Comments on: RIP, Andrew Olmstead http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:11:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: camojack http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-51958 camojack Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:32:30 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-51958 Damn. Damn.

]]> By: njcommuter http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-51969 njcommuter Sat, 05 Jan 2008 08:28:50 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-51969 What is amazing, or perhaps frightening, is that he managed to frame so much of his message around Babylon 5. I hope that someone makes sure that J. M. Straczynski reads it. I'd like to know his reaction, but it's more important that he see it. What is amazing, or perhaps frightening, is that he managed to frame so much of his message around Babylon 5. I hope that someone makes sure that J. M. Straczynski reads it. I’d like to know his reaction, but it’s more important that he see it.

]]> By: House of Eratosthenes http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-51990 House of Eratosthenes Sat, 05 Jan 2008 14:32:16 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-51990 [...] Neo-Neocon [...] […] Neo-Neocon […]

]]> By: Ymar http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-51992 Ymar Sat, 05 Jan 2008 14:55:38 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-51992 Not many people have faced the fear of death and conquered it. I salute you for being one of the few that have. Not many people have faced the fear of death and conquered it. I salute you for being one of the few that have.

]]> By: goesh http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-51998 goesh Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:53:06 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-51998 another good one dead and gonne another good one dead and gonne

]]> By: Webloggin - Blog Archive » Rest in Peace - Respected Milblogger Becomes First Iraq Casualty of 2008 http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-51999 Webloggin - Blog Archive » Rest in Peace - Respected Milblogger Becomes First Iraq Casualty of 2008 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:18:48 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-51999 [...] Neo-Neocon [...] […] Neo-Neocon […]

]]> By: Donald Wolberg http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-52001 Donald Wolberg Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:58:13 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-52001 Such a sad report; he was killed with a fellow from just up the road, Albuquerque, Cpt. Tom Casey. Their loss adds to the burden of making sure we get this thing right, and get this thing done. Such a sad report; he was killed with a fellow from just up the road, Albuquerque, Cpt. Tom Casey. Their loss adds to the burden of making sure we get this thing right, and get this thing done.

]]> By: Gray http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-52013 Gray Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:49:26 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-52013 It's a punch in the gut everytime this happens: I knew CPT Casey, though not well..... I'm in Albuquerque. I've been to a lot of memorials.... It’s a punch in the gut everytime this happens: I knew CPT Casey, though not well….. I’m in Albuquerque.

I’ve been to a lot of memorials….

]]> By: s1c http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-52041 s1c Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:05:56 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-52041 I didn't follow his blog as much as I follow yours, but I always liked his humor and insight. This one does hurt. I didn’t follow his blog as much as I follow yours, but I always liked his humor and insight. This one does hurt.

]]> By: Gray http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-52171 Gray Mon, 07 Jan 2008 03:38:34 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-52171 I'll be playing the bagpipe for CPT Casey's interment, Friday afternoon, at the National Cemetary in Santa Fe. My unit called me: The family requested a bagpiper at his burial. I'm the bagpiper in the 44th Army Band--part time New Mexico National Guard (seems like full-time sometimes). Previously, I was an Intelligence Officer in an Infantry Air Assault unit (1/506, Currahee!) and later, a Counterintelligence Officer in the active duty army. I joined the Guard Band as a lark, to play the bagpipe in '99. Many of us in the band have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan as trainers and security. My First Sergeant started the Afghan National Band when he was over there. I'm still expecting a deployment, but it's all 'up inna air'.... I turned in a proposal to send just me, a 'pipe ghillie' and a security team to Afghanistan "to give the golliwogs some o' th' pipe, like in th' ol' days!". They turned me down, I wonder why? Maybe I'll have to be more temperate in my posts in the future now that people can figger out who I am in meatlife--N'ah..... I've been playing the bagpipe for 13 years, and professionally for 8 years. I've played extensively across Scotland and compete in the US. It'll probably be on the local news. I can't imagine anyone here will see (or hear) me. I told wifey, yesterday, when I read this blogpost that I would probably play for the burial--with an Irish name like 'Casey'.... The bagpipe is becoming an integral part of military bands in the US. I've played a lot of memorials: this war is a personal thing for me.... I’ll be playing the bagpipe for CPT Casey’s interment, Friday afternoon, at the National Cemetary in Santa Fe.

My unit called me: The family requested a bagpiper at his burial.

I’m the bagpiper in the 44th Army Band–part time New Mexico National Guard (seems like full-time sometimes). Previously, I was an Intelligence Officer in an Infantry Air Assault unit (1/506, Currahee!) and later, a Counterintelligence Officer in the active duty army.

I joined the Guard Band as a lark, to play the bagpipe in ‘99. Many of us in the band have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan as trainers and security. My First Sergeant started the Afghan National Band when he was over there. I’m still expecting a deployment, but it’s all ‘up inna air’….

I turned in a proposal to send just me, a ‘pipe ghillie’ and a security team to Afghanistan “to give the golliwogs some o’ th’ pipe, like in th’ ol’ days!”. They turned me down, I wonder why?

Maybe I’ll have to be more temperate in my posts in the future now that people can figger out who I am in meatlife–N’ah…..

I’ve been playing the bagpipe for 13 years, and professionally for 8 years. I’ve played extensively across Scotland and compete in the US.

It’ll probably be on the local news. I can’t imagine anyone here will see (or hear) me.

I told wifey, yesterday, when I read this blogpost that I would probably play for the burial–with an Irish name like ‘Casey’….

The bagpipe is becoming an integral part of military bands in the US.

I’ve played a lot of memorials: this war is a personal thing for me….

]]> By: Richard Cook http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-52173 Richard Cook Mon, 07 Jan 2008 04:40:20 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-52173 "Cowards die many times before their deaths, The valiant never taste of death but once." “Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.”

]]> By: Donald Wolberg http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-52243 Donald Wolberg Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:40:50 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-52243 Are the services open and if so where and when? Local TV has said nothing about services. Four of my kids are in. One was in the invasion force, one deployed now. We need to end this thing so that what everyone who sacrificed so much, mattered Are the services open and if so where and when? Local TV has said nothing about services.

Four of my kids are in. One was in the invasion force, one deployed now.

We need to end this thing so that what everyone who sacrificed so much, mattered

]]> By: Gray http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-52246 Gray Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:05:53 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-52246 <i>Are the services open and if so where and when?</i> No. Family and military honors only. Are the services open and if so where and when?

No. Family and military honors only.

]]> By: Donald Wolberg http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-52247 Donald Wolberg Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:17:59 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-52247 thanks for the info Gray good luck to you thanks for the info Gray

good luck to you

]]> By: Gary Farber http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-52776 Gary Farber Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:15:36 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-52776 Olmsted. Not "Olmstead." For more on Andrew, see <a href="http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2008/01/andy-olmsted.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>, <a href="http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2008/01/remembering-and.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>, and <a href="http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2008/01/how-to-help.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Olmsted. Not “Olmstead.”

For more on Andrew, see here, here, and here.

]]> By: Major Andrew Olmsted « Zeal and Activity http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-54974 Major Andrew Olmsted « Zeal and Activity Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:16:26 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/05/rip-andrew-olmstead/#comment-54974 [...] Neo-Neocon: “[C]haracteristically touching, thoughtful, and humorous.” [...] […] Neo-Neocon: “[C]haracteristically touching, thoughtful, and humorous.” […]

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