Well. I got that text message... Ya know. That one. "we need to talk ( Read more... )

Ok I will give a basic rundown of the situation thus far. My gun truck was hit on December 17 at night near Bayji, Iraq. I was the truck commander, riding in the passenger seat. We were at the front of the convoy, and seemed to have hit an anti tank mine. I was injured, sustaining a broken right femur and a fractured (think shattered) calcaneus ( ( Read more... )

Well, I go home for my 2 weeks of leave in early February. I should leave well within the first week of the month, I wont have a specific date until January. It sounds like we should be leaving this place for good (this time at least) at the beginning of April. Incidentally, this means there is a chance I will be home for my birthday, which would ( Read more... )

Im pulling this one from my myspace blog, where I posted it earlier today ( Read more... )

Today a good friend and I were talking about how we could possibly explain to people back home what its like out here, what we do. It is something we have never been able to do, and we both agree that it is not a possible task. I explained an approach that I feel is the best way to give some understanding however, or at least help people to ( Read more... )

Hey all... I just got done with a weekend of crazy times and compromising situations in El Paso... Anyways, on Saturday I got a tattoo on my upper right arm that says US. (as in United States, not you and me.) It is incredibly kick ass, and I will post a picture soon.

Soooo I AM DONE WITH VALIDATION! Validation is the rigorous training process that reserve and national guard units have to complete before deploying to Iraq. Also alcohol is strictly forbidden durring the proccess... and after the 14th I will be allowed to experience the sweet sweet taste of liquor on my lips again. YAY ( Read more... )

I haven't been here for a while now. I am now at ft carson, colorado, gettin ready to go to iraq. im expecting to be there by may.

WELL life is interesting I suppose... Im sorta in a slump right now, not accomplishing much. I went on a date last friday, I thought it went well, but it turned out I was the only person who thought as much. I feel incredibly lazy right now... its 3:00, I had been planning on doing my laundry, cleaning, and going into work by now, but I havent so ( Read more... )

Im sure many of you have heard about the 2 kids that were kidnapped in Idaho... For the one of you that doesnt know, a young brother and sister were kidnapped, raped, and the boy was killed. The man was caught with the girl and is in custody. I was reading the news online earlier and I found an article linking a blog that this man kept over the ( Read more... )