion to the state info security guy, who thanked me for bringing the matter to his attention and promptly yanked the IRP from the public domain and stuck it on SIPRNET. O-6 later got an attaboy for his sterling efforts to resolve that particular OPSEC problem... ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/hi_fires_12_jun_1.html#comment-62209 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/hi_fires_12_jun_1.html#comment-62209 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:52:40 -0600 Kat and AFsis -- check yer email, I sent some info. Bonnie / Punk Rock Mommy sent me an update :-) Desult is not flying, by the way - her AIT was in Intel at Huachuca. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/hi_fires_12_jun_1.html#comment-62205 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/hi_fires_12_jun_1.html#comment-62205 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:07:57 -0600 JULY [Heh. It *has* been a busy month... at least I remembered to change the *day*... I can't even blame excitment about the house... since it was correct up through 9 July]]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/hi_fires_12_jun_1.html#comment-62203 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/hi_fires_12_jun_1.html#comment-62203 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:57:55 -0600 Tell Flutterby Hello! and she better sign up with Soldiers' Angels (soldiersangels.org) and put a request in to be given to Kathleen Henry in Kansas City. They will find me. Or better yet, she better email me so I can get her set up! I really want to know how the flying is going. Lucky dog. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/hi_fires_12_jun_1.html#comment-62200 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/hi_fires_12_jun_1.html#comment-62200 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:14:35 -0600 Flutterby's in the Sandbox!??!?!?!! Since WHEN? How did you find out, Barb? Do tell!! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/hi_fires_12_jun_1.html#comment-62198 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/hi_fires_12_jun_1.html#comment-62198 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:25:17 -0600 public ftp servers!? Oh. My. Freaking. Lord. Haven't those dolts ever heard of secure ftp?? I've used WinSCP for years to access secure servers, and it works like a champ. It's also free (check out sourceforge.net), so that's no objection. No, really, I'm serious. Why did they leave up public ftp servers? Sorry, but that just boggles my mind. I would have expected at least the military nets to have been run by rampant paranoid sysops. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/hi_fires_12_jun_1.html#comment-62190 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/hi_fires_12_jun_1.html#comment-62190 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:37:28 -0600 Yes, she's had quite a life and it gives her a very interesting perspective. Did you read the embedded links in her post (details of her experience)? She one tough and amazing lady. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/hi_fires_12_jun_1.html#comment-62187 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/hi_fires_12_jun_1.html#comment-62187 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:41:20 -0600 Fascinating link, Fuzzy. Raven certainly has an interesting perspective. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/hi_fires_12_jun_1.html#comment-62183 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/hi_fires_12_jun_1.html#comment-62183 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:07:01 -0600