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Bombadil's Brother: The Hesco Garden Dyeth
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Kent's second calling to the Middle East. Tuesday, June 09, 2009. The Hesco Garden Dyeth. Everything I planted has died. Too much heat and poor drainage in my starter pots, I'm guessing. They were doing so well for a while there. Other things that have died recently:. 1) My youthful idealism. 2) Any hopes I had of coming home from Iraq early. 3) Plans for an early retirement. 4) Dreams of rockstardom. Hey lets get back to work on #4 after #2 clears up. With that will come #1 and possibly #3. Blogs From t...
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Bombadil's Brother: February 2009
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Kent's second calling to the Middle East. Thursday, February 26, 2009. Babagurgur and the Turkomen. Welcome to Kirkuk, Iraq's melting pot! Several ethnic varieties call Kirkuk home, including Arabs, Kurds, Assyrian Christians, and Turkomen (remnants of the Turkish Empire). These spouts of natural gas are not unlike the Earth farting. And those farts have been lit for 5000 years! Lahib (aka "Larry") is one of the Chaldean Christians, remnants of the earliest Mesopotamian tribes who converted to Christiani...
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Bombadil's Brother: Scamalicious
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Kent's second calling to the Middle East. Thursday, June 11, 2009. There are several scams going on in Iraq, which waste billions in US taxpayer dollars. Not many people appear to be aware of them, so I will list them here, in no particular order. Many of the services on Army bases (laundry, water sanitation, electrical power) are provided by American civilians, working for one of several contracting companies. KBR is the biggest company. Kellog, Brown, and Root is a subdivision of Halliburton. During a ...
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Bombadil's Brother: September 2008
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Kent's second calling to the Middle East. Monday, September 22, 2008. Our pre-Iraq training has moved to the next phase: "FOB Victory". The First Army headquarters at Ft. Dix has constructed a full-sized "Forward Operating Base", or "FOB", out in the forests of New Jersey. This FOB is supposed to resemble in every way an actual US Army base in Iraq or Afghanistan: trailer showers, port-a-johns, concertina wire, defensive perimeter, tent barracks, bomb shelters, guard towers, etc. They took my Dude! As pr...
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Bombadil's Brother: The Kooky Monotheistic Religions of Northern Iraq
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Kent's second calling to the Middle East. Sunday, May 17, 2009. The Kooky Monotheistic Religions of Northern Iraq. When Americans think of the Middle East, they generally think "muslims". As in Islam, with its mosques and Mecca and oppression of women. Look closely, however, and you will see more. Much more. A Sunni Mosque in Central Kirkuk. The Kooky Monotheistic Religions of Northern Iraq. That had contributed for years to every aspect of Iraqi culture. The inside of the Baghdad Synagogue. But then the...
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Bombadil's Brother: July 2009
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Kent's second calling to the Middle East. Sunday, July 19, 2009. The US Army is the most technologically advanced army on the planet. But that doesn't stop us from constantly improving on what we have. Here I'll discuss a few improvements to the Army's repertoire that will make a difference in conflicts present and future. The new ENVG, on the other hand, includes thermal-imaging. When combined with the light-enhancing feature, it highlights anything with a temperature higher or lower than its surrou...
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Bombadil's Brother: August 2008
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Kent's second calling to the Middle East. Thursday, August 28, 2008. Today we completed day 4 of our Radio Communications course. The Army uses some pretty fancy radios for communications among the troops. The handheld radio in the picture to the left can talk to satellites, humvees, F16's, Motorola Talkabouts, and ham radios if you know how to program it correctly. Soldiers tend to be early adopters of civilian wireless technology, since they spend so much time on the road. Freeze, Motha Beaches! On Ira...
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Bombadil's Brother: New Army Tech
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Kent's second calling to