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A dog’s life
Posted on 11 April, 2008 | 1 CommentThere 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 […] -
IA MEPS
Posted on 4 April, 2008 | 1 CommentSo 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 […] -
Pilgrims on Tampa
Posted on 28 March, 2008 | No CommentsToday 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 […] -
Training video
Posted on 20 March, 2008 | 1 CommentOk, 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… -
Boots on ground
Posted on 20 March, 2008 | No CommentsWe 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 […] -
Wheels up…
Posted on 16 February, 2008 | 1 CommentPosting 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 […] -
Posted on 13 February, 2008 | No CommentsJust 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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T-minus XX Days
Posted on 13 February, 2008 | No CommentsThe 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 […] -
6.5 miles at 16 degrees
Posted on 19 January, 2008 | No Comments16 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 […] -
Bike pics over the break…
Posted on 15 January, 2008 | No CommentsSo 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 […]