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Mr. Roland Lee “R.L.” Carpenter passed away peacefully March 31, 2021, at his home in Chuckatuck, Va.
R.L. was born in Nassawadox, on Sept. 10, 1965, to Geraldine “Geri” Shrieves Carpenter and the late John “Johnny” Kendall Carpenter Jr. R.L. is survived by his beautiful and loving wife, Chrisanna Trollinger Carpenter; loving stepchildren, Reed, Hannah, and Ross McKinney; brother, John Kendall “J.K.” Carpenter III (Wendy); and niece, Ashley Carpenter, of Cheriton; parents-in-law, Bill and Jean Trollinger; brother-in-law, Billy Trollinger (Rachel); and niece, Madison Trollinger.
R.L. was a 1983 graduate of Northampton High School and upon graduation he entered the U.S. Army. He was stationed at Fort Benning, Ga., where he attended infantry training and upon successful completion, he was assigned to Airborne School for paratrooper training. During his assignment, he received several letters of recognition for his professional attire and appe
My family and I had a great weekend at my momâs new home in Georgia for the Easter weekend.
I took Good Friday off work to make the five-hour drive. The weekend was crammed full of Easter activities for the adults and the children. We had two Easter egg hunts, dyed eggs, enjoyed a great meal after church and the children received plentiful Easter baskets with toys and candy.
I even got to play a game of pickleball with my uncle and threw Frisbee with my brother. For those who donât know what pickleball is, it is like a combination of tennis and ping pong. I am a pretty experienced tennis player, so I caught on to pickleball rather quickly.
The Pentagon Learned the Hard Way That Scud Missile Hunting Wasn’t Easy
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They’ve become a major military player and maybe a substitute for strategic thinking.
Within the span of a few decades, the United States has utterly transformed its military, or at least the military that is actively fighting. This has taken place with little fanfare and little public scrutiny. But without any conscious plan, I have seen some of the evolution firsthand. One of my early books,
Black Hawk Down, was about a disastrous U.S. Special Ops mission in Somalia. Another,
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