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Showing posts with label American Soldiers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American Soldiers. Show all posts
Sunday, May 24, 2015

Photos from Boalsburg 2015 Memorial Ceremony

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Here are some of my favorite photos from the annual 28th Division Memorial Ceremony on the site of the Pennsylvania Military History Museum...
Thursday, May 14, 2015

Leaving My Day Job at the End of June

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The Othmer Library at Chemical Heritage Foundation Last July 1 I began working two days per week to spend more time at home.  I tried to...
Wednesday, May 13, 2015

The Army Made Me a Writer, Then a Professional Writer

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The Army made me a writer.  Last year I wrote here about how six versions of letters home taught me to write and rewrite and helped to m...
Saturday, May 9, 2015

Big Day for Russia--Bad Date for Me

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The biggest holiday on the calendar in Russia and many other former Soviet States is May 9.  These countries celebrate the Soviet victory...
Friday, May 8, 2015

Silly Punk Mother F**ker: 1st Sgt. Robert V. Baker

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When Bravo Company, 1-70th Armor went to Germany in 1976, our First Sergeant was Robert V. Baker.  Top Baker was a veteran of both Vietnam...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Who Fights Our Wars? Southern Men

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I don't know the soldiers in this photo, but I do know that if we could find the home address of every one of them, two out of three ...
Friday, May 1, 2015

One Year at a Time--Now I'm in till 2016

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My friend Barry Free joined me for what turned out to be a 100-mile re-enlistment ride.  Barry enlisted in the Army Reserve in 1968 and s...
Friday, April 24, 2015

One More Year! In the Army Till I'm 63!

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Today at 2pm I got a voice mail from SSG Steinmetz in the Admin section of 28th CAB to call her.  When I called she read me a line from a m...
Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Who Fights Our Wars? Pamela Allen Bleuel

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On the left in this photo is the subject of a blog post I wrote in 2009 in Iraq.  She is Pamela Allen Bleuel, a tough, funny woman who ran...
Sunday, April 19, 2015

No Answer--What Goes Up Must Come Down the Same Way

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No answer yet on whether I can re-enlist or not.  I thought that meant no answer at all.  The administrative NCO in my unit thinks the dec...
Friday, April 17, 2015

A Soldier When I'm 64? I am Supposed to Get the Answer Today

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Wednesday I talked to the Admin. Sergeant who submitted the paperwork for me to stay in the Army two more years.  She said we are supposed t...
Thursday, April 2, 2015

Eight Years Ago Today I Started the Re-Enlistment Process

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Eight years ago today, on Maundy Thursday in 2007, I started the process of re-enlisting in the Army.  The last time I was in I looked li...
Monday, March 30, 2015

Keeping Up With Conspiracies in Space

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I just read the book Omon Ra by Victor Pelevin .  This tragic and very funny book says Russia also faked a moon landing.  Before reading t...
Sunday, March 15, 2015

Who Writes About Our Wars: Matt Jones

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28th CAB PAO at Camp Adder: Me, SGT Matt Jones, SFC Dale Shade, SGT Andy Mehler In September of 2009, I moved from the Echo Company...
Saturday, March 14, 2015

Baby Killers, Climate Change and Conspiracy Theories

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In the past week, I spoke with people who remember the Viet Nam War and what many Americans thought of soldiers back then.  Many soldiers s...
Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Movie Review: "Burnt by the Sun"

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Tonight my sons and I went to see the 1994 Russian movie "Burnt by the Sun" on campus.  Like a Greek Tragedy all the action...
Sunday, March 1, 2015

Photos of 28th Combat Aviation Brigade for Fort Rucker

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During the February drill weekend, our Command Sergeant Major asked for a disc of 200 or so phots to send to the Army Aviation Training Faci...
Thursday, February 26, 2015

Gun Trucks in the Vietnam and Iraq Wars: Why Lessons Aren't Learned

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Yesterday I went to a presentation at Franklin and Marshall College about Gun Trucks in Vietnam and in Iraq.  I knew about the many var...
Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Who Fights Our Wars: Carrie Davis Jackson

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When we went to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in 2009, I was reluctant to use soldiers names in my blog.  So the unnamed soldier in the post b...
Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Trading a Guitar for a Gun--Who Fights Our Wars

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With more American troops headed for the Middle East and with many of my friends in NATO countries that surround Ukraine and border Ru...