The Gun Line MkIII

WASHINGTON – Eric Holder, the nation’s first black attorney general, said Wednesday the United States was “a nation of cowards” on matters of race, with most Americans avoiding candid discussions of racial issues. In a speech to Justice Department employees marking Black History Month, Holder said the workplace is largely integrated but Americans still self-segregate [...]

Halfway there…
Loyal readers will remember the beginning of the journey, when I was contemplating re-entering the military environs…
Now, halfway through the maelstrom, I can tell you that the experience has changed me.  I knew that it would.
I am thankful that the changes have been for the better.  I do not fear having to deal with [...]

America is in trouble, folks…
Not because of who is in office, not because we’re bad people, but because there are too many folks ou their who are either taking full advantage of the rights we are guaranteed and not exercising any of the associated responsibilities, or because they are happy just to sit back with [...]

As far back as I can remember, Mom used to buy me Barnum’s Animal Crackers every time she went to the commissary.  I would wait until we got back to the house, and then I would be allowed to hunt through the forest of brown paper bags until I found that little box with the [...]

Not long after I put out the word, they began to arrive…  Flags…
This is the very first of YOUR flags that we flew over the Bonecrusher Command Post.
(Please excuse the black squares, they are called “redactions”, and they protect the identities of the three NCOs of the Color Detail – they are active operators, and [...]

We call things by different names here…  Some are obvious, and some reflect the uncanny ability of a grunt to pervert derned near anything…  Here are a few words, and their definitions:
Musket:  A regular sized M16 series rifle, unlike the sleek, sexy, and short M4s we carry.
Fobbit:  Anyone whose primary mission is inside the wire.
Fobgoblin:  [...]

Okay Angie and Barb, you got me…  And it’s a “two-fer” (thanks Red!  I owe you…  No, really, I owe you… Start running now…)
Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You [...]

Iraq!  Do  you remember your sons and daughters huddling in the night, frightened of the future?
Do you remember when a tyrant forced his will upon you, and forced your sons to fight, while his own sons took your daughters from the streets, and violated them?
Iraq!  Do you remember when your army was confused, and dared [...]