is great.

It hasn't been quite a year since I've been out, but I'm still bitter. Thank you for stop-lossing me. Thank you for giving me no chance of being promoted without re-enlisting. Thank you for telling me that I was going to the board on a few occasions, and then pulling the rug out from under me after I had prepared my ass off for said boards. Thank ( Read more... )

I only have a single photograph of me and you.
It's from last New Years at my place.
I look half drunk and half obscured by some crusty punk.
You're all done up and already walking away.

I'm choking on my own words. The words I thought I'd make them eat. All the ones who didn't believe, now I'm the one who can't fucking believe...everything. I poured myself into you. Every sacrifice, every tear I cried. Every day I thought I'd fucking die if I couldn't have you by my side. Every time you crushed my fucking pride. And I believed in ( Read more... )

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So today started out as a regular day, wake up at about 4:30 in the PM. I'm on night shift guard duty. I was on my way to work in the back of the truck, along with about ten other people. We were rounding the less secure part of the FOB. (Forward Operating Base) The walls are a little shorter on this side. So I'm looking outside the FOB and I ( Read more... )

So, I really haven't logged my thoughts since I've been in Iraq. I'm gonna start on how I feel about this whole [now pretty pointless] war. I mean, there is no way you can change the way these people live. There is no way you can force democracy. I mean we're trying, and they're trying, but really...I don't even know how to express how dumb this ( Read more... )

Wow...I'm sorry I've neglected you journal, but I need to just type all this shit out to see my situation from another view...if that even makes sense. Basically I'm in Iraq and I'm off for once, and I've got all this free time and dont know what to do with it, so here it is ( Read more... )

I'm done with training for now.
I'm officially Airborne.
I'm going to Alaska in about two weeks.
I'm pretty damn happy.

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Well it has been awhile since I've given any kind of update as to how my life is going.
Good news, life is good. I'm almost done with AIT. I'm going to Airborne school after that, and then wherever the Army decides to take me. I really can't wait to get away from the whole AIT thing...because most of the Drill Sergeants I have don't really give a ( Read more... )