Life as Best as I Remember It

[...] that night. We were disappointed, but decided that we would go ahead and visit the hospital on Christmas day. When we arrived Christmas morning we found greeters at the door. We started to ask if they [...]

[...] the story behind it. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote the poem that became this song on Christmas day of 1864.  The end of the Civil War was still several months away.  His oldest son had been [...]

[...] is especially true for many of our Vietnam and Korean war vets. Well, some of the folks around Fort Campbell decided to try to change that. They worked with the leadership of the post and the 101st [...]

[...] I have Soldiers at one or more of our training ranges, and then some back at our main offices. Fort Campbell is pretty large and so some of the ranges are 45 minutes away. As a chaplain, a lot of my [...]

[...] . The units include 3,400 troops from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky that will deploy in June 2010 and 2,600 personnel from various unspecified support [...]

[...] I am including here a sermon/devotion that I shared for our Christmas Eve service. It asks, and gives a potential answer to the question of the shepherds the night Jesus [...]

[...] Soldiers there. Well, we hit some delays and did not arrive in time to find a Christmas Eve service or visit Walter Reed that night. We were disappointed, but decided that we would go ahead [...]

[...] in the use of MV-22 Ospreys, which will deploy to Regional Command-South, based in Kandahar. The 3rd BCT, 1st BCT, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade and division command group have all received orders [...]

[...] information about the different commands: http://www.nato.int/isaf/docu/epub/pdf/placemat.pdf 3rd BCT has already mostly moved into place. There is a great article about their change of command here: [...]

[...] actually works. There is PT (physical training) every morning and I try to participate with different groups of Soldiers so I can get to know them, and they can get to know me. Then there are meetings [...]

[...] that they could not fit them all into an airplane hanger. They had to break them into 3 different groups. I am proud to say that no one was turned away. I expected to see emotion in the faces of [...]

[...] units could be heading there as well. The Defense Department announced Tuesday the 1st Brigade Combat Team will deploy to Afghanistan in spring and summer 2010, about the same time the division [...]

[...] Obama’s planned surge of 30,000 troops. The units include 3,400 troops from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky that will deploy in June 2010 and 2, [...]

[...] with my endorser. This should also be some very good training. One of the speakers is Dr. Norm Geisler. So I am very interested in this opportunity. The Army has announced some of the upcoming [...]

[...] was in Branson, MO and included some excellent speakers. One of our favorites was Dr. Norm Geisler. Dr. Geisler has written a number of books (I think they said 70) concerning the foundations [...]

[...] is going to Afghanistan, and the Pentagon said Tuesday it's "very possible" more 101st units could be heading there as well. The Defense Department announced Tuesday the 1st Brigade Combat [...]