SPOTTER UP | EP. 47 | Peter Blaber Former Commander of Delta Force Send the Word: New Jersey During the Great War, The Long March Home: An American Soldiers Life as a Nazi Slave Laborer, Meet Me under Bambergers Clock: A Celebration of the Life and Contributions of Louis Bamberger. With more than 2 million African Americans serving in the U.S. military today, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, VFW commends their service and sacrifice in protecting our country. Hes received two Tony Awards, an honorary Academy Award, two Emmy Awards and a Grammy Award. Hey, so this was great; I could just see the corner of the street where my ride would be scooping me up, far too swiftly for me to have time for banter with that hater Mustafa. The Common Sense Way: A New Way to Think About Leading and Organizing Hey listen, Bob; you should be aware of this: Last night I was just about to push the gate open and a kid, just a little kid, pulled out a toy pistol, pointed it at my face and let the hammer fall. Museum Hours10:00 am to 5:00 pmTuesday Saturday, Library Hours12:00 pm to 5:00 pmTuesday- SaturdayPlease schedule an appointment, 52 Park PlaceNewark, NJ 07102(973) 596-8500Fax: (973) 596-6957. They didnt think the types of weapons the Somalis had could bring them down. Oh, no no no, it was too cold always https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000403213, Massachusetts Genealogy Trails: Honor Roll of World War I Casualties - Compiled by the Genealogy Trails History Group, this website provides a list of soldier casualties from Massachusetts. 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A contemporary of Hakeem Olajuwon and Patrick Ewing, Robinson posted career game averages of 21.1 points, 10.6 rebounds and 2.5 blocks as well as winning two NBA championships alongside fellow Hall-of-Famer Tim Duncan. http://www.okhistory.org/research/mildeaths, County Military Service Records, 1919-1920 - Available through Family Search, this collection includes country service records for various counties in the state of Oregon. He also starred in several films simultaneously, including Otto Premingers hit musical Carmen Jones (1954), Island in the Sun (1957) and Robert Wises Odds Against Tomorrow (1959). 2 Memorial Drive, Upon receiving his commission, Robinson was assigned to the Civil Engineering Corps at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in Georgia. Not in some silly way, but with the appropriate feeling. http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/using_collections.asp#_guides-MilitaryService, World War I: Soldiers Remembered - This database provides informationlike service dates, rank, and military branchon soldiers from Washington state. https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2968238, Indiana World War I Deaths - This database maintained by the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center contains the names of the 1,420 Indiana soldiers listed as having lost their lives in Europe in World War I. https://www.genealogycenter.info/search_inww1deaths.php, State Historical Society of Iowa: World War I Honor Roll - In 1920, while memories of the war were still fresh, the Iowa Department of History and Archives asked Iowa families to send in names and photographs of the loved ones they had lost. Luv ya, mean it., And I foot-slapped my way down the slope to the waiting car. Today, she holds a bachelors degree in liberal arts from the University of Illinois at Chicago, a masters degree in media management/mass communication from Governors State University in Chicago, and an attorney assistant certificate from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Naval Academy, where he majored in mathematics, served in the Navy from 1983 to 1989. All three India team members laid down flat to avoid being silhouetted from below. Each veteran or family member was asked to provide letters, photographs, a biography, and military records. 2023 The SOFREP Media Group. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read The Mission, The Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander. Who the hell runs period, in posle rata Bosnia? More so: who the hell runs before grumpy me has had my morning kava?? Through his stretched and sweat-wet T-shirt I could see the distinct outline of his 1911 gat fixed to his lumbar. The missions were conducted in Montana, Iraq, Bosnia, and Afghanistan. So, after retiring from the Army in 2006, Pete decided to use his writing skills and accumulated experience to try and fill the gap. Jones acting career is draped in success, as he was just the second male African-American actor to receive an Academy Award nomination for his work in The Great White Hope (1970). In 1973, afireat the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Mo. The team leader was a thirty-six-year-old Kentuckian we called Speedy. I blundered myself into a slanted friendship with Mustafa, the brother who tended it. He was not judgmental, rather soft-spoken, reticent in general, a respectful and God-fearing brother. Today we hear a rare Combat Story from a long-time Delta Force Commander and operator, Pete Blaber, who served in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Somalia, Colombia, and Panama. Pete Blaber Quotes (Author of The Mission, the Men, and Me) - Goodreads Every man dies, but not every man truly lives. Bob truly lived, for family, for nation, and for the guys around him. Notable for: Before Julius Dr. I should want to time this just right, so my ride arrives the same time I do precluding the option to chew the fat with Mustafa. LTC Blaber went on to serve as the operations officer for Delta, as well as the commander of Delta's "B" Squadron. The Mission, the Men, and Men | Leadership Brown Bag It ended up a major victory. During that season, Baylor