ASIST

February 7, 2013

I’ve spent the last two days learning the  “Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training” (ASIST) model for suicide prevention. As you may know, the Army has been experiencing record high rates of suicide among our Soldiers. I have seen first hand how this effects families and units—the loss of these Soldiers is devastating to the force. [...]

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West El Paso from Mount Franklin

February 3, 2013

Nikon D300 Shutter Speed 1/500; f/5.6; ISO 125; Focal Length 60mm Nikon D3000 Shutter Speed 1/250; f/8; ISO 100; Focal Length 55mm

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Mystery of Thomas Andrews

February 2, 2013

I started the day to simply organize my genealogical research and to chart a path of next steps to take in my research. . I found several Andrews mottos along the way: Victrix Fortunae Sapientia …Wisdom the Conqueror of Fortune Virtue et Fortuna … By Virtue and Fortune Fortiter Defendit…Defends Bravely (from Volume 1 of [...]

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Café Fioretti

February 1, 2013

Having a slower paced day, I decided to go off-post for lunch today. While I had planned to go to the DFAC, I wasn’t feeling like eating with hundreds of people and standing in a cafeteria line. What I wanted to do was to find a place to sit and enjoy a sandwich. So, I [...]

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Which Turkey Sandwich?

January 31, 2013

From time to time, I have to re-adjust my eating habits to get back down to the weight I like to stay at.  Now, is one of those times. I put on about 10 pounds while I was in South Carolina, so  want to get back in control before I gain 10 more. It won’t [...]

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Audio Rides

January 29, 2013

On the way to and from work each day, I’ve been making use of my audible.com subscription. Some of the books, I have started were rather long. But, I would never have read them otherwise—simply because of time. Now, I spend an hour a day (or more, if I make two trips) listening to some [...]

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