the Unbelievable Oil Change Fiasco
Oil changes & contracting rules I know we’re losing the war on common sense – one civilian contract at a time. Get this, I use and am...
More Names
Can you believe – Name update #3? More transitions to and from base mean more Soldiers, which naturally means more interesting names. We...
A 'Dangerous' Battle of Wills
Friends, A few of you have asked me why my tour extension was denied. Believe me, I 've asked. I mean, who wouldn't want a Soldier with...
Larry the Lizard
Guys, Hope I don’t overwhelm you with all these updates. We've had rainy weather the past week and our operations have shut down. I've...
A Brigade Temper Tantrum
Hey y’alls, It's been so long I don’t know what number I'm on. The last update I sent was on R&R. It's been a tumultuous time since my...
Trucking
Trucking The US military and contractors are very much governed by all kinds of regulations. If you want to drive in any tactical...
Results - Watering Experiment
Watering experiment results Remember the watering experiment I told you about way back when? It started one morning in the winter when I...
Going on R&R
I've had this ready for awhile now.. it's long but describes my transition from deployed Soldier in Afghanistan to Soldier going on R&R...
Navigation by Cracks of Light
Everyone, Well, here's yet another update from Afghanistan. This is a topic I've wanted to write about for a long time, but other things...
Mary's Metamorphosis
Friends, Hope you guys enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. Expect more updates than usual because I'm en route to R&R...