averaged a career-high 38 points, 19 rebounds and five assists in the 48 games he played. As Steve says, we all recognize what common sense is but each of us would give a different definition of it.After all, good leadership transcends field and sector. It ended up a major victory. As I told Sean Naylor, If you needed two men to track a chipmunk in a hundred-thousand-acre forest and kill it with one bullet, these were the two. "Arrogance, in measured amounts and usedprudently, actually benefits an organization," he writes. It soon became apparent that it was a waste to have him in combat, because his true talent was with technology, and that was where he was moved in order to shine. ", "When you need to get from A to B, and the Logic Train pullsinto the station and everyone gets on, if you don't keep them on throughout the ride your forceeventually becomes scattered, unorganized, vulnerable, and defeated.". The Mission, The Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force https://www.sos.wa.gov/archives/ww1/records2.aspx, West Virginia Memory Project: Veteran Database - Search by name or war for records on soldiers from the West Virginia Veterans Memorial. Included are indices listing Mississippi veterans along with statement of service cards providing details about their service. During his career as an officer in special mission units, Pete Blaber would keep notes and write in order to learn and improve. If youre at all interested in the military and the military operations we conduct overseas, let me recommend that you read this book. Right at the end of this slope, where I have to catch my ride to Sarajevo, is such a kiosk. Citizenship and Immigration Services has duplicate records of all naturalizations that occurred after September 26, 1906. The red dot flickered around the room a bit and then was gone., Geo, I have seen kids several times out here playing with laser pointers. The idea behind Adding Armor is to create a Mobile Safe-Room that protects the vehicles passengers from would be attackers (criminals, terrorists, active shooters, and anarchists) while also providing peace of mind that cannot be attained in an unarmored vehicle. Pete Blaber - Home Friends of our own SOFREP have described men like Bob as larger than life. I give a great deal of credence to that estimation. https://wwwnet-dos.state.nj.us/DOS_ArchivesDBPortal/WWICards.aspx, Honor Roll of World War I Casualties - Compiled by the Genealogy Trails History Group, this website provides a list of soldier casualties from New Mexico. Box 378 Red Hook, New York 12571 United States. destroyed approximately 80% of Army Personnel discharge records from 1912 through 1960, complicating research on the service of WWI Veterans. On May 31, 1961, he enlisted and was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division out of Fort Campbell in Kentucky. Or have someone else do it for you. This is, for me, an incredibly powerful poem. Bob was so much larger than life, that eventually life could no longer contain him, and he was instructed by the Almighty to take one last boat excursion, this time to Valhalla. I just finished reading Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden. Baylors best season, however, came in his 1961-1962 campaign while stationed at Fort Lewis in Washington. The information about soldiers who served in World War I and Korea comes mainly from newspaper articles and the US War Department. Until such time, Bob; thanks to you I left Bosnia a better man. I hadnt thought about this poem since I was a student at BYU. Pg. But it should be the opposite: When given a leadership position, it's time to exude confidence but refrain from bravado. Sean walks in, and is like what the fuck are you, a bat? They began to swarm with guns and rocket propelled grenades. I threw his toy pistol down the street. Marrow served for four years in the 25th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii. With robust designs and vintage classic style, discover the heritage of military timepieces today! After several of these visits, now retired Lieutenant General Frank Kearney gathered his unit and told them that it was time to move on from their grief and frustration, and that the cemetery visits would stop. Bob is the man: here he is all the way in Bosnia, miles away from all supervision and prying eyes. Who the hell runs this early in Bosnia? Shaping the World from the Shadows: The (Open) Secret History of Delta Marrow, however, is best known for his long-time role in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.. 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Notable for: The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinee was nicknamed The Admiral during his career with the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association. In todays world, adding armor to protect your family, friends, and colleagues is common sense. Notable for: Known as the founder of Motown Records in Detroit, Berry Gordy paved the way for what became a revered Motown sound that included pioneers of music like Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Smokey Robinson and The Temptations. During his career as an. He would win a Grammy for Best Rap Performance by an artist in 1991 before turning his sights toward acting. Not Waving but Drowning is a poem by female British poet Stevie Smith. His reputation as a bouncer led Mr. While efforts were made to find informative resources available to the public, the Museum and Memorial makes no guarantees for the accuracy of content hosted by other organizations. If you are interested you can purchase Pete Blabers The Common Sense Wayhere and you can connect with Pete through his website. He used his education to delve into the music scene around New York City. "We had done what we could for those