I grew up in northern Minnesota, and am building a home in Duluth. My involvement with the Corps of Engineers has been limited to their fantastic Lake Superior Marine Museum. I never cease to love spending time at this small facility at the entrance to the Duluth harbor. However, the Corps of Engineers mission is much broader than educating the Northstar Nerd about Great Lakes Shipping and the engineering work it requires to keep the shipping lanes open.
With that preamble I would like to introduce you the Army Corps of Engineers blog, Building Strong. The blog's author is none other than Lt. Gen. Robert Van Antwerp, the Army Chief of Engineers and Commanding General. I highly recommend a trip over to his blog, and a RSS subscription. The Corps does some fine engineering throughout the world.
One of the more recent blog entries I had to share with my Dad, a retired M.D. and front line doctor with the Marine Corps during the Korean War. While it is tempting to think of the Corps of Engineers as only dealing with the "normal" technical projects, this would be a mistake. One of their recent efforts has been to design a special climbing wall for wounded warriors. Link and read ... but take a look at the image below and you'll get the idea. Check Out Blog Quest 2.0 and my Engineering Learning Wiki for other technical blogs I have reviewed.
I also thought I would take this opportunity to add some links to a small part of military history in which I played a very, very minor role:
- Boxer 22 (largest air search and rescue mission ever by the US military)
and - Captain Ben Danielson is Home (Vietnam MIA)
The photos in the right column from the USS Nimitz were sent to me by Lt. Commander Brian Danielson, Ben's son.
However, back to the review at hand (Building Strong). Although the blog's name is only just that ... a name ... the image below shows just how true that name rings.
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