Captain ben middendorf biodiversity
Rice paddy dykes and termite mounds have been shown to serve as biodiversity reservoirs for micro fauna and arthropods in rice dominated agricultural systems of.!
Strategy Notes
It’s hard to admit as an Army officer, but I’d like to be more like a Marine.
LtCol Ben Middendorf—my roommate at West Point—was one of those odd ducks that cross-branched into another service at graduation.
He was from a family of Marines and so the EGA-tractor beam pulled him into the Corps too. He now commands 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines.
A military life means leaving friends behind. Aside from the occasional message or call, we’ve gone our separate ways.
This Thematic Study is the second volume in a gradual development of themes and issues relating to astronomical heritage in particular and.
It’s one of those sad aspects to service we just accept as part of the package.
While sifting through some old stuff the other day I came across this short award speech of Ben’s (originally posted online and sent around in 2013, reproduced below).
It got me thinking about Sam Damon, the protagonist in Anton Myrer’s Once an Eagle.
Now, Damon is fiction because Damon is too good to be true. Another writer has pointed out that “being like Sam Damon is impossible.” I agree.
But there was one sentiment