Yes, thats right my friends, I'm now sporting the patch of the 1st Virginia Regiment, the oldest military unit in the United States of America. We were a US Army regiment before there was a US Army. Its great. It was that or put on the patch of those idiots from Hawaii, the 25th Inf. Div. Those guys are going to get us all killed. If I'm going to ( Read more... )

Where'd everybody go? Must have been a good weekend. I had a good one. Saturday I slept most of the day, because I was on a tower util 3 in the morning. Then on Sunday I was in the tower again all day, but I did get mail. One of the letters I mailed to someone that I didn't want to talk to came back. 46 days after I mailed it. The post office took ( Read more... )

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First off, Jon Stewart for President. I saw him on crossfire. Excellent. Its about time someone called out CNN. Second, There is always the weather. Its about the only good thing happenening here and even that is with a HUGE downside. The weather here has been unusually cool. Mid 60's, sunny and clear. This is 120% better than the ususal weather ( Read more... )

So, I can't trick or treat, because I don't have time. I figured out that rate your sex thing, but that took hours. I just got the mood and music thingy workin. Wow. All I can really do is type things. I'm like a trained monkey. I guess thats all this Army time coming out. For anyone listening. RAMADAN IS THE WORST HOLIDAY ON THE PLANET!! Its where ( Read more... )

Is it worth the lives we save when we sacrifice our allies? Why can't we be just a little more aggressive here? Ok, it was two question. Sorry, I'm getting more political by the hour. I'm losing more friends than I thought possible. None of them are military, though. All local nationals. People who risk it all to help us, but the weak people in ( Read more... )

Yeah, Sometimes this Army thing pays off. You can go and get away from the politics and the human emotion and just be a soldier. I like it better that way. It gives me a chance to clear my head from the crap that is life. Actually, life isn't crap. Its the things that happen all the time. The selfishness of the human condition. I know I suffer from ( Read more... )

Why can't people just stop hating? I know why now. Its fear. People are so afraid of people that aren't like them that they'd rather kill and injure than face their fears. I've seen it on both sides of the war here and I don't like it. I can't stand that they are killing us because they are afraid. I also can't stand that we are just as afraid of ( Read more... )

12 hrs of work a day. Thats fun. Not doing anything important, just doing something. This is stupid. I just thought that I should share that sentiment with you. Also, that I'm bored. No one wants to let us do anything. I don't want to sit in the tower the rest of the time here. I want to do something useful. I joined the Army to do something, and ( Read more... )

Yeah, I said rain. I was all excited when I saw my first cloud in this country in 6 months, then it started raining. Thats right, raining. Not just rain, but a thunderstorm. Thats the first time somethings fallen out of the sky in this country that wasn't meant to kill anyone in 6 months. Of course, the rain wasn't the only thing falling. There ( Read more... )