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Archive for 'September,2009'

Inside the Fortress: A Soldier’s Life In The Green Zone (A Book Review)

When I was first given Public Affairs NCO Steve Valley’s forthcoming book, Inside the Fortress: A Soldier’s Life In the Green Zone, my immediate thought was “what could possibly be interesting about the experiences of public [...]

Open Letter To President Obama

Mr. President, Please don’t play politics with our troops’ lives! At a press briefing today in the White House, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said that “any decision is a number [...]

GOLD STAR MOTHER’S AND FAMILIES’ DAY, 2009

Note: This was supposed to post yesterday, but somehow the year go changed. I’ve updated the date so you can actually see it. President Barack Obama proclaimed today as Gold Star Mother’s and Families’ Day. The [...]

Is the 1st Amendment Extinct In America?

As I normally do in the morning, I was reading all the news of the weekend. I make the rounds beginning at USA Today, then move on to CNN, Yahoo News, Google News, Fox News, and [...]

Resignation of Court-Martialed Soldier Sets Dangerous Precedent

According to the Associated Press, the Army is going to allow Lt. Ehren Watada to resign his commission and will be granted a discharge “under other than honorable conditions.” Watada, or as we call him here [...]

Unsafe Home (A Chris-ism)

It’s been a long time since i’ve done one of these, but Chris said the funniest thing today. While we were out at the scout campout last night, Chris sliced his finger with his knife trying [...]

Jordanian Citizen Tried to Bomb Texas Skyscraper

James T. Jacks, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, and Robert E. Casey, Jr., Special Agent in Charge for the Dallas Office of the FBI, announced today that Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, 19, [...]

Blue October Tour For Suicide Prevention

Blue October is one of my favorite bands. Their music frequently deals with suicide, depression, and lost love. Found this on the Pollstar Blog by Jim Otey: Texas-rockers Blue October and Atlanta-based hip-hop artist B.o.B are [...]

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Cleaning Out My Closet

CAUTION: THIS POST CONTAINS WRITINGS THAT MAY BE DISTURBING TO SOME READERS. IT CONTAINS A DEPICTION OF AN ACTUAL COMBAT INCIDENT AND IS MORE DESCRIPTIVE THAN MY LAST POST. After the episode described in “The Power [...]

Doing Great Things

U.S. Soldiers with 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division hand out toys to children during a human terrain team site survey mission in Kilabeen, Iraq, Sept. 15, 2009. (DoD photo by Spc. Benjamin Boren, [...]

Joe Nichols’ Trip to Iraq & “Believers” Video

“Believer” is  Joe Nichols’ single from his upcoming album “Old Things New,” scheduled to release October 27th. In June, Joe preformed for the Troops in Iraq.  He told me in a phone interview that it was almost the [...]

Halloween for Hero’s Ride

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Milblogger Running For Office

NOTICE TO MY MINDERS AND CRITICS: DODD 1344.10, which the IG errantly found me in violation of, specifically states that “A member of the Armed Forces on active duty may…express a personal opinion on political candidates [...]

The Power of Seeking Help

CAUTION: THIS POST CONTAINS WRITINGS THAT MAY BE DISTURBING TO SOME READERS. IT CONTAINS A DEPICTION OF AN ACTUAL COMBAT INCIDENT. This past week was one of the worst weeks I’ve experienced probably since I left [...]