SOFT TISSUE #fffAmerica hasn’t had to play a kinetic, home game, since 1865.Actually, scratch that. A lot of media is talking about the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918. But another one hits closer to me—the 1957 H2N2 Pandemic.If anyone knows a good book on it, let me know.116,000 Americans lost their lives. Until the 1918 #pandemic, there wasn’t a large return of Americans from combat that precipitated the trend. Similar to now, the vector came across the sea in a matter of months.My grandmother almost died because of it.My mom was a pre-teen, but remembers it vividly.That’s the power of events like these. They upend futures, not just the ones you plan. But the ones unplanned after you’re gone.Events like this twist & transform #fate.Our challenge is to stand in the breach, & be the best we can be to face it. But also, recognize we are going through the stages of #grief. Many of us are still in denial.I’ll admit—my birthday bourbon rations were exhausted in 9 days. Not 30 like originally intended.We have an enemy, with total freedom of #maneuver & unchallenged fields of fire. We’ll talk more about this metaphor of war..but this is the beginning.What we have, is a challenge that already eclipses 9/11.And what I’m looking at, are #systems. How those systems supplant & support humans who operate in them. Myself included.Welcome, to Soft Tissue.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/militarytransition/support