[Note: I wrote this a couple of years ago, and most of you have probably read it before. In fact, an unedited version is still posted back in the February 2008 archive of this blog. It is the first part of the story of Sergeant Akbar’s treacherous attack on his fellow soldiers at Camp [...]
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August 30th, 2009
The other day I posted a video about the dangers of texting and driving. I said that it reminded me of an accident that I was involved in during my time in Iraq. I promised to tell that story, and so I’m keeping good on that promise. This is a revision of some “canned-shit.” I originally [...] August 28th, 2009
Do you remember Kurtis Blow? Yeah, Me neither. Apparently, he used to be a big rap star or some shit. Frankly, I had never heard of the guy until 2002. I was in Oman on R&R from Afghanistan and he was playing a USO tour there for the deployed troops. (For those of you who are products [...] August 24th, 2009
The other day I began this story about my favorite hat. I explained how I got the hat, how much that tattered treasure means to me, and how I came to the heartbreaking decision to finally retire it to prevent it from falling apart. Now it’s time for me to explain why I call the hat the [...] August 20th, 2009
It was October 2001 and my platoon was on a field rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) in Fort Polk, Louisiana. For anyone who has ever been in the Army, you are probably very familiar with what training exercises like JRTC are like. The rotation lasts almost a month, with about two weeks of [...] April 13th, 2009
It’s been five years since I’ve visited my family in Texas. The last time I was in San Antonio was for my uncle’s funeral. I was about 190 pounds at the time. Today, I arrived in San Antonio and my father brought me to my grandmother’s house. Shortly after arriving, my uncle’s friend said, “You look [...] April 12th, 2009
Today is Easter. Today is the day I normally ask the age old question, “Why do you search for the living among the dead?” Today is the day that Christians throughout the world celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. However, it seems that every year less and less people are paying attention to the God of the universe [...] |
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