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Showing posts with label Iraq War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iraq War. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Rome-ing The World, from Kansas, to Iraq, to Kosovo, to the Eternal City

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  Melanie Sanders Meier The last time I saw Melanie Sanders Meier in person was in 2009 when we were both deployed to Camp Adder, Iraq.  She...
Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Satire: Good for Your War, Not Mine

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Catch-22, whether the original book, the movie or the recent Hulu series, is a satire of Army Aviation in World War II.  The author, Jose...
Sunday, May 31, 2020

Old Age is a New Adventure

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Two weeks ago, surgery restored my smashed left elbow to something like its previous shape. The next morning, after surgery, another do...
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Monday, March 26, 2018

Blackhawk Helicopter at Sunset, Ali Air Base, Iraq, December 2009

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Today I was looking at photos from my tour in Iraq in 2009-10.  Near the end of the tour, the days were shorter and winter sun shone on the...
Friday, March 9, 2018

Chaplain on Every Convoy, Every Remote Fire Base

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Chaplain Timothy S. Valentine  During the first few months of my deployment Camp Adder, Iraq, in 2009, my favorite chaplain, and the f...
Monday, January 15, 2018

Nine Years Ago Today: Packing with an Army PowerPoint

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In January of 2009 I was packing to deploy to Iraq with the 28th Combat Aviation Brigade. The five bags the Army wanted me to pack each...
Friday, October 20, 2017

Real Senior Moment and a Book About the Iraq War

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I just had a real senior moment about a book about PTSD. The book, Thank You For Your Service  by David Finkel will be released soon as ...
Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Different Water for Sinks and Toilets--Camp Beuhring, Kuwait, and Amtrak

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On the train to Philadelphia recently, the toilets had water, but the sinks did not in the last two cars. I walked three cars away from m...
Tuesday, February 7, 2017

"...No Time for That, Gussman:" Book Report 2016, Fiction

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Lt. Col. Scott Perry, Blackhawk Pilot, Battalion Commander, in Iraq, 2009 In December of 2009 Scott Perry, my battalion commander, bur...
Wednesday, December 30, 2015

A World of Friends I Met in Iraq

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Today is Fred Lameki's birthday.  He is my only Facebook friend from Kenya.  In fact, the only people I know personally from Kenya, Ug...
Friday, January 9, 2015

Dunker Videos

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Here are several of the underwater videos I shot at Dunker training in December. Enjoy!!!
Tuesday, January 6, 2015

When I'm 64, I Might Still Be a Soldier

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Last week I signed two documents that begin my request to stay in the Army another two years.  And since the enlistment will end 29 days ...
Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Tough Mudder vs. Ironman, Part 3

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Six Minutes to Midnight I crossed the finish line.  Many times after bicycle races I felt good enough that I thought:   'I didn't...
Monday, September 1, 2014

NOT a Bucket List!

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I understand.  You could get the idea I am acting on a Bucket List.  Somewhere in my iPhone is a list of life ambitions that I methodicall...
Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Minutes of Excitement, Hours of Drudgery

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Minutes of This Is Followed by Hours of This. . . And This. . . In the Army, anything that is really exciting will require ...
Monday, June 2, 2014

Tough Mudder vs. Ironman, Part 2

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Both times I did the Tough Mudder, this was the obstacle that showed me Tough Mudder is a team sport.  At each event I ran as hard as I co...
Friday, December 31, 2010

Perpetuating Mediocrity

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One of the reasons the motor platoon has such a high pass rate on the PT test is, oddly enough, that the training NCO for our unit is such a...
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Tough Mudder Pictures

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the event photographer posted some pictures form the event on line.  They found several mud-covered shots of me.  I am looking through their...
Monday, March 29, 2010

Who Got Drafted for the Iraq War?

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Several of the soldiers I served with could be considered draftees. At least, they were serving very much against their will and were surpri...
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Sunday, March 14, 2010

Once a Warrior Always a Warrior

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Last week I got a book in the mail that I thought was just for real warriors. After all, most of my service was inside the wire on a very b...
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