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Danny Deever
What He DidThe Ninth Circle of Hell is reserved for traitors and mutineers. All the pederasts, liars, thieves, and scum of Hell look down on in scorn at those even lower than they. For there are none so much lower than those who would kill a comrade without warning or cause ( Read more... ) -
Happy Birthday To Me
I'm celibate, sober, and 8,000 miles from my wife and child. Just exactly NOT how I wanted my birthday to go. I'm now 31, and therefore not allowed to trust myself anymore ( Read more... ) -
Leipzig, Germany
Slept the flight from Kuwait to Germany. Still 10 hours until home.
Don't know if I'll be able to sleep this last leg.
Still canät relax, not until we're home.
Tried to call a few people, but the phones in the terminal wouldn't connect on an AT&T calling card. >.10 more hours and Iäm finally off duty for the first time in months. Head too wired ( Read more... ) -
Homeward Bound
Been on the road a lot since May 1st. First to FOB Kalsu to do the Customs Inspections for our detached A company, then a overnight at BIAP to fly to Kuwait ( Read more... ) -
Same Old Same Old
Woken up again at 0450 by yet another rocket attack. Oh good, they hadn't shot at us in three days, and I was starting to worry they didn't love us anymore ( Read more... ) -
Day 401
Rudely awoken again by a RPG attack on the front gate that happened just enough ahead of when I'd have to get up anyhow that it was impossible to get back to sleep. Oy vey ( Read more... ) -
".....In The Order They Were Taken From Us"
Not my fault I've been quiet this time. The wave of violence that Jaiysh al-Mahdi unleashed in Baghdad fell largely on the eastern, Shi'a sections around Sadr City. The areas near us. For the most part, it fell on our neighboring battalions, so we had a couple of days of blackouts when they began taking casualties from the EFPs and RPG ambushes ( Read more... ) -
Deja Vu All Over Again
Woken up 3 times yesterday by rocket attacks. The first one not 5 minutes after I laid down to sleep. Then they started coming in every few hours. It made us laugh a bit to hear that the second attack had overshot, landed on the Iraqi Military Academy, and set a mosque on fire ( Read more... ) -
One Thousand Hours
Sorry for the long silence. Not dead, just very tired. Lots of attacks, rocketings, etc. Too many to count. I was going to post a few days ago, but then another blackout hit due to casualties. Another battalion, not ours. Things are on an upward trend after the last couple months of quiet. Summer's heat is coming on, and with it more violence ( Read more... )