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Archive for 'January,2009'

Statistics, Effects and the Realities of Multiple Deployments

I finally found the data that I have been looking for. I have been scouring the internet for raw statistics on how many deployments soldiers have been on. I actually found it by not looking for [...]

Super Bowl Messages To The Troops

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs ADM Michael Mullen sends a special message to the troops for Super Bowl XLIII. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates sends a special message to the troops for Super Bowl XLIII. Commander [...]

Tonight’s You Served Podcast

Don’t forget to tune into our weekly “You Served” podcast tonight from 6-8pm CST (7-9pm EST). Tonight, we will be privileged to hear from Michael Darwin, the singer/songwriter behind some truly patriotic music! We’ll be playing [...]

Suckling The Government Teet

J.D. Pendry is a retired Sergeant Major for whom I have a lot of respect. I’ve asked him a few times for advice from one senior NCO to another when I felt like I couldn’t turn [...]

PTSD Catharsis Channel Revisited

I have referred to this blog as my PTSD catharsis channel, a place to find absolution and communion. I have been receiving such thoughtful feedback lately. I wanted to thank everyone who has commented or emailed [...]

CINC Obama at the Pentagon

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The Dream and the 44th

This man would make a better president than…some other people. [...]

Andrea Shea-King Show

I was a guest on the Andrea Shea-King show last night to talk about the Super Bowl issue with the Color Guard and the recent Executive Orders signed by President Obama as they relate to Gitmo [...]

Questions on How I Was Able to Arrest The Major Symptoms of Complex PTSD

A friend of mine had these questions from one of my last postings, <<I finally received help after 15 years … Follow the links in the side bar and see how I came through to the [...]

Goodbye President Bush

Senator Orin Hatch, R-UT, provided this great end cap to President Bush’s term of office before the United States Senate: I rise today to offer some thoughts and observations about the presidency of George W. Bush [...]

U.S. Cavalry Promotions

For those of you that like to send cool stuff to your adopted troops, I offer the following great promotions that you can only get through ASP: Receive 10% Off Any Order of $99 or More [...]

To Ignore Our Humanity is To Deal in Death and Destruction

We live in a world society that dissects everything into an dichotomous orgy of categorical righteous indignation. We deny that everywhere we look and see a negative, that sitting there staring back at us is a [...]

Do You See Me?

I used to write poetry all the time. Growing up, music and poetry sustained me through some difficult time. It was at times dark and at others very poignant and beautiful. Robert Frost was a huge [...]

Everyday Heroes – Jan 25

I’m going to picking these up on a weekly basis. Much like my “America’s Finest” series that I’ve neglected, Everyday Heroes highlights the great things our troops are doing. The Brat’s post this week puts the [...]

Some Insights From Ilona Meagher on Presence of Mind

The more I write here, the more blessings God gives me. Lately I have been talking with people on the national scene, some of the leading PTSD advocates. A high profile PTSD lawyer, some of the [...]