Day: 3/19/2010

  • Meeting 1250 badasses

    March 19, 2010

    By: Cadet Anderson Kim


    Never in my life have i met a group with such a strong espirit de corp and not be cocky. The 2nd Regiment of the French Foreign Legion. For those of you that may not know about the foreign legion, the majority of their ranks are filled up by foreign volunteers.  Out of all the volunteers, only 1 in 8 gets selected.  Upon completing a 5 year contract with the French Foreign Legion, a legionnaire is granted a new identity as a French citizen.  Many legionnaires come here to get a new start in...read more

  • Dental Patients and clinic update

    March 19, 2010

    By: Major Kendall Mower


    As an Army dentist you will see a lot of Soldiers who haven't had great access to dental care in the past. This may have been due to finances, education about oral hygiene, laziness - or a combination of any or all of the above. Regardless of where you are assigned, you will have the opportunity to treat these Soldiers. At basic training and AIT basis you will see them in much greater numbers, but even at the non training bases you will see Soldiers like this when they are mobilized from the...read more

  • Two Years in Review

    March 19, 2010

    By: Specialist Sara Small


    As hard as it is for me to believe, today is already my two year anniversary of joining the Army. Two years ago today I left my local MEPS station and got on a plane for Fort Leonard Wood Missouri, and what I was sure was going to be pure torture. It was only a 4 1/2 hour plane ride with one layover but it seemed so much longer, partially because it was my first plane trip anywhere. We eventually landed at the St. Louis Airport, where I half expected drill sergeants to run at me from every...read more

  • The Discussion Continues...

    March 19, 2010

    By: Major Benjamin Grimes


    A great leadership discussion on Wednesday has led to more ... and less. I was very excited to share some of my small-group leadership discussion with the rest of the world on Wednesday. We were talking about the challenges of leading warrant officers, enlisted paralegals, and civilians as part of our series of seminar discussion about leadership in the JAG Corps. (I used the #jagcldrship hashtag, so you can check out the discussion on Twitter -- and keep it going.) The...read more