Guardian Angels For Soldier’s Pets is a wonderful organization that helps find foster families for soldier’s pets.  A lot of times family pets end up in pounds when soldier’s deploy because they can’t find anyone to take care of them, or don’t have…
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This picture came out better than I thought.  It looks like one of those weird telescope images of the universe. Its actually a shot of the audience at the free
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Like most Americans, I have been thinking a lot about the War on Terror, Gas Prices, and the economy lately.  I am sure that a lot of Political Analysts, Economists, and the like have thought of this before now, but I can’t help but think that the U.S. is under…

I received an interesting piece of mail today, the annual Army Housing Survey.  Its a little survey asking about how we like on-post housing and our experiences with customer service, service calls, and quality.  Needless to say, my cardboard project housing received very poor scores. 

The other day I had to go to the hospital to check on a soldier.  He had gotten in a serious accident related to his drinking, driving, then wrapping his car around a tree at a high rate of speed.  When I saw him, he was in relatively serious condition…

I spent my tour in Iraq with a STOMP II Aid Bag.  This is a very nice and large Aid Bag.  However, there are several problems with it in my eyes that made it a less than perfect bag.  First of all, I am not a fan…

Since my return from Iraq, my posting has sort of tanked into the black hole of nothingness.  It seems my readership has as well.  Things just aren’t as interesting in the good ol’ US of A as they are on the “front lines.” I would love for my…

Why can’t I write like this? I found this reposted on The Sandbox from an article originally posted on Acute Politics. We are a whole new generation of vets. The Idaho Statesman began a five-part series yesterday on the “Five Years of War”.…

This is an interesting video. It was done by a guy named Kafir Alalazoo, who’s pseudonym in his own words is <em>“derived from the Arabic word ‘kafir’, which means ‘infidel’, and the word ‘alalazoo’, which is an ancient Greek military term, meaning ‘to raise a war cry’.…

So I’ve been in the hospital for the last few days with what is called a Non-Battle Injury. In other words, I was not wounded in battle, I had an urgent healthcare matter that required surgery.  I got a whirlwind tour of the medical evacuation system for Iraq and Kuwait…

Ok, so I guess its time to stop the freakish ramblings and give up some more ”<em>Tales of Hell</em>.” If you read my little post from the other day, then you’ll realize that not much has been going on that hasn’t been going on here for months.  There just seems…

I just don’t seem to be that motivated to write anything lately.  I don’t know if its the fact that not much new is going on, or whether I just don’t have energy anymore.  I read other milblogs for ideas, but new material is hard to come by here.  Its…

Its been a few days since I last posted, but we have been really busy.  Our re-deployment date is visible on the planning calendars now and the command has decided that we need to ramp up operations.  Something about the bad guys knowing when we are due to leave, so…

I just returned from about three days (<em>I lose track of time here</em>) of continuous patrols and raids, so this post will be brief.  However, I thought it important to share with the handful of readers I have, and maybe a few others what our enemy is really made of. …

Due to current operations, I was unable to post my annual 9/11 EMS memorial on time. I hope fighting in a war to prevent its recurrence is a reasonable excuse.  I had planned on making it the index of this site for the whole day.  Unfortunately, computer access was not…

Sorry its been a bit since I left a post, but life here just kind of seems to drag on.  The days seem to be getting longer now that our redeployment date is nearing.  The days themselves are slightly cooler, but thats only because the sun can’t sear the desert…

I managed to get my watch fixed.  Can you believe that our PX actually had the right watch battery in stock?  Such an obscure item, and it was actually on the shelves, unlike such things as USB Sticks or socks.  Had to pay with my new fangled

I was <em>attempting</em> to get some rest before our patrol tonight, but I guess that isn’t going to happen at this point.  I was lying in my bunk staring at the ceiling with a lot of different things going through my mind. Our time here in hell is starting to…

So the other day we are out on some raids.  We were specifically looking for some name brand bad guys, but ended up getting some others too.  We had the IA with us, as usual.  They have full independent authority here, and they use it.  It turns out that recently…

We pull into this village under the cover of dark. Its dark, really dark.  So dark that even using night optics, its still hard to see. Everything is quiet as we pick our way through the streets, even the radio.  Under the cover of night, this village seems relatively nice…

So I have had the past two days off.  Haven’t done a whole lot, but on the first day off I sat in maintenance from 0630 till 1500 with our borrowed truck.  They replaced the oil filtering system with a new dual filter system. That’s all they did!  Its supposedly…

I have a lot of different disjointed thoughts is my head.  Not one of them complete, nor worth a write up of their own.  Oh well, here is some of the things running through my head today. I am tired of being expected to take a bullet for…

These signs are plastered all over theater.  They <em>mean</em> that those spots are for parking humvees and other tactical vehicles.  However, anytime I see one I can’t help but imagine Humvees whipping into the lot, tires screeching, machine guns blazing, as…

I was standing out on patrol the other day when I looked over and saw some small children outside their house staring at us.  They weren’t doing the normal abrasive “Gimme! Gimme!” that most of the children do so I went to the truck and got a soccer ball for…

I was sitting in my ACUs soaked with sweat today and I came to the realization I must smell absolutely wonderful.  How anyone could say you stink sitting in sweat soaked, salt encrusted uniforms is beyond me. I mean who wouldn’t…