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Three Cents: June 2009
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I flew to Sharana a little apprehensively, not because I had any reservations about anything in particular, but the exhaustion of this place is setting in, the enemy activity is heating up, and in ten days, something is bound to happen that is worth a certain level of anxiety. We loaded up and headed to a school to conduct an assessment. We were eating Afghan cookies and joking and laughing over the radios as we drove through the twisting alleyways between the qalats (mud-houses.). Uh, we got a guy hit b...
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The Life and Times of Chesterfield Spud. 124; Comments RSS. I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it. I don't think I'm alone when I say I'd like to see more and more planets fall under the ruthless domination of our solar system. Jack Handey, "Deep Thoughts". In education as elsewhere, the broad primrose path leads to a nasty place. A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples.
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Three Cents: Sharana
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I flew to Sharana a little apprehensively, not because I had any reservations about anything in particular, but the exhaustion of this place is setting in, the enemy activity is heating up, and in ten days, something is bound to happen that is worth a certain level of anxiety. We loaded up and headed to a school to conduct an assessment. We were eating Afghan cookies and joking and laughing over the radios as we drove through the twisting alleyways between the qalats (mud-houses.). Uh, we got a guy hit b...
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Three Cents: Pause
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Not blogging any more due to the fact that I cant talk freely about most things in my life right now. The facts must be altered, the opinions censored, and to me. its pointless to write fake blogs for the sake of putting something down. I am however. writing a book. When we have returned from Afghanistan, back to normalcy where everything can stop swirling in shadows, I will try to resume the blog. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Other Blogs I like. Kaboom: A Soldier's War Journal.
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Three Cents: February 2009
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Info Overload. in a good way. Not sure how or when I grew up and got a real job, but it happened, and that epiphany just struck. We had our PAO. In-brief and I am left thoroughly vertiginous 24 hours later. The glory/curse of my job is that it mandates in-depth knowledge of practically every aspect of our brigade and its operations, as well as the foreign counterparts we work with. In less than two hours, we waded through the 4-101 st'. Still trying to get a grasp on (and an interview with! We learned th...
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Three Cents: November 2008
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Is finally over, and I'm. Just waiting for my flight out in the morning, back to Alaska and the snow. Ive learned so much here, but I am beyond ready to be done with this. It has been frustrating and exhausting and fulfilling and amazing all at the same time, but I need a break, a bubble bath, and a glass of wine (or a few! Possibly capture my whole experience here, but I'll touch on a few things. Steve and I went on a mission with the 509 th. And to figure out how I fit in. The EOD. Steve is still laugh...
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Three Cents: April 2009
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After a week of weather holds, a few more rockets, tower guard, and a bout of the flu where I found myself on my hands and knees puking in a port-a-john (an experience I highly recommend avoiding if at all possible! One thing about this culture that is a little hard to get used to. they have no personal space. As someone who has a bubble with a radius of roughly a mile, its a bit of an adjustment for me. They will get an inch away from your nose while talking, touch you. Ahhh. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Three Cents: July 2009
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Dust, a gift, and a bad guy. I flew to Kushamond a week ago, and am quite sure that, had someone told me I had landed on Mars by accident, I would have believed them. Most of the Afghanistan that I have come to know (and love/hate) is full of rocks, and some semblance of vegetation, however sparse. Kush though… nothing but dirt as far as the eye can see, and stench. 8217; moments. Why am I holding a Taliban dude by the arm? Eventually our ride came and we handed him over. Then Sharana got rocketed...
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The first blow | The Life and Times of Chesterfield Spud
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The Life and Times of Chesterfield Spud. 124; Comments RSS. I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it. I don't think I'm alone when I say I'd like to see more and more planets fall under the ruthless domination of our solar system. Jack Handey, "Deep Thoughts". In education as elsewhere, the broad primrose path leads to a nasty place. A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples.
