[speaking foreign language] it is a long way from iran to fort bragg, north carolina. Halfway around the world, you might say. But that is where the story begins. It is my story, but it could be the story of a great number of other u. S. Army advisors. They served in nearly 50 countries overseas. My name is captain paul weinman. My assignment with the military Assistance Advisory Group in iran is as an advisor to the Imperial Iranian Army special forces group. But before you teach you have to , learn the hard way. At fort bragg, we learned our special forces lessons well. Lessons that would make us into tough, welltrained soldiers able to handle any situation in some faroff land. North carolina, or north iran. A jump is a jump. The same intention as you go out the airplane door. The same big lift in your chest as you see that parachute billowing out. When you land, it may be the safe ending to a flight, but your job is just beginning. Your students know your part five in this exercise.
[speaking foreign language] it is a long way from iran to fort bragg, north carolina. Halfway around the world, you might say. But that is where the story begins. It is my story, but it could be the story of a great number of other u. S. Army advisors. Who served in nearly 50 countries overseas. My name is captain paul weinman. My assignment with the military Assistance Advisory Group in iran is as an advisor to the Imperial Iranian Army special forces group. But before you teach, you have to learn the hard way. At fort bragg, we learned our special forces lessons well. Lessons that would make us into tough, welltrained soldiers able to handle any situation in some faroff land. North carolina, or north iran. A jump is a jump. The same intention as you go out the airplane door. The same big lift in your chest as you see that parachute billowing out. When you land, it may be the safe ending to a flight, but your job is just beginning. Your five students know your part in this exercise. Y
Take spring cleaning tactics to your bookshelves this season
In her Bibliofiles column, Donna Liquori on purging, organizing her collected tomes
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In process of organizing the books collected by Donna Liquori through the years.Photos by Donna LiquoriShow MoreShow Less
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Donna Liquori s bookshelf, which recently went through a spring cleaning purge and organization, in her Delmar home.Photos by Donna LiquoriShow MoreShow Less
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The books go everywhere with me and that is not negotiable: college dorms, apartments around Albany, an old stone carriage house in the mid-Hudson, our first house in Glenmont. Now, most of them are in the parlor in our 100-year-old place in Delmar.