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Thursday, September 1, 2016

Retirement, or Not, Update

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Senator Pat Toomey, Pa. Earlier this week I spoke to two staffers in the offices of Senator Pat Toomey in Allentown and Philadelphia....
Tuesday, August 30, 2016

After 1,500 Posts the Top Ten Topics? Not Helicopters!

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Command Sergeant Major of the Army National Guard Christopher Kepner Today marks 1,500 posts on this blog since August of 2007 whe...
Saturday, August 27, 2016

Tanks of the World Spreadsheet

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Here is the link to a Google Doc spreadsheet with my list of all the tanks in service in the world according to Wikipedia. https://docs.go...
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...