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Thursday, September 15, 2016

One More Medal Reminds Me of Stuff That Doesn't Get Awards

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On Sunday, September 11th, I received what is very likely the last medal I will get from the military. My unit gave me the Pennsylvania M...
Sunday, September 11, 2016

15th Anniversary of September 11, 2001

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Fifteen years ago, I saw this image on the computers of the dot-com where I was working at the time.  I knew a dozen people who worked wi...
Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Combat Medics and MEDEVAC: Soldiers who save other soldier's lives

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MEDEVAC Blackhawk helicopter landing at Al Kut, Iraq. From the time I deployed to Iraq until now, I have written many posts about MEDEV...
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...