Rebrewed: Legal Grounds | John Gronski

Yesterday marked the 79th anniversary of the Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy.

D-Day

I was fortunate enough to visit those beaches on the 70th anniversary of the landings. And while everyone who knows a little history can tell you how just how deep the beaches were, there is another topographical feature that I wasn't prepared for:

The craters.

They are tightly packed, small areas that look like someone clipped out small sections of the moon and covered it in grass.

Several days after the landing, my father would enter Europe through those beaches 79 years ago, leading his artillery crew into what I can only imagine felt (and looked) like the jaws of hell.

And so in remembrance of this day I want to look back on one of our first episodes with Major General (Ret.) John Gronski, who served as the Commanding General of the 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, where from 2005-06 he was stationed in Ramadi, Iraq – known at the time as ‘The Deadliest Place on Earth’.

It was and still is a master-course, covering topics like the importance of learning how to pivot in a given situation, the need for more intermediate goals, and the blessing of a shared experience for creating community.

Enjoy the show.