Another Soldier Stands Guard.....
at the gates of Heaven. My day was shit. I found out this morning, that a very good friend of mine, someone who I have trained with over the last 4 years, passed away last night. The details are...
View ArticleSecurity, Going Home, and Family.
What is security? It means different things to different people, also there's different kinds of security. It can mean physical security, the belief that your physical body is safe from harm, its what...
View ArticleSpringtime is almost here...
I apologize for not posting more often. Privacy and internet access were little better than shaky since we got here.That is when we will be "in Theater", as it is called. I have been here at the...
View ArticleMental State...
My mental state seems to have been deteriorating rapidly for the last 2 weeks. I hate to put myself out here like this, but it seems that I can't really find the answer anywhere else. I can't really...
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The time has come...
The sunrise coming up over some of ourGuntrucks during training.to leave this place. Its showtime ladies and germs. I get a few days at home next week, and then its off to the bad place. Let the clock...
View ArticleBringing the Suck..
Thats the term that we use when something is horribly screwed up, and yet we know that we have to do it and so we embrace it, and get through it. I just got back from a wonderful 4 day visit that...
View ArticleGreeting from Kabul
The last place anyone would ever want to be. Greetings and salutations friends, family, and the like. I have been halfway around the world for 3 weeks and let me tell you, it sucks. If anyone has ever...
View ArticleTime, and Afghan Cab Drivers
Well folks, here I sit during my night off on the wonderful slice of heaven that is Camp Cupcake. It's called that because what you have here, is a Stateside mentality in the middle of a warzone. In my...
View ArticleToo Damn Long....
It has been that since I wrote here, 3 months is a long time for me to be without this outlet, its not like I don't have the time. I will be going home in about a month, and I am kind of scared about...
View ArticleAlmost time..
..To go home for vacation. Yes ladies and germs, the time for mid-tour leave is almost upon us. As I write this, I have somewhere in the neighborhood of 2 1/2 weeks till I board a plane that will take...
View ArticleMy Heroes
You know, alot is made about Soldiers, Policemen, Fireman, Paramedics, those types of people in jobs that are either very dangerous, protective in some way, or that save lives. These jobs have their...
View ArticleJust for Today.
This is a mantra that people may recognize from AA, NA, and similar organizations. I have hijacked for my own meanings, and stuff that gets me through the day.Just for today, I will take care of my...
View ArticleAlmost Home..
Yup, by this time next week, I will breathing the sweet fresh air of Southern California. Hey, you think that the air in LA is bad, then try breathing this shit in Kabul, where 40-45% of the pollution...
View ArticleDirty Rotten Bastards...
Thats what I feel like saying, but in reality, I can't really complain to loudly. You see, I was supposed to start my trip home today, but being the day that it is, and what has happened recently, it...
View ArticleGone, and Back Again.
Well, the trip home was a wonderous success. I enjoyed 15 days of outstanding time away from the warzone and being a normal, American again. I have only a few months left here and I am on the downhill...
View ArticleRamadan, Suicide Bombers, and a New Name..
Well, well, here we sit in Central Asia with only 2 more weeks of Ramadan left. Ramadan for those that don't know is the holy month in the Muslim calendar, when the faithful do not consume any food,...
View ArticleFunk, and The Day That Never Ends..
Well, here I sit, on a Friday afternoon, off shift, and I am wondering what life is like back in the States. I sit here and wonder what my family is doing at this moment, what I will be doing this time...
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Walking in a Winter Muslim Land..
Pictures of the street in front of my base at around 0500, before traffic really started and messed it up. Peaceful. Its a shame that this city couldn't be this peaceful and beautiful all the time.So,...
View ArticleTime Marches On...
Well into the ninth month of a 12 month deployment, 16 months away from home when this is all said and done. I have less than 100 days left, and the time seems to be standing still. Maybe its the...
View ArticleIllusions..
We all have them. Some are for our own benefit, others are for the sanity of those in our lives. Why are people so afraid to be themselves? This question has been posed in many forms and many ways by...
View ArticleNew Year
Well, well, here we are into the 3rd week of the new year, and guess what, feels like the last one, except colder. I am almost out of the black hole that has been my life for the last year and some...
View ArticleSaying Goodbye..
There are certain people here that have seemed to bond here, as one would imagine. This is different. The base that I am on is very small, maybe 800 people at most, mostly senior ranking officers and...
View ArticleBizarro World
I've been asked alot over the last 10 months of my deployment, "whats it like over there?" There are several analogies that come to mind. The one that I use the most, is, "imagine being pulled off of...
View Article1 year done and gone
Almost 1 year has passed since I returned from the war. I have spent the last 11 months on Active duty at Fort Lewis, where my little adventure started, training Soldiers, Sailors, and Airman getting...
View ArticleWhere are our "royals" at?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=522552&in_page_id=1770&ct=5Prince Harry, 3rd in line to the British throne, has been, by all accounts mixing it up...
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