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Tuesday, August 23, 2016

My Love-Hate Relationship with Russia and Ukraine

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A Map of the Former Soviet Union.  Ukraine is the yellow country on the far west. The kind of person we are inside shows itself b...
Saturday, August 20, 2016

Who Fights Our Wars? Flight Medic Returns from Another Deployment

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Staff Sergeant Pamela Leggore on her second deployment to Iraq When Task Force Diablo first deployed to Iraq in May of 2009 most of t...
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...