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Showing posts with label soldiers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label soldiers. Show all posts
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, 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...
Monday, March 30, 2015

Bitching About Fitness-Optional Soldiers

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Recently I was on the phone for about a half hour with a reporter from Deseret News.  The topic was soldiers and fitness.  She is writing...
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...
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...
Saturday, February 14, 2015

Valentines Day and Retirement

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On Valentine's Day my fellow veterans, you might think America loves Veterans and that could never change.  But don't bet your fu...
Tuesday, September 23, 2014

What's Next Neil??

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"What's next Neil?" My riding buddy Chris Peris asked me that question yesterday.  I have been hearing it a lot since ...