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…

I got a chuckle out of this, so I thought I’d share.  Satire is a good thing. The original I saw had the caption <em>“How the Democrats Feel about the Army.”</em>  I certainly hope not, but I…

Brought to you by the men and women of the Armed Forces, past and present. Spent my day ensuring that the bad guys couldn’t plant more IEDs.  What did you do?

First, I need to mention the wonderful organizations like Soldier’s Angels and Treats for Troops who provide carepackages to troops for free. However, that is not what this is about, so I’ll move on. There is nothing like receiving a package from home. …

Just a little something to think about. For it is written that a son of Arabia would awaken a fearsome eagle.  The wrath of the eagle would be felt throughout the lands of Allah and lo, while some of the people trembled in despair, still more rejoiced; for the wrath…

0430 and the alarm goes off.  Its still dark outside and the air conditioner is working overtime to keep our boxcar at a balmy 85 degrees.  I get up in the dark and start to get dressed.  My uniform is only 7 days old so I can make it a…

First off, go read this.  This Marine says almost exactly what I am feeling.  He just beat me to the punch by a few hours. In fact, he forced me to to re-write my article into a pale version of the original in order to avoid accusations of…

There has been a question scientists have pondered for the last 34 years: <em>”How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Roll Tootsie Pop?”</em> Since I had nine hours to spare yesterday, and my wife had packed two…

OK, First Entry into Sea “Doc” Lets see if all is well. I am changing template, etc around and if anyone knows where to find ready made MT templates let me know.  That is one thing I Liked about Blogger. Have fun!!