The Gun Line MkIII

It’s a somber day, a day for deep thoughts… For me,  it’s a day to gather with fellow vets, and accept the accolades of those whom we have defended, but also to remember those who cannot be here to stand with us.  I remember Tony Molino, and PFC Woodfork, and a score of others who [...]

This was passed to me this morning… I’m not the United Air Force’s biggest fan, but neither do I disparage the bravery and honorable service rendered by our youngest service.  So when this was passed along to me, I had to post it, because it speaks volumes in a few paragraphs, and really does make [...]

Yep, took the plunge and enrolled in school to go after an AA in Business Administration (which I may extend out to a Bachelor’s.  It’s an online university, a Veteran-friendly one. I’m in partnership with another entrepreneur, generating a business plan that we want to start up here in Rockford in about a year or [...]

Been quiet for a while, you may have noticed…  We moved out of our CHUs into transient housing, and my personal internet connection went the way of the dodo… HOWEVER… Won’t be to very long before I begin to post in my own time zone on a permanent basis… Stay tuned, sports fans!

No, not me, I’m fine… You remember Johann Lippowitz, the mime who performed a rather innovative interpretation of Natalie Imbruglia’s “Torn”? Well, it looks like he made it to the big stage…  With a twist! If I were an artist with a song that I felt was a heartfelt ouPouring of my heart, and some [...]

I love the Wikipedia… Among my many and varied interests is the study of cryptids, that is, the study of a creature “whose existence has been suggested but lacks scientific support”…  Bigfoot, the Yeti, the Michigan Dog Man, Mothman, the Loch Ness monster, that sort of stuff… During the slow hours in the CP, I’ll [...]

Had that been one of my gunners, his team leader had better get to him first… To prevent me from doing the lad harm… He and his team leader could count of carrying the main and secondary barrels of that gun until I got tired, and, back in the day, that took a very long [...]

Man…  Just a few short months to go until we are done with this… Won’t be too much longer before I pen what might be the final entry on this blog, the one titled “Lessons Learned…” We’re still here, in Iraq, doing the job, haven’t lost anyone ot enemy action, and I pray that it [...]

There are some folks out there who took my post entiltled “Privateer…”, and thought that I was beginning to pine for the combination of fast gunboats, hevy automatic weapons, and the possible monetary advantages offered to private contractors in that line of business… Let me just say, don’t worry…  While the glamorous aspect of such [...]

I was looking at the number of posts I have added since we got here…  Not that many, actually… Compared tot he work-up, and the story of my journey to get here, it’s almost anti-climactic.  The Ernie Pyle in me was expecting a series of “Joe Blow” stories; piece regaling to heroic exploits of daring-do, [...]