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| Napoleon Crossing the Alps Jacques-Louis David |
Saturday we got the bear.²
A number of things finally came together, late on Friday we had some success, by Saturday at noon we had accomplished our objectives. Data analysis remains to ensure that what we saw is reflected in the logs and to satisfy the higher ups that the system is functioning within established parameters. To bore you with a bit of engineering ...
We're sticking around through Monday to assist the crew with some more testing, but the bottom line is that I'm flying home on Tuesday, not Friday. As much as I love Sandy Eggo, there truly is no place like home.
A note on the preceding video (from YouTube) -
The Band of the 1st Regiment of Grenadiers à Pied of the Imperial Guard performs "Victory is ours". This piece comes from a repertoire outside the revolutionary repertoire: it actually comes from an opera ballet called "The Cairo Caravan".Filming location: La Ferme d'Hougoumont (Waterloo, Belgium)2014.
Unlike many of the fancy orchestral versions of the tune, the scene shown above would have been very similar to that during the Wars of Napoléon. As it was filmed on the actual field of Waterloo, it holds even more meaning for me.
Also of note, one of the directors of this just completed exercise shares a name with one of the leaders on that field.
¹ Victory is ours!
² Not you a bear, it was a different bear.
