Day: 2/8/2010

  • Snow Day

    February 8, 2010

    By: Major Kendall Mower


    Washington DC recieved one of the biggest winter storms this past weekend.  The storm started Friday and continued through Saturday.  By the time it was done my house had received 24 inches of snow (the record is 28 inches).  They released us early on Friday and Monday ended up being cancelled also. Depending on the location, the military/government will react to inclement weather differently.  There is no set standard to how snow will impact day to day operations.  At my last to assignments we...read more

  • Clinic update

    February 8, 2010

    By: Major Kendall Mower


    Thursday I had several interesting cases - buccal space infection that came in on sick call - lots of puss - forgot my camera though :( For the day I delivered 2 crowns on 2 individuals ( 1 was on an implant), had another all-ceramic crown to deliver - but the color was off so I sent it back to be remade, 2 extractions and an incision and drainage, 3 exams, 1 two surface posterior composite, smoothed down a chipped tooth, and 1 post operative complication - guy had had surgery done somehwere...read more

  • “The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations”

    February 8, 2010

    By: Lieutenant Colonel John Cook


    These are President George Bush’s words, not mine. I wish they were mine. They are from his acceptance speech before the Republican National Convention in 2004. The point he was making concerned the sorry state of public education resulting in a high rate of failure. He believed American educators had set the achievement bar too low due to the mistaken belief that some students simply could not perform. The same can be said about our present situation in Afghanistan. We have set...read more

  • Welcome to the Army JAG Corps and Ft. Lee

    February 8, 2010

    By: First Lieutenant Earl Wilson


    What's up peeps?! I've been here at Ft. Lee (Prince George, VA) for about two days and it has been full go from day one! We have been filling out a ton of paperwork and (for those of us with no prior service) trying to learn Army courtesies and customs on the fly. I'm meeting alot of my classmates and it seems we are a very diverse group. Dont hold me to this number but its about 110 of us from all over the country and from all practice areas. The weather is...read more