Sharing Our Story with the Nation

The US Army's Command and General Staff School has directed that officers enrolled in the Intermediate Level of Education conduct community outreach activities in order to engage the American public and 'tell our story' as members of the Army.  I've been pretty infrequent with my blogging, so I see this as a perfect opportunity to resurrect the blog, get some regular writing practice, and archive some stories as a 'rough draft' for memoirs some day in the distant future.

Over the next few months you can expect to see stories and experiences from my time in the Army and possibly some opinion on current events.  Hopefully non-military folks find these stories interesting and that they shed some light on life in the Army.  Of course, these are all anecdotal and from a single career experience, so take that for what it's worth...your Army mileage may vary.

How's this work again??

Okay, so the 'blog experiment' has hit day...something. I don't recall when I started this thing. I'm sort of forcing myself to post, to justify having started this. I'm not exactly sure what the big deal and draw of blogging is. I suppose that if I had 'things to say' that I arrogantly thought that other people would find enlightening or interesting to read, then this would make a lot more sense. I have a hard enough time using such modern marvels as the telephone and email - I am terrible at keeping in touch and telling people what's going on in my life.

So...the blog. Yeah, I'll give it some more time, but right now it feels a little stilted. I feel like I'm typing just to say that I did... It's a little lame.

First Post

This is my first post on a personal blog. I'm not entirely sure why I've decided to do this, other than sheer curiosity. It seems strange that me, a guy who loved computers as a kid and even has a degree in Computer Science, is so resistant to 'new' technologies like this. Computers are supposed to simplify our lives and make communication easier - which they have - yet I am very resistant to using them. At it's heart, digital communication isn't any 'better' than other forms, they're just faster, stronger, etc. For me, a person who doesn't network or name drop in person, 'social networking' website like Facebook hold zero appeal. I struggle to use the phone, and don't even have a cell phone, so I've found, as time goes on, that I use email less and less, to the point that I write very few emails and receive even fewer. For some reason, however, this held some appeal to try. I'll check it out for a few weeks before deciding if I like it or not.