So...2008 was interesting. Some parts were joyful some were sad and others were really really hard. For the first time in three years I was actually in the US for the entire year which was a nice change from spending six to seven months in a warzone in Iraq. From the beginning of 2008 I knew I was getting out of the Air Force and going back to ( Read more... )

If you saw ME in a police car, what would you think I got arrested for? Answer me, then post to your own journal if you want, and see how many crimes you get accused of.

(PS Bonus points if you manage to stay away from the obvious ones for me like indecent exposure!)

I voted. Around 9 this morning. Simi Valley Ca, there was about a five minute wait. And I found out our precinct has about 1,000 people. Santa Screw looked pretty good though. I hope we have an overwhelming turnout. The wife and I witnessed something that sent shivers down my spine. Before we went to see the excellent play "Happy Days" which an old ( Read more... )

is wrong. I can feel it. When I came back from Baghdad something was wrong. I knew it, my Princess knew it. I am just now acknowledging it. Of course it comes while I am watching Celeb Rehab on VH1 and I am freaking three sheets to the wind. I really wanna do a lot of things. A lot of bad things. The thing that really pushed me too post this was ( Read more... )

After about 207 days in the AOR (Area Of Responsibility) it's hard to say how I'm feeling. I love being home, don't get me wrong. It's just I'm sort of in limbo right now. I'm drinking like a fish whenever I can get away with it. And there is nothing wrong with drinking, somebody said that I was making up for lost time while I was forced to be ( Read more... )

I'm gonna apologize in advnce, I didn't really sit down to write this but I have so mny things going through my head right now I hve to get a few of them out. Two days ago, Dick Cheney came to my base to transition to the IZ (Internationl Zone, Green Zone, whatever you wanna call it. It's the most heavily fortified area in Baghdad) for meetings all ( Read more... )

is as bad as all that. I mean there are good things happening here. Sometimes, not always, I get posted with a decent group of guys and we start to talking and time just flies by. Today was one of those days. And I normally can get along with anyone. But you haven't met some of these assholes. Anyway, the morning started out alright, I showered ( Read more... )

things are starting to quiet down a bit. I mean I am still a little pissed at all the hoops we have to jump through being in a warzone and all. But I am starting to get into the flow of things and such. I still need to hit the gym although my gunbelt was falling down around my hips today. Something it has never done before and I had to tighten it ( Read more... )

Unfortunately Sather AB is the ottle neck for all KIAs to return to the states. What happens is the morgue ops get these bodies in from all over Iraq and they ship them out to Baltimore in the sad white coffins draped with the normally beautiful American Flag. I thought I could handle it and for the most part I did. But then I started to ( Read more... )

I have been transitioning from the US to Iraq. This base is considered the show, to use baseball terminology, where everything happens for the Air Force. While COB Spicher last time was like the hub for all the Army in the area this is where everyone who enters the country who is a VIP or DV comes.
This trip started off really nice with a stop for ( Read more... )