Soft Tissue Episode 000

Soft Tissue

SOFT TISSUE #000 America hasn’t had to play a kinetic, home game, since 1865. Actually, scratch that. A lot of media is talking about the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918. But another one hits closer to me—the 1957 H2N2 Pandemic. If anyone knows a good book on it, let me know. 116,000 Americans lost their lives. Until the 1918 #pandemic, there wasn’t a large return of Americans from combat that precipitated the trend. Similar to now, the vector came across the sea in a matter of months. My grandmother almost died because of it. My mom was a pre-teen, but remembers it vividly. That’s the power of events like these. They upend futures, not just the ones you plan. But the ones unplanned after you’re gone. Events like this twist & transform #fate. Our challenge is to stand in the breach, & be the best we can be to face it. But also, recognize we are going through the stages of #grief. Many of us are still in denial. I’ll admit—my birthday bourbon rations were exhausted in 9 days. Not 30 like originally intended. We have an enemy, with total freedom of #maneuver & unchallenged fields of fire. We’ll talk more about this metaphor of war..but this is the beginning. What we have, is a challenge that already eclipses 9/11. And what I’m looking at, are #systems. How those systems supplant & support humans who operate in them. Myself included. Welcome, to Soft Tissue. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/militarytransition/support