A former Soldier of mine is going to be jumping into Normandy on the 65th anniversary of D-Day. He left for the 82nd Airborne Division a couple of months after I came to Baton Rouge. Some guys have all the luck...

Also, its funny how quickly things change when you leave a work environment. My last unit is all shaken up now, with Soldiers getting court-martialed, others going to Iraq for the first time, and still others finally leaving The Old Guard after five or more years. In the short five months I have been here, most of the leadership has changed, and many old faces are gone or soon will be.