Verdensberømt krigsdigt: "The Soldier"

Amerikanske soldaters afskedsparade inden afgang til Europa i 1917.

Lidt noter om The Soldier

Bjørnebandens blog skal favne bredt, synes webmasteren, så nedenfor følger en kortfattet gennemgang af et berømt og fantastisk digt fra Første Verdenskrig. Hvis du aldrig har læst "The Soldier", er der læsepligt nu, såre simpelt. Mini-mini-essayet blev skrevet i et hurtigt hug; af interesse i fritiden i 2007, dengang just omtalte webmaster studerede Engelsk på Københavns Universitet. Jeg er ingen litterat, men digtet er godt!

Af Thorbjørn Hein, den 21. februar 2007

Coin: MAKONI 2007 (Copenhagen to Nijmegen March 2007)

This year, we're at it again: marching from Copenhagen, Denmark, to Nijmegen, Holland. A stroll of 650 kilometres before resting about 1,5 day and then doing the regular Nijmegen Four Day Marches of 160 kilometres.

In the pictures you see the memorial coin we were awarded in 2007. I don't think you can find this elsewhere on the internet, but you're welcome, don't mention it. No official medal for the uniform, unfortunately, but not everything should be done for the bling-bling. Edit July 2017: Danes are now actually officially permissioned to wear this as a medal, but exclusively in the week partaking in the Nijmegen Marches. See here to check out picture of the ribbon (Danish language).

Learn more about the so-called MAKONI event here: www.makoni.dk

My personal training regime of 2012 will start on Saturday - the Beagle Boy way, namely by walking to watch a game of football in the outskirts of Copenhagen in the early afternoon. There will probably be some beer involved, but I'll just have to find a way to live with that (edit: a report in Danish here).

/Thorbjørn

Hard solution to improper parking behaviour

Destruction. All right, maybe I overreacted just a little bit, but earlier today I finally had it: lately, my neighbour opposite has been very creative in finding the most possible ways to park in annoying and illegal ways. Enough is enough. I called an officer in the RDAF. He owed me a very big favour for certain reasons (the unsavory details of which I will spare the readers from, since this blog is PG-13 and not R-rated), and I must say, he paid me back. Thanks, sir.

You can watch the epic results in this video, but don't do it if you love cars ... Ha!

M/70: på med det tørklæde, når der er miniaturer på!

N.B. Oprindelig artikel fra den 2. januar 2012. Senest redigeret den 9. februar 2017.

I anledning af et billede af en æret kollega, set på Facebook i dag, bringer jeg en servicemeddelelse til ansatte i Forsvaret, der har anskaffet og bruger selskabsuniform M/70.

Fra HRN 312-011 UBH 16 APR 2010, side 137, Tillæg D.

Misforståelsen, jeg iler med at søge eradikeret, er, at "når man har medaljer på, må/skal man ikke bruge pyntetørklæde". Det passer, men kun til dels. Billedet nedenfor, sakset fra seneste udgave af UBH'en (reglementet "Uniformsbestemmelser for Hæren") viser tydeligere end tusind ord, at man skal bære pyntetørklæde, når der er miniaturemedaljer anlagt.

Lt Hein's training status, 2012

After 2x100 km in Lithuania, 2011

Per month [cumulative during 2012]

JAN: 15.0 km [15]
FEB: 167.6 km [182.6]
MAR: 310.0 km [492.6]
APR: 263.9 km [756.5]
MAY: 85.8 km [842.3]
JUN: 385.5 km [1227.8] (excluding JUN 30)
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JUL: 839.5 km [2,067.3] (including JUN 30)
AUG: 196.5 km [2,263.8]
SEP: 146.0 km [2,409.8]
OCT: 173.5 km (and 6.00 km of swimming [6.00]) [2,583.3]
NOV: 221.3 km (and 9.50 km of swimming [15.50]) [2,804.6]
DEC: 200.9 km (and 3.00 km of swimming [18.50]) [3,005.5]

Viking ship sailing and/or ground work on the ships: 14 days
(Spring prep of The Sea Stallion: 1. Training weekend SeaS: 2. Viking Ship Boat Guild training day: 1. Training afternoons Imme Skinfaxe: 2. SeaS summer cruise: 7. Retrieving of SeaS: 1)

Introduction text, milestones statistics, detailed statistics, and links to marching reports below.