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Sunday, May 14, 2017

Field Guide to Flying Death: Artillery

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Royal Thai Army firing an M198 Howitzer, 155mm.  The 90-pound projectile jumps from the gun  at nearly a half-mile per second.  It can hit...
Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Riding at Breakneck Speed, Literally, Almost Ended my Re-enlistment

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As in this crash, no one was hurt but me in my big crash. On May 9, 2007, at about 5 p.m., I started down Turkey Hill on River Roa...
Monday, May 1, 2017

Ten Years Ago: Closer to Re-Enlistment, One More Step

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On May 1, 2007, all the paperwork was approved for my re-enlistment, except one more approval. Jessica Wright, The Adjutant General of th...
Monday, April 24, 2017

Visited My Former Unit

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Echo Fuelers training for deployment to Afghanistan in 2012 I visited my former unit for the first time since I left the Army last year...
Friday, April 21, 2017

Riding in Hong Kong: Hostile Buses, a Big Hill

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[Before my ride from the Adriatic Sea, to the Black Sea, to the Baltic Sea this summer, I will be writing about the places I have ridden aro...
Thursday, April 20, 2017

Dante's Inferno in Iraq: A Podcast

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This post is just a link to a podcast on Sectarian Review. The podcast is about the Dead Poets Society Book Group I led on Camp Adder, ...
Thursday, April 13, 2017

Ten Years Ago Today: Cold War Soldier Does the MEPS Duck Walk

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Doctor at MEPS shows recruits how to Duck Walk Ten years ago, I woke up at 0400 (4 a.m.) with about 40 other recruits to take the physi...