As luck would have it, shortly after I made my last post the Internet connection here took a nosedive. As of right now, I have no idea when, or even if, it will come back up. This is, quite understandable, putting a dapper on my Bugzilla Guide type work (I can’t check my email, look [...]
Once again, I bid you hello from Iraq where I’ll be for a yet to be determined amount of time. When I originally left, the plan was for a one year deployment. In the Army’s book, this “deployment” time includes things such as training (I spent 1 1/2 months at Fort Dix, NJ), redeployment (the [...]
Obviously I haven’t posted to this blog for quite some time… well, at least it’s obvious to me. There probably weren’t any readers regular enough to realize it other than the author.
Anyway, I’m in Iraq now (as you can tell by the title). I’m stationed at a prison facility about 10 miles or so west [...]
Not that I was updating this blog regularly any more anyway, but it will be even less frequently now (probably) that I’m getting deployed. As of right now I don’t now for sure where I’m going, but Iraq seems a strong possibility . Perhaps I’ll have the opportunity to post here when I’m over [...]
Annual Training is now over and I have returned to my home. For those who are curious, I qualified Expert on the M-16 (rifle) and Marksman on the M-9 (Pistol). I am really disappointed by my score w/the 9mm… so much so that I’m probably going to purchase one before next year so I can [...]
My unit tells me it’s time for AT. This will actually be my first one as last summer I was just finishing up my Basic/AIT. If you’re reading this and wondering what the heck I’m talking about it might help if I told you that I’m in the Army Reserve. So I guess what I’m [...]
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