April 2010 - Argghhh!

With a major client deliverable, a hair-lighting ceremony regarding a client website issue, two weekends consumed with Rotary stuff in preparation for becoming dictator-in-chief Head Cat Herder of my club, along with a club project and memorial dedication, a nephew getting married, family visits, and a true existential crisis for a long-time buddy... I'll not be sad to be quit of this month. It's enervating. At least in the Army, there were avenues to expend the tension. As our motivational...

There are fifteen Medals awarded for actions on this day, two of them posthumous. Civil WarBOURNE, THOMAS Rank and organization: Seaman and Gun Captain, U.S. Navy. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Birth: England. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation: Served as captain of a gun on board the U.S.S. Varuna during an attack on Forts Jackson and St. Philip and while under fire and ramming by the rebel ship Morgan, 24 April 1862. During this action at extremely close range while his ship was under furious...

There are twelve Medals awarded for actions on this day. One during the Civil War, 10 during the Indian Campaigns, and one during World War I. None were posthumous.Civil War. Terse words for what was undoubtedly an, um, exciting situation.BEEBE, WILLIAM S. Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Ordnance Department, U.S. Army. Place and date: At Cane River Crossing, La., 23 April 1864. Entered service at: Thompson, Conn. Born: 14 February 1841, Ithaca, N.Y. Date of issue: 30 June 1897. Citation...

American Marines participate in the presentation ceremony of the future headquarters of the US embassy, near National Road 1, on Thursday, April 15 2010. (Picture Source: Bogdan Stamatin Mediafax photo). On April 15th our our ambassador to Rumania (Amb. Gitenstein) christened and presented our new embassy in Bucharest to the general public.

Shamelessly (and with permission) swiped from Greyhawk at Mudville Gazette, since I don't have any value-added, but it's a story that needs telling - because it goes to heart of soldiers and soldiering. Once you fight for someplace, even if you never really intended to keep it forever, it still haunts you. Ask any combat veteran around you. Farewell to Korengal Sebastian Junger:Junger's (with co-producer Tim Hetherington) embed resulted in the documentary film Restrepo - the film won...

...you're the one. Somedays, you're one of the three. Which are you today? ...

There are fifty-two Medals awarded for actions on this day. Forty-six are for actions on the second day of the attack on Vera Cruz, Mexico, in 1914. Three were for actions during the Civil War, two during WWII, and one for Korea. Three awards were posthumous.Civil War. Three awards to sailors during the battles around Vicksburg.CASEY, HENRY Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 20th Ohio Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 April 1863. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Fayette...