heroes, and it was time to honor them byphysically and mentally preparing for the next action," Fury writes. Service: Army http://www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr/en/article.php?larub=80&titre=those-who-died-for-france-in-the-first-world-war, Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgrberfrsorge (VDK) - An online database of soldiers, maintained by a humanitarian organisation that records and cares for the graves of German war casualties abroad.The archive is in German, but some website content is available in other languages, including English. Multiple collections are linked from this site. The project is a digital collection of historical documents, photographs, artifacts, oral histories and other primary source material from museums, archives, libraries, and private collections from across Missouri. *Lighting a path to truth* Former Navy JAG Worldwide U.S. Military Defense. Hehas since made a career of writing novels. While in the Air Force, Freeman was a radar technician and eventually rose up the ranks to airman 1st class after nearly four years. View and manage who you follow on Amazon. Service: Army As the Taliban convoys began making their way north, we could have used Drones, AC-130's, and Air Force Attack Aircraft to destroy more Taliban in a . Im saying if I had eaten anything at all yesterday, I would have crapped my pants. War: Korean War The work is her most famous poem and describes a man whose distressed thrashing in the sea causes onlookers to believe that he is waving to them, not drowning. The USCIS has an index to their naturalization certificate files (C-Files), and can retrieve individual records (from September 27, 1906 to April 1, 1956) based on name, date of birth, and place of birth. Nobody should want to talk to me either, grumpy-ass me. Its the Common Sense Way. 2023 All rights reserved. Service: Navy T persona was chosen for a reality TV competition for bouncers, where he eventually caught the eye of Stallone, who quickly cast him as the notorious antagonist Clubber Lang in Rocky III.. "The Mission, The Men, and Me" travels back when Pete Blaber was just a child to the battle of Operation Anaconda. The U.S. He dropped out of school to pursue a career as a boxer, which was cut short after the Army drafted him to serve during the Korean War in 1951. After the military, Marrow found success as Ice-T in the early days of Hip Hop, becoming a prominent figure of the genre during the 1980s. For his career, Belafonte has won two Grammy Awards, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, an Emmy Award and a Tony Award. Hendrix then spent several years honing his guitar skills in the U.S. before exploding on the London music scene in 1966 with his band, The Jimi Hendrix Experience. It was the abundance of desirable role models like Bob Horrigan who made me want to be a better man, without even saying a word, that is how he made me feel. LIEUTENANT Colonel Pete BlaberThe Delta Force officer who commanded AFO and believed in "Patton's three principles of waraudacity, audacity, and audacity.". It was supposed to take them no more than an hour. The closing figure was none other than Deltas own Robert Horrigan: great American patriot, master Messerschmidt, father, brother, husband, and magnificent warrior specimen. Anyone interested in special forces will love this book. Additonal: Pete Blaber commanded at every level of one of the most elite counter-terrorist organizations in the world during most of recent history's most significant military and political events (Panama, Colombia, Somalia, Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq).In 2006 he retired from the military and transitioned from leading elite combat teams around https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/File/Search, In Flanders Fields Museum: The Names List - An inclusive register of war victims, this list includes civilians and soldiers, regardless of nationality, who died or were fatally wounded in Belgium, as well as Belgians who died abroad. as well as other partner offers and accept our, donated all profits to a veterans' organization. Support Veteran Journalism . He did basic training at Fort Benning, Ga., before attending Ranger school and helping establish a cold weather training command near Leadville, Colorado. The way around it is by leading from a position of logic, above all else. https://iowaculture.gov/history/museum/exhibits/world-war-i-honor-roll, Kansas Historical Society: Kansas Soldiers of the Great War - Database of approximately 5200 Kansans who served in World War I, compiled from multiple sources. While other enlisted soldiers used their weekend passes to go back home, Baylor was driving more than 1,000 miles each weekend to play for the Lakers alongside Jerry West, whose likeness was the inspiration for the NBAs longtime logo. The AFO teams performed special reconnaissance to prepare the. Bob was not foolish enough to try to work without a net. Add Armor Lieutenant Colonel Pete Blaber - Docest "I argue that very rarely will the intelligence picture be betterthan a 70%solution, and at that point action should be taken. https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2858132, Florida Memory: World War I Service Records - Browse service cards from WWI. Members always free with Membership Card. I shot a salute to Mustafas crestfallen face as I passed: Sorry, I aint got time to grip and grin with yo stank ass, Mustafa; your country needs me!, It then occurred to me: Well now what the hell did I just see? https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2568864, North Dakota Roster and Honor Roll - Lists of servicemen and casualties, compiled by the United States WWI Centennial Commission from other records, are available to view and download from their website.