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  • There is this phrase, usually listed as an acronym, in military terminology which denotes that nothing of interest has occured. The phrase is Nothing Significant to Report, or NSTR for […]

    A dog’s life

    There is this phrase, usually listed as an acronym, in military terminology which denotes that nothing of interest has occured. The phrase is Nothing Significant to Report, or NSTR for […]

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  • So I hear from some of the guys on the team that there are actually people out there reading this! That’s great! And to all of you who have sent […]

    IA MEPS

    So I hear from some of the guys on the team that there are actually people out there reading this! That’s great! And to all of you who have sent […]

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  • Today wasn’t really much of a DONSA (Day Of No Scheduled Activity). I had 12 things on my to do list that I wrote out last night, and if I […]

    Pilgrims on Tampa

    Today wasn’t really much of a DONSA (Day Of No Scheduled Activity). I had 12 things on my to do list that I wrote out last night, and if I […]

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  • Ok, so this is my second attempt. I tried the full-size (30-meg) video, and it choked. We’ll go for the lowered quality 7-meg version and see what happens this time…

    Training video

    Ok, so this is my second attempt. I tried the full-size (30-meg) video, and it choked. We’ll go for the lowered quality 7-meg version and see what happens this time…

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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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