General David Petraeus authored a new army field manual (FM 3-24) that is intended to help US counterinsurgency (“COIN” to those in the know about these things) efforts in Iraq. It turns out that the Army has a manual for everything. Lets leave aside the apparent idiocy of publishing your secret operations manual on the internet. This piece of information got me thinking. Maybe I need a field manual? Parenting twins is more than a little bit like gorilla warfare. General Petraeus’ manual has chapters explaining in detail how to create “Intelligence in Counterinsurgency” and how to develop “Host Nation Security Forces.” My field manual would have chapters that dealt with “Hearts and Minds – Utilizing tickling and funny faces”, “Surviving Tantrums”, “Dating with the platoon”, “Building an efficient daddy infrastructure,” and “Winning the inner-peace”.
Tags: Twins
November 23, 2008 at 9:24 pm |
Dan, this is a manual you’ll have to write … and after reading your blog entries, I have no doubt it will be full of love and humor.
December 7, 2008 at 3:33 am |
Dan, I didn’t know you had a blog. It’s been fun to read about you and your twin catastrophes and/or touching moments. I love the roomba/blueberry story–priceless.
December 13, 2008 at 5:54 pm |
Hey Dan, I like your blog. Wow you have your hands full! I love your fun stories and insights here. Your kids sound adorable!
December 17, 2008 at 12:20 am |
Thank you so much for your kind comments. It is nice to know that some one actually reads my blog every once and a while. : )