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  • We made it to our FOB. Finally. After months upon months of training, a couple random stops inbound, and a couple really cool helicopter rides (hey, I’d never ridden in […]

    Boots on ground

    We made it to our FOB. Finally. After months upon months of training, a couple random stops inbound, and a couple really cool helicopter rides (hey, I’d never ridden in […]

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  • Posting will be abnormally light here until I get comms established in theater. Expect a long post about the farce that will be the transportation process. I expect hilarity or […]

    Wheels up…

    Posting will be abnormally light here until I get comms established in theater. Expect a long post about the farce that will be the transportation process. I expect hilarity or […]

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  • Just because I hadn’t posted these yet… Resa relaxing. Is anyone surprised? And now for an introduction: Meet Quirk. He is my travel gnome. Amanda got him for me for […]

    Just because I hadn’t posted these yet… Resa relaxing. Is anyone surprised? And now for an introduction: Meet Quirk. He is my travel gnome. Amanda got him for me for […]

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  • The deployment cometh. Soon, and very soon, we are going to finally get the hell out of Kansas. Every time I hear about how MiTT teams are ‘elite’ and that […]

    T-minus XX Days

    The deployment cometh. Soon, and very soon, we are going to finally get the hell out of Kansas. Every time I hear about how MiTT teams are ‘elite’ and that […]

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  • 16 is kinda cold. It’s really cold at 55 mph on a bike. It’s even colder if you were stupid and left your best cold-weather riding gloves in Kansas and […]

    6.5 miles at 16 degrees

    16 is kinda cold. It’s really cold at 55 mph on a bike. It’s even colder if you were stupid and left your best cold-weather riding gloves in Kansas and […]

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  • So I alluded to these below, and here they are: A couple of motorcycle related pics I shot over the break. First was a tractor-trailer with only 1 thing tied […]

    Bike pics over the break…

    So I alluded to these below, and here they are: A couple of motorcycle related pics I shot over the break. First was a tractor-trailer with only 1 thing tied […]

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  • Aaahhh…. A reprieve. 16 consecutive days of leave for Christmas this year. Went back home to Dayton er… Xenia, then on to Kentucky, North Carolina, back to Kentucky, then back […]

    Christmas Break

    Aaahhh…. A reprieve. 16 consecutive days of leave for Christmas this year. Went back home to Dayton er… Xenia, then on to Kentucky, North Carolina, back to Kentucky, then back […]

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  • I’ve wanted a guitar pretty much ever since I picked up the controller for Guitar Hero. I had one as a kid, and just like the kicking myself over quitting […]

    Bought an axe…

    I’ve wanted a guitar pretty much ever since I picked up the controller for Guitar Hero. I had one as a kid, and just like the kicking myself over quitting […]

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  • We moved down the hill to Camp (not) Funston on Friday. Of course the weather is wonderful, having now had an entire weekend of freezing rain. NWS predicts it’ll get […]

    So it begins.

    We moved down the hill to Camp (not) Funston on Friday. Of course the weather is wonderful, having now had an entire weekend of freezing rain. NWS predicts it’ll get […]

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  • It’s been 55 days since my last MC ride. I’m getting a bit twitchy. I really hope the weather is favorable to getting out at least one day over Christmas […]

    Junkie Twitches

    It’s been 55 days since my last MC ride. I’m getting a bit twitchy. I really hope the weather is favorable to getting out at least one day over Christmas […]

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