Chasing The Blue Beyond

A visit to The  Alamo Mission in San Antonio , or as I know it as, simply,  "T he Alamo" , is part of the  San Antonio Missions  World Heritage Site  in  San Antonio ,  Texas , United States . Founded in the 18th century  as a Roman Catholic mission and fortress compound, it was the site of the Battle of the Alamo in 1836. 

2019 Field Notes · Language, War and Return Being There From Bagram to Kuwait, Frankfurt, New Hampshire, Texas, Miami and Britain: a journey through military transit, language under pressure and the quiet intelligence of the countryside. See Full Image “English? Why do I have to learn that? I’m never going to live in England.” I am glad I did not follow that advice. Operational Thread Language opens the mission. Travel tests the threshold. Nature restores the operator. Ordinary World The Call Threshold Foreign Land Trials Revelation Return Elixir The Call American English as Mission Equipment The Defense Language Institute at Lackland Air Force Base brings foreign military p...