It is currently 25F here in Lashkar Gah, and feels like 17F. Happy New Year, everyone ( Read more... )

Yesterday, the Black Knights lost to the Midshipmen, 7-34. That makes 12 years in a row for the Navy. I repeat my complaint of last year; 'Can't anybody here play this game ( Read more... )

Finally a posting has been determined for me. After a week and a half of standby, I'm supposed to head to Lashkar Gah, the Helmand provincial capital, to support the unit there. Marines, but that's what SW Afghanistan is full of ( Read more... )

After much trial and tribulation, made it to Camp Leatherneck, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Again ( Read more... )

Some you just can't seem to break ( Read more... )

I've been remiss in my reporting. Gomen nasai ( Read more... )

Today makes ten years from the beginning of the invasion of Iraq, a pointless, idiotic war organized by a cabal of pollyanna-sunshine optimists and warphiliac chickenhawks for the grand and glorious purpose of showing the world how incoherently angry we were at someone else entirely and providing said chickenhawks with the intellectual and ( Read more... )

On August 17, 2007, I narrowly evaded having a 107mm rocket land on my toes. A split-second decision to run left rather than right took me away rather than towards the point of impact. I almost made it to the shelter before the blast hit me and pelted my head and back with concrete chunks ( Read more... )

I was going to Camp Leatherneck/FOB Bastion anyhow, so some of the guys in my office handed me a few packages that needed to be sent to various offices there so I could act as a courier. Getting off an Osprey Saturday, one of the crew tried to help me coming down the steps from the aircraft's side door by yanking the boxes out of my hands while my ( Read more... )

Being able to communicate with the World while Over Here is a great blessing, most of the time. I know that both my beloved Bad Influence and I both get anxious and twitchy if deprived of the ability to talk on a regular basis ( Read more... )