Bonus Blog post: Comparing Crises
Hello friends, this week I've got a bonus blog post, somewhat different than the normal topics we usually cover. Inspiration hit and I had to get it out. I hope you enjoy it! This week, my squadron had the pleasure of hosting Rita J. King for a talk on color mindset, and her project Power Pairs . As part of her presentation, Rita facilitated a thought exercise in which we looked at different sides of a historical event. She chose the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962, in
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In case you missed it: Imperial Japanese Historical sites of Tokyo - Enomoto Takeaki statue in Sumida-ku, Tokyo
Enomoto Takeaki 榎本 武揚 is one of the founding fathers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and a pivotal figure in the history of Japan. Enomoto was born in Edo, near what is now Taito-ku, Tokyo, in 1836. Among the many in Japan motivated by the arrival of Perry's Black Ships in 1854, he began learning Dutch, and studied at the Tokugawa Shogunate's Naval Training Center in Nagasaki as well as the Tsukiji Warship Training Center in Edo. At the age of 26 he was sent to the Netherland
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First World War Soldier's Memorial - Sydney, NSW, Australia
Hello PHG fans, this week we're taking a trip to Australia to look at this lovely memorial just across from the Royal Botanical Garden on the south side of Sydney Harbor. My first and only visit to Sydney was in 2007, when I made port there aboard USS Kitty Hawk. Seeing the harbor bridge and opera house in person was a moment I'll never forget, and I cannot wait to get back to this beautiful, vibrant city again. Australia sent over 416,000 men to fight in the First World War
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