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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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If disconnectedness is the real enemy, then the combatants we target in this war are those who promote it, enforce it and terrorize those who seek to overcome it by reaching out to the larger world.
Our strategic goals, therefore, are to extend connectivity in every way possible, but only in a manner which promotes justice as much as order.
- Thomas P.M. Barnett, "The Pentagon's New Map
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September 16
1916: VC won by Pte John Chipman Kerr, 49th Battalion, CEF, Courceletee, France
1939: Convoy HX-1 under escort from HMC Ships ST LAURENT & SAGUENAY departs Halifax for Britian. This convoy comprises the first 18 merchant ships of over 25,000 that would sail the Atlantic under RCN escort..... and so begins the Battle of Atlantic convoys.
1950: NAKTONG BDIRGEHEAD, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 25 Sept 50)
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