The mission was to watch road and wadis. The mission started off as the convoy moving from COP North. Something happened to where we saw a bunch of tracers in the distance. Weapons called us up and asked for support. I got really stoked and was getting ready to get some. However it turned out that it was some Marines training. Soon we were at our ( Read more... )

The MWR finally got the XBOX 360 power supplies in. The MWR lady let me borrow one so I can use it on my 360 for the rest of the deployment. I opened up Halo 2 that I got off eBay to find out that it only had a DVD and not the game in it. Grr... !

Ross and I entered a Ghost Recon Advance Warfighter 2 tournament. We did okay during the single ( Read more... )

Today the platoon got online and searched an area within the wire to look for the downed UAV that Young lost yesterday. We walked through a minefield. Gouge, Novak and Abernathy maneuvered by mines while Taylor and I discovered a claymore. Through all the complaining and whining about how retarded the whole situation was, we actually found the UAV.

Today started off with a CMR. I talked to Abernathy about how fucked up Stephens was yesterday. Then I told Kubis and he said paper work was already being done on Stephens. He would be receiving a page 11. If he messes up again, he would be NJPed and demoted. It's about fucking time. After the CMR I had to get another anthrax injection ( Read more... )

Today I had to help put new tires on the HMVEE wheels. We had to do five wheels and it took a while. The work was done mostly by the junior Marines while Gouge, Taylor and I supervised. After a while I got bored and helped with the dirty work. It was a bitch, since there were 12 nuts holding the rim together. The run flat, an internal solid rubber ( Read more... )

Today we convoyed to south of BP Okinawa. We patrolled south six kilometers through a wadi in search of any caches. We didn't find much. It sucked ass. Although we didn't wear any armor, it was the middle of the day and 105 degrees. A lot of people ended up dropping out of the patrol and going up to the vehicles, which were providing overwatch from ( Read more... )

I was trying to find a post I thought I had written a year ago about a circumnavigation of the world. I think I'm going to pursue this after college before I find a job to take over the rest of my life. I'll have more time to plan, raise money and recruit more people to go along ( Read more... )

STA 7 now comprised of Abernathy as the team leader and no more Thomas until he healed up. I was still a random billet. I think I was the assistant team leader now. We were to return to the area where I was stung by the scorpion and watch the roads and wadis again. It was another bullshit mission. We stopped by Cop North. The day prior, Jimmy had ( Read more... )

So while Novak was taking a shower today, Gouge snuck in and took his clothes and towel and left his cover (hat). When Novak got out of the shower, he noticed his clothes were missing. He began looking around the bathroom for his clothes, butt naked. Soon he waited, hoping someone would return with his clothes. He then began to search for his ( Read more... )

We headed back to BP Tinian to drop off Darling. On the way there we found some strange inscriptions in the sand. Staff sergeant took pictures of it. At BP Tinian, we had a chance to get some sleep. We were there for about six hours. I slept in the shade of the HMVEE. The dog that lives there came over and laid by me ( Read more... )