Has the moon risen yet?
Lemme go look out the kitchen window.
So, like last night, we will see the moon.
In fact, there it is when I go out and look up, up, up in the sky.
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An ROTC graduate from Princeton University, Milley earned his commission as an armor officer in 1980. He was appointed chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by President Donald Trump, making Milley the tenth U.S. Army officer to be chairman. As chairman, Milley is the highest-ranking officer in the United States Armed Forces and the principal military advisor to the president of the United States, the secretary of defense, the National Security Council and the Homeland Security Council.[4]
Milley was born on June 20, 1958, in Winchester, Massachusetts.[1] He is of Irish descent, and was raised Roman Catholic.[5][6] His father, Alexander (1924–2015), enlisted in the U.S. Navy in March 1943 as a naval corpsman. He was assigned to the 4th Marine Division and landed at Kwajalein, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. After the war, he worked as a restaurateur and food-broker. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, whose membership is limited to practicing Catholic men.[7][8] Milley's mother, Mary Elizabeth (née Murphy), was a nurse who served with the Navy's WAVES in World War II and is described by Milley as a "break-the-glass-ceiling" type of woman.[9]
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 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, General Mark Milley on The David Rubenstein Show, The David Rubenstein Show, October 20, 2021 |
Milley attended a Catholic grammar school where he played hockey. Good grades and hockey led to him being recruited to Belmont Hill School[10] and afterwards to Princeton University where he played varsity ice hockey.[5][11]
There, he joined the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC)[12] and in 1980 graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in politics after completing a 185-page-long senior thesis titled "A Critical Analysis of Revolutionary Guerrilla Organization in Theory and Practice".[13] Milley also holds a Master of Arts degree in international relations from Columbia University and another Master of Arts degree in national security and strategic studies from the Naval War College.[14] He is also an attendee of the MIT Center for International Studies Seminar XXI National Security Studies Program.[15]
Milley earned his commission as an armor officer through Princeton's Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps program in 1980.[16]
Milley's career has included assignments with the 82nd Airborne Division, 5th Special Forces Group,[17] 7th Infantry Division, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Readiness Training Center, 25th Infantry Division, Operations Staff of the Joint Staff, and a posting as Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense.[18]
Milley has held multiple command and staff positions in eight divisions and special forces throughout his military career. He commanded 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry, 2nd Infantry Division, in South Korea from 1996 to 1998.[18][19] He served as commander of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light) from December 2003 to July 2005; deputy commanding general for operations of the 101st Airborne Division from July 2007 to April 2008, and as commanding general of the 10th Mountain Division from November 2011 to December 2012.[20][21][22] Milley commanded III Corps, based at Fort Hood, Texas, from December 2012 to August 2014,[23][24][25] and concurrently the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command from May 2013 to February 2014.[26][27] He served as the commanding general of the United States Army Forces Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, from August 2014 to August 2015.[28][29]
Here I am awake at 2 28 am and saw most of this. Hello my friends. And so off to bed again.
No snacks.
Today is last day for Ekaterina, who will be here at 11 30 am.
I will run upstairs and grab a library book - ROUGH SURFACES or WACO - or THE MAID by Nita Prose and lay on Red Couch until she gets here.
Hear that? Geese! A lovely sound.
Now I went way far back in my back yard and picked - you guessed it ! daffodils, jonquils and forsythia.
The flowers are on a table in the living room.
The vase? Thanks for asking.
A Melitta coffee can, empty with a trace of the coffee at the bottom.
I am still on my hot-water-only drinking in the morning.
Brought out two very heavy books - Tracy Kidder's ROUGH SLEEPERS - and Nita Prose's THE MAID.
I was in ecstasy as I read ROUGH SLEEPERS by Tracy Kidder. Kidder is a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. His special mission is treating the stigmatized homeless and helping them find housing.
Many of the homeless are tricked out of finding a real home. One guy Tony was classified as a sexual predator - something you don't wanna advertise as you may not find housing and it is stigmatized.
But Tracy the physician wanted to hear Tony's story - Tony was a new guy - and Tony finally mustered up his courage to tell his story to the doctor.
He had heard so much about the doctor and could not for the life of him believe a doctor would take more than the 7 minutes or so to listen to his story with respect.
Six more minutes until Scott comes over to put me in the snorkel.
My neighbor Nancy, who must be close to 90 yo, was taken to the hospital last night by a shiny red ambulance that said Bryn Athyn on it.
Have no idea how she is. However, I did try, as I believe that caring neighbors should pay attention and care.
Daughter Linda, who drives a red RAV that she backs into her driveway - the garage is filled with storage items - so God only knows what's wrong with her. She does sit in a wheelchair and her husband Charlie has been dead for ages.
Was a day when I wrote dozens of poems about that good man.
For dinner I had lentils and spaghetti made by sister Ellen and a green salad I made.
SARAH called this morning and wanted to have our tenth KIDNEYVERSITY party here at my house.
I did have a revelation while on the front porch.
Since Mom and Dad are dead and our relatives too, it is I who must take their place.
Yes, me. It makes me feel strong and capable.
When I walked around the block around 3 pm I assured myself I can handle my new role as head of the household.
There is nothing like a GREAT DREAM, a realistic dream, and that's what I had last night. I sat with my former boyfriend Simon - we call him Jake Bonner - when talking about him. We sat overlooking York Road and had a birds-eye view of the whole scene.
Sy was a very nice man and would answer any computer questions we had. My book about him is called THE REDEMPTION OF PULASKI.
So I just woke up. I had told Kat - ekaterina - I would write her a poem about - well, here tis:
THE WHITE CROCUS
Small enough to hide on your lawn
Yet strong enough to close its white lips
And awaken every morning
I stand in bedroom slippers and stare
A parasol it does not need
Just faith, faith immutable
And a small patterned red cup
I bought at a thrift shop
No longer there.
