The Sonar Bison Project
Blog URL http://www.sonarbison.blogspot.com
Tags BYU, Engineering, Army, Air Force, ROTC, Uruguay, Politics
The day-to-day rants and raves of an eternal student.
Latest Blog Posts
- Rollin' with Wolin on Nov 14, 2009 in media
It's been almost a year since I blogged about Maurice Wolin, the San Francisco-area doctor who got busted on To Catch a Predator for trying to get busy with a 13 year old girl...and this site still gets visits from people wanting to get info on the "...
- Field Training Exercise! on Nov 8, 2009 in army
Every semester, BYU Army ROTC performs a Field Training Exercise (FTX) to prepare third-year cadets for LDAC, and provide some hands-on training for everyone else.We left Thursday afternoon. Each cadet had the standard ruck sack along with a duffel b...
- The War on Drugs: An interesting debate! on Nov 1, 2009 in politics
Ron Paul, radical as he is, once again comes off at the voice of reason. He does seem to get a bit nervous with that last question though, hehe.
- These colors don't run! on Oct 30, 2009 in army
Here's the flag, just before I took it down on Tuesday afternoon. Every day the national anthem is played twice on BYU campus, at 7:35am and 5:25pm, to coincide with the raising and retiring Old Glory. As an ROTC cadet, "color guard" is one of my dut...
- Cannon Crew! on Oct 3, 2009 in college army
Every BYU home game, the Army ROTC brings a 75mm cannon to the stadium to a fire a (blank) round every time BYU scores. Check out the George Q. Cannon (it's named after an LDS Apostle):Also, the Cannon Crew cadets run out and perform push-ups accordi...
- Land Navigation Baby! on Oct 2, 2009 in nature army
Last week we spent Saturday at Vivian Park, a vast tract of pristine wilderness nestled deep within the Provo Canyon. It's a popular destination for campers and backpackers...and it's also the site of the an Army land navigation course.Here's how lan...
- Reparative therapy for the acrophobic. on Sep 20, 2009 in nature
After Church today, two of my roommates wanted to take a "leisurely stroll" down Rock Canyon park. We ended up climbing this thing:...until we were about 1000 feet above our apartment (my watch has an altimeter!)I'm afraid of heights, so I was a litt...
