WOW! Could I be anymore engineerish? I have added to my "essential redneck engineer" skills. I can ( Read more... )

Ok, so I tried to update this on my last free hour, which was a couple days ago, but it didn't take. So......here I go ( Read more... )

"If you want peace, prepare for war ( Read more... )

This is the year where hope fails you ( Read more... )

Hi folks. I've been out of the loop for a while. Let me tell you why: Bridge #5, the Al-Shuhada Bridge. I was with my platoon on that bridge for 3 days and nights. Not because we wanted to be, but becuase there was no way to get re-enforcements or replacements in. It was that bad. Most everyone in my platoon is getting a purple heart, including me ( Read more... )

Its amazing how easy it is to get used to NOT being shot at. Its amazing how much of an affect is has on you. It used to be fun to fight through stuff. This time it was a challenge. But, now that its over, I'm ready to go back. I did have the newst hummer in the battallion. That always helps. But its not as fast as I'd like, even if the roads were ( Read more... )

Such an appropriate word for this deployment. Its always something. Iraqis are dead. Americans are dead. I am dead on my feet. This is getting old. I'm starting to wonder if anyone at home beleives in what we are doing here. I'm starting to wonder if anyone outside the Army even cares about the Iraqi people. People here are at the breaking point. ( Read more... )

So, what an election, huh? yeah. I was really sad to see what people had to say to each other and even sadder to hear how those whose political opinions I MORE agree with are reacting. That is childish and I'm very ashamed. Yeah, the guy we voted for won. Does that make you any better than you were last week. I think not. And if you're one of the ( Read more... )

Our supply Sgt. was almost killed today by some Iraqi bastard's mortar. I watched them from miles away, becuase I was in a tower. The moment of truth came 5 minutes later when Kiowa Warrior helicopters swooped down on the mortar team, that we called in, and blew them away with hellfire rockets. Yeah, go ahead, piss us off some more. Stupid Iraqis. ( Read more... )

Does anyone know how to get in touch with Christy Carlson Romano? Like, do any of you have her phone number? She's the really good looking girl on the Disney Channel that isn't stupid. I was just wondering. I'm going to try to use my somewhat celebrity as a soldier in Iraq to get an autographed picture or something. That'd be cool.