User:Habap

David James Navarre, born December 16, 1965 in Detroit, Michigan. Graduate of Detroit Catholic Central High School and Michigan State University. Wikipedian since March 2005. Currently resides in Alexandria, Virginia.

While I am probably not related to Henri Navarre, I am related to Henry Navarre, (known as Henry III of Navarre and Henry IV of France). Melissa and I do have a dog named Henry, but we refer to him as Henry Henderson, in line with her family (Melissa's father's name was Richard Henry Henderson and I like the name because of Henry V of England, thanks to William Shakespeare). Some people confuse me with Dave Navarro, who is slightly more musically talented than I, or John Navarre, who attended that other university and has played in 5 more NFL games than I have. I don't think I've ever been confused with Colonel Stuart Navarre, USMC, of the 5th Marines.

Michael D. Brown was one of my neighbors during Katrina, though I didn't meet him until later (he has nice dogs with whom my dog Henry enjoyed playing while they lived near us). I went to the same school as actor Courtney B. Vance (I knew who he was, and I think we spoke, but it may just be that he spoke to my classmates as we listened, as I am 5 years younger) and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, though Ballmer graduated before I arrived (1973 vs 1976). One of Creighton Abrams's grand-daughters lives near us. At one point, my older brother, Russ, worked for General Dynamics, which makes the M-1 Abrams Tank.

I've been to Gettysburg at least 50 times and can "guide" friends around the battlefield a little bit. My wife and I were in France in 2008 (Paris, Normandy, Chinon), in 2009 (for the 65th Anniversary of D-Day, with a few days near Rue Cler in Paris, and a couple in Burgundy) and will be again in 2010 (Burgundy, then Normandy and finishing in Paris). Next year will probably be the Rhone Valley (both wine AND Operation Dragoon!)

"Ren rou ronna ret ris rone, Raddy?" asks my wine cellar project manager - our puppy, Henry, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (b. 7 Nov 04)

Articles started

American Civil War

• Harrison Jeffords, Colonel of the 4th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment
• Rufus King, Union Brigadier General, first commander of the Iron Brigade

World War II Paratroopers

• 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 82nd Airborne Division
• 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 82nd Airborne Division
• 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 82nd Airborne Division and the 17th Airborne Division
• 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 17th Airborne Division
• Camp Toccoa, Georgia, birthplace of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
• Lynn "Buck" Compton, officer in 506th during WWII and lead prosecutor of Sirhan Sirhan
• Lt Colonel Edson Raff, author and paratrooper officer who commanded the 507th from mid-June 1944 onwards (later commanded 77th Special Forces Group and credited with being the "father" of the green beret worn by the US Army Special Forces)
• Colonel Doyle Yardley, commander of the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion, was captured at Avellino, but escaped from his POW camp. His diary has recently been published [1]
• Colonel (later Major General) Joseph H. "Bud" Harper, commander of the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment, who handed over the Bastogne surrender response, "Nuts!"

Others

• Online Gaming Organizations, intended to discuss large-scale gaming clans, though now correctly merged into that article
• Andreas Thorstensson, gaming news professional from Sweden
• Connie Britton, actress on Spin City
• Camporee, which had inexplicably only been a redirect to Philmont Scout Ranch
• China Marines, United States Marines stationed to protect Americans in the Shanghai International Settlement from 1927-1941
• Scoutmaster (which I can't believe I was the original author on)

Major editing work

• SoGamed, gaming news site
• Neighborhood Playhouse, acting school in New York City
• Saints and Soldiers, a movie that takes place after the Malmedy massacre during the Battle of the Bulge
• Kyle "kSharp" Miller" and Emil "HeatoN" Christensen, professional Counter-Strike players
• Team 3D and Ninjas in Pyjamas, their teams
• SK Gaming, Thorstenssen's eSports entity (team, website, community)
• Major League Gaming, the console gaming league that had its own set of specials on USA Network, but had a badly disjointed article
• Yale's "We Suck" Prank, which was getting edited by Yalies every 20 minutes or so
• The Green Berets (film), which is probably John Wayne's worst film, being jingoistic and lacking believable combat scenes
• Most of the articles on individual US paratroopers
• Far too much time spent on Cindy Sheehan, Casey Sheehan and the Bring Them Home Now Tour
• Lots of vandalism reversions to Squamish, British Columbia, Counter-Strike, MMORPG, Cheating in Counter-Strike and others

Special:Contributions/Habap

To Do's

• Expand National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, where I worked as an undergrad
• Expand and create more articles on WWII paratrooper regimental commanders, see work sheet

Wedding

On 2007-10-06, Melissa Henderson and I were wed at the Strathmore Mansion in Bethesda, Maryland. Our photographer was Joy Jensen and a nice slide-show can be found on her website. Henry also was featured in an article entitled, "Here Comes the Dog" in January 2008 issue of Washingtonian Magazine, since he was in the wedding as ring-bearer.

Online Gaming

Note that while I have been editing and writing a number of articles involving Counter-Strike and CS clans, I don't play Counter-Strike. In fact, I am so lousy at it that I feel like everyone is cheating. I believe that I last tried CS in 2001 or 2002.

At one time, I was the Commander-in-Chief of Axis Forces in the Battle for Europe: Day of Defeat Campaign #3. I had been commander of the Duetsche Afrika Korps (DAK) defense squad in the first campaign, organizing about 50 gamers to fight in the defensive role. I was promoted to General of the 4th Division (sorry, my memory fails me here) for the next campaign, doing a lot of work to organize all of the divisions. During this time, I joined the Kampfgruppe Online Gaming Regiment (KFG), which tried to be more than a clan - having organized around 1999 and persisted in several games. As KFG was in the midst of some troubles (having recruited too fast), I was introduced to Sturmgrenadier, for which I purchased Planetside in order to join. I loved playing Planetside with Sturmgrenadier, but gave it up and wish a new game would come along that's as compelling.

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External Life

• Notes Architect, L-3 Communications
• Former Scoutmaster, Boy Scouts of America Troop 149, Arlington, Virginia, 1993-2007 (22 Eagle Scouts in 14 years, recipient of District Award of Merit)
• Treasurer and Board Member, Better Sports Club of Arlington
• 1999 Co-Director of Hands on DC, a 3000-volunteer project that raises scholarship money for students while painting and landscaping DC Public Schools
• Former Member, Sturmgrenadier online gaming syndicate

External Links

• Centretek
• Chain Bridge District
• Gettysburg Discussion Group
• My Blog