Branch Selection Complete - Field Artillery - King of Battle

• "Ultima ratio regum" English: "The final argument of kings" - Louis XIV's inscription on French artillery
• "Do not forget your dogs of war, your big guns, which are the most-to-be respected arguments of the rights of kings." - Frederick II of Prussia
• "The artillery lends honor to that which would otherwise be a vulgar brawl." - Frederick II of Prussia
• "God is on the side with the best artillery." - Napoléon Bonaparte
• "The first shot is for the Devil, the second for God, and only the third for the King." - Napoléon Bonaparte
• "The best generals are those who have served in the artillery." - Napoléon Bonaparte
• "I do not have to tell you who won the war. You know, the artillery did." - General George S. Patton, Jr.
• "Brother, your best friend ain't your Momma, it's the Field Artillery." - A sign at Fort Benning, US Infantry School
• "The Guns, thank God, the Guns." - Rudyard Kipling
• "Renown awaits the commander who first restores artillery to its prime importance on the battlefield." - Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill
• "Artillery is the god of war." Joseph Stalin

An Updated Picture

So, I've just started week 5 of Officer Candidate School. It's tough, but it's going well. I have some studying to do and could probably find any number of things to accomplish, but it's been a long time since my last update, so I thought I'd put in a quick note.

As I said, Officer Candidate School has not been easy so far. It's been difficult in many ways. My whole army enlistment has offered challenges thus far, but it's been rewarding, too. I'm in the best shape of my life and I finally feel like I'm getting somewhere again professionally and fiscally.

Now, I'm just impatient to finish my training, get a duty station, and settle in to a home of our own, and hopefully get to enjoy some time with my wife before I get deployed to some foreign land somewhere.

Norway's Fastest-growing Sport

Thank you, Levi, for sharing this.

Star Wars According to a 3 Year Old

Maybe I'm the last one to see this, but I thought it was worth sharing.

Grocery-mobiles

Levi took this picture.

Those are snowmobiles.

The building just behind them is the Albertsons/Save-on near the Mill Creek town center, just half a block from the office.

More Snow

So, after the first snow pictures, my mother suggested that the snow should be cleaned off of the patio cover. I did so, and more snow fell.

I cleaned the snow off again after taking the picture above, but the snow keeps falling, so it's stacked even higher now.

Snow