As hard as Ranger School was, Reconnaissance School was harder. It was more challenging physically because it came 10 days after Ranger School, where I’d lost 15 pounds and gotten substantially weaker. For the same reason, it was doubly challenging mentally and emotionally. We worked out harder, marched longer, stayed up later. It was hell,Continue reading “The Art of Taking the Road Less Traveled”
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Horseshoe Crabs in Branford
The horseshoe crab is one of nature’s oldest fauna, claiming a history that stretches back 250 million years to the early Triassic. For dinosaur fans, that means that a stegosaurus, famed for the gaudy kite-shaped plates on its back and spiked tail, might have seen horseshoe crabs while stomping along a Jurassic era beach. IContinue reading “Horseshoe Crabs in Branford”
The Local Blind Spot 