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rig. Gen. Bob Barnes, USA-Ret., has been the only unfragmented habitat left in a
senior policy advisor, DoD, for The Nature region. Legal compliance is not the only
Conservancy (TNC) since 2002, facilitating — or even the most important — reason
an extensive partnership between DoD and TNC the military protects its lands. We have
across the U.S. to practice the art of war, and soldiers
When did you first learn about TNC? need a swamp to be a swamp and a
I was the staff judge advocate at Forces desert to be a desert. The mili-
Command in 1995 when the endan- tary has to take good care
gered red-cockaded woodpecker was of its land.
nesting on land at Fort Bragg [N.C.] Are there similarities
needed for training exercises. Coop- between the military
eration between the Army and TNC and TNC? Our cul-
reconciled our different missions. tures are more similar
Training restrictions were lifted, than most people
and the woodpecker reached its re- realize. Both are fact-
covery goal at Fort Bragg fi ve years driven, mission-ori-
ahead of schedule. ented, overworked,
When did the military and TNC and underpaid. Peo-
start working together? The ple don’t join either
1980s. We’re natural allies, and it’s one to get rich.
an important partnership. It’s not How can we learn more
only possible, but actually better, about this partnership?
to have both military readiness and Go to
www.nature.org and
conservation. When you advance one type “room to maneuver”
interest, you often advance the other. in the search box to fi nd
Why are military lands so environ- an article with many ex-
mentally important? DoD manages more amples of cooperation be-
than 25 million acres on 400 military in- tween TNC and DoD. You
stallations which are home to almost 350 [might] be surprised.
endangered species. These areas are often — Marilyn Pribus
Attention! Check out these military-related entertainment offerings.
BOOK The Two Thou- His paintings, drawings, 1944 bombing plot to kill Davis have joined together
sand Yard Stare: Tom and firsthand wartime ac- Adolf Hitler failed, but its for their second novel.
Lea’s World War II counts have been collected legacy lives on in this two- In the Green Zone of
(Texas A&M University in this full-color coffee- disc documentary. Baghdad, Iraq, an Iraqi
Press, 2008) Tom Lea table book. scientist is murdered just
was commissioned by Life AUDIOBOOK Dead Shot before he can reveal the
magazine to paint World DVD Operation Valkyrie (Macmillan Audio, 2009) secret Saddam Hussein
War II as it was experi- (Koch Vision, 2008) Claus Gunnery Sgt. Jack Cough- took to his grave — the
enced by Allied soldiers. von Stauffenberg’s July lin, USMC, and Donald A. Palace of Death. MO
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