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Monday, August 8, 2016

Video Comparing Russian and US Army Field Rations: Beef Stew from Both Countries

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Earlier this year, I ordered Russian Army field rations ( Индивидуальный рацион питания/ИРП) from eBay.  This video compares the Russian...
Friday, August 5, 2016

Like Watching a Dinosaur Sit in a High Chair

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The Refueling Crew at Camp Garry Owen in Iraq in 2009. Soldiers from Echo Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion I have h...
Thursday, August 4, 2016

Going to the Top of the Chain of Command

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Today I talked with one of the soldiers I served with during for the last several years.  I told her about asking Congressman Joe Pitts ...
Wednesday, August 3, 2016

BFFs Army Style: My Platoon Sergeant 32 Years Later

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Army version of BFF: Best F#ckin' Friends Ron Lamm, Command Sgt. Maj. Retired In his book "The Four Loves," C.S. Le...
Friday, July 29, 2016

Worst Retirement Plan Possible

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In May of 1984, I had a total of eleven years and two months of active and reserve service.  At the time I was a staff sergeant, a tank...
Thursday, July 28, 2016

Soviet Armor vs. American Armor, Israel 1973

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In July and August 1975, I went to the U.S. Army Armor School in Fort Knox, Kentucky, after three years in missile weapons testing. We ...
Monday, July 25, 2016

Laurus, Book 19 of 2016: A Tale of Old Russia that Stretches to Florence and Jerusalem

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Eleven of the books I have read so far this year are by Russian authors writing about life in Russia from the present back through the ...