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13th ESC Troops Train Iraqis To Solve Transmission Troubles

IRAQI ARMY CAMP UR, Iraq – The Ur Logistics Training and Advisory Team with the 36th Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) no longer makes daily trips to Iraqi Army Camp Ur. The team is still [...]

Update on Langley High School

I’ve gotten a lot of comments – positive and negative – about the post I wrote about the teacher at Langley High School using a doctored image of the Iwa Jima flag raising in a disrespectful [...]

How the Media Sees the Military

A Harley biker is riding by the zoo in Washington, DC when he sees a little girl leaning into the lion’s cage. Suddenly, the lion grabs her by the collar of her jacket and tries to [...]

Soldier’s Perspective MILbloggie Acceptance Speech

Marcus accepting the Army Milbloggie for A Soldier’s Perspective from You Served Radio & Blog on Vimeo. [...]

PGR Mission for KIA SPC Anthony Blount

Over 3 days I had the sad but honorable duty of riding escort for KIA SPC Anthony Blount. This was my second KIA mission, but this time I was able to participate all 3 days instead of just [...]

Calling All Arizonans

The following images were taken at a political rally protesting Arizona’s recent passage of tough illegal immigration laws. The girls in these videos are JROTC students and not only out of uniform for not wearing headgear, [...]

Dedicated to My Wife

This song is an older Rascal Flatts tune, but I’ve come to love it as it really tells how I feel about the love of my life, my beautiful, loving, patient, understanding and compassionate wife, Emily. [...]

Luckiest Man Ever

“If I were President, I would travel to Texas with my Dad….If I were President, I would help poor people & the Army with my Dad.” – Hannah Grisham A lot has happened to me in [...]

The Irony

Just a quick note. As I sat here sullenly looking at the main page of this blog, I couldn’t help but notice the irony behind the photo of the Army Times cover article on my blogging [...]

Ship To Be Named After Disgraced Ex-Marine John Murtha

According to Fox News and other sources, the Navy has decided to name one of its newest ships after former Congressman and Slanderer John Murtha. The Navy is naming its newest San Antonio-class amphibious transport-dock LPD [...]

A True Gun Article

You’re sound asleep when you hear a thump outside your bedroom door. Half-awake, and nearly paralyzed with fear, you hear muffled whispers. At least two people have broken into your house and are moving your way. [...]

Color Me “Enraged”

In November 2009, the morons at the Anti-Defamation League released a report titled “Rage Grows In America: Anti-Government Conspiracies.” The authors of the report have the audacity to suggest that a “climate of anti-government fervor and [...]

Our Sympathies

I don’t know if I am stepping on toes doing this, but since CJ used twitter and facebook to share the information, I thought I would write about it on here since he can’t. CJ did [...]

Smiling Faces

For those of you who don’t use other social networking sites, I thought I’d share a picture of Marcus and myself at the Milblog Conference. The photo bomber to the left would be some guy….boxhanger? beeskneezer? [...]

2010 MilBlog Conference Coverage

I’m finally starting to get some posts written up about the MilBlog Conference. A majority of what I’ll post will appear over on You Served since they paid for my trip out. However, they’ll be a [...]