#BerlinBrigade in the news: Berlin Brigade Veteran participates in Fishing Tournament

#BerlinBrigade in the news: Berlin Brigade Veteran participates in Fishing Tournament

In the news feed this morning (06/17), I came across a very interesting article from Southern Maryland Newspapers through their website "SoMdNews.com" that mentions Berlin Brigade Veteran participating in the annual Paralyzed Veterans of America/Walter Reed annual bass fishing tournament held at Smallwood State Park in Marbury, Maryland.

The website article mentions Berlin Brigade Veteran is Michael Murphy, 49, from the great state of Kentucky. The article mentioned the top fishermen, unfortunately Murphy was not mentioned among them. However, Murphy is quoted in the article, "It’s been beautiful, it’s just the fish aren’t biting much."

Hey, I firmly believe a bad day of fishing beats a good day doing anything else (including work). Whether it was a good day or bad day that is for Murphy and all the other Veterans at the tournament that attended to let us know. However, I suspect they will say it was a good day. All of us need all the good days we can take.

In the meantime, I am going to pack my gear to get some fishing time in before it gets a little too hot down here at the BerlinBrigade.com Headquarters.


If you know or know of someone that is a Berlin Brigade Veteran and is out there continuing to promote the Berlin Brigade spirit and live the Berlin Brigade mission please let me know by email dave@berlinbrigade.com

Thank you,
David Guerra
BerlinBrigade.com

reference: Southern Maryland Newspapers Online
(http://www.somdnews.com/article/20150617/news/150619496/)

#BerlinBrigade in the News: The Eastern European Gambit

#BerlinBrigade in the News:
The Eastern European Gambit




There was a time when it looked like Russia and the United States were going to make something good happen. Something good for the entire planet. However, that was not to be. Just as the Berlin Wall fell over 25 years ago, the times have changed.

Sure, the Soviet Union has ceased to be but that does not mean the land grab is over. It was easy after the Second World War for the Soviet Union to take everything it acquired either through battle or through Allied agreements (Tehran, Yalta, & Potsdam) and create alliances such as the Warsaw Pact but that was a long time ago. Things have changed since the collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The land grab continues with Russia acting like a vision of its former self. It took Crimea with little to no effort. Now it has its vision on the Ukraine and has done so since the annexation of Crimea. While, officially, there are no Russian forces in the Ukraine there are Pro-Russian forces doing their thing to destabilize the area that is of prime interest to Russia.

That is where the concern begins. See geographically Ukraine borders with Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania. That is a little too close for comfort for many people in the west. 

So what happens next? NATO has to act and react without actively getting involved. The “Pentagon is considering a plan to store heavy weapons and equipment in Eastern Europe to reassure allies that Washington has their backs in case of Russian aggression. The equipment, which would include battle tanks and other heavy weapons could supply as many as 5,000 American troops in several Baltic and Eastern European countries.” A recent article in the New York Time quoted James G. Stavridis, a retired admiral and the former supreme allied commander of NATO.

While the amount of equipment considered is nothing compared to anything that Russia can muster in the no time, should it to “officially” decide to make a move against the Ukraine. However, I agree that should the “balloon go up” in the Ukraine having something close by. As the New York Times mentioned about the pre-positioned equipment, “it would serve as a credible sign of American commitment, acting as a deterrent the way that the Berlin Brigade did after the Berlin Wall crisis in 1961.”

Now do not get me wrong, I am not for letting the situation in the Ukraine become a shooting. What I am for is if it does come to bullets flying then let us make certain that we have the back of those that need our back. Heck, we did not spend all that time, manpower, resources and money in Europe during the Cold War to let it all become a new Cold or Hot War all over again.

Reference: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/06/14/u_s_plans_to_store_heavy_weapons_in_eastern_europe_for_first_time_since.html

June 2015 SITREP

Greetings All,

Here were are almost halfway through 2015. Luckily, it has been a little quiet here at the BerlinBrigade.com World Headquarters.

Unluckily, it has been too quiet and that's not a good thing.

By too quiet, I mean that there has not been anything of note to report back to you. While there is not much to say, it is also good that nothing bad has happened.

Let's talk about the BerlinBrigade.com website:

This past month, I have updated the registry with approximately three email address changes, forty new additions, and one removal. Check out the Registry page by clicking here

Added, one business to the Berlin Brigade Veterans Business Directory. Please be sure to check out the directory by clicking here

The homepage has been re-arranged a bit, nothing crazy, just a change of the boxes. Nothing was removed and nothing added.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Summer.

Thanks for your time and your support. I will write more soon. All this down time, has given me an opportunity to put a card (or two) up my sleeve.

Until Next Time Thanks,
David