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/2007/10/things_that_mak_2.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:49:53 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification And this is going to be a month of frustration, with the slow access and long hours cramping my style, I assure you! But, that's the way it's goina be until I figure out a way to make this blog pay as much as being a Beltway Bandit (Midwestern Edition)! From the email bag: Sir, I am currently at my folk's house for a few days and I just wanted to send you a private note thanking you. I am a rather recently commissioned 11A who will be deploying soon to the Box for a 2nd time. The 1st time... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/things_that_mak_2.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/things_that_mak_2.html Mon, 15 Oct 2007 05:09:59 -0600 ...to this day he still appreciates them. The appreciation runs both ways. If it wasn't for the guys on the ground, us lunatics wouldn't have had the job. And Welcome Home, Bro -- you've got sons to be proud of and sons who are proud of you, and it just doesn't get much better than that... ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/things_that_mak_2.html#comment-65593 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/things_that_mak_2.html#comment-65593 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:05:51 -0600 The lone Purple Hearts etched on gravestones is why I cringe every time Keith mentions that there are a few medals he'd like to have but doesn't- the CAB, a Bronze Star, and a Purple Heart. *shudder* http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/things_that_mak_2.html#comment-65587 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/things_that_mak_2.html#comment-65587 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:45:24 -0600 Tuttle-types in RVN, although it would be far more accurate to say that we were all just setting the example for our replacements -- proving that, yeah, it *could* be done. We paid an expensive price for lessons the Army promptly forgot, and it hasn't completely re-learned them all even now. And all the appreciation (scroll down 'til you bump into Joe Galloway's li'l speech) flows both ways -- supporting the guys on the ground was the only reason us aviators got the job in the first place. "Elrond," eh? Welcome Home, Bro -- you've got a kid to be proud of and it's obvious he's proud of you, too...]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/things_that_mak_2.html#comment-65583 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/things_that_mak_2.html#comment-65583 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:15:46 -0600 Dad says he knew a bunch of Tuttle types back in 'Nam Oh. No. There are *more* of them out there? How has civilization survived this long? I'll be in my bunker...]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/things_that_mak_2.html#comment-65579 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/things_that_mak_2.html#comment-65579 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:13:18 -0600