Today after work, while I was finishing up some shopping for stocking stuffers I was thanked for my service by a very nice woman in her early 60's. At first I had forgot that I was in uniform and was going to ask "how did you know that I serve". I gladly extended my hand and said thank you back to the woman who at this time was almost in tears. Not ( Read more... )

Well thanks to the nudge I just got from xonod I have decided to make a small post ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is the eight year that we have been morning for the brave americans that we lost in the terrorist attack on out nation. Just as important we should remember the military members lost in the resulting war. In the last two years we have lost. I ask that anyone reading this take a moment of silence to remember those lost and say a prayer for ( Read more... )

Well over the last few months I have been thinking about many things. I have thought about my home life work and recreation. I have thought about the sacrifices that I have made and the ones that others have made for me. I have thought about friends gained and lost. Most of all I have thought about me and what is best for me. I have waxed and ( Read more... )

So we finalized the purchase of our new addition her name is Lucky Delilah. She is a 7 week old Boxer puppy.....I think that she has to be the cutest puppy that I have ever seen!!!! We get to bring here home next Thursday. She will have to teach her older brother (the 3year old quaker parrot) that he is not the only kid in the house now.

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Today I processed a reenlistment for an Hospital Corpsman that motivated me beyond belief. This particular Corpsman in an E-4 and has only been in the military for a short few years. Hey joined the Navy after 9-11 as National Call to Service. This is a program in the to help build deploying forces, giving them a 3 year enlistment with the option of ( Read more... )

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Well I am really here... in Iraq again. It didn't really hit me until today when I made it out the front gate and started my first of many foot patrols for this go agound. I got to feel the city out and all seems well. The tone of the local population for a whole is very good twards the americans. I do have to say that I was a bit uneasy walking ( Read more... )

This morning when I woke up I seemed to be in a pretty good mood despite loosing my fleece cap last night either by thief in the night or misplacing it myself (no big deal I can buy a new one). When I began work at 0730 I "hit the ground running", trying to sort out manning issues that were left for me, administrative functions for sickcall in the ( Read more... )

Well, I am back in desert training. I arrived here yesterday to 29 Palms. I am actually back in the same building that I was in for my last evolution out here. The training is going well for now. It gets cold at night and we do not have heaters in the aluminum building that we are living in but hey I am used to that. The last couple of weeks I was ( Read more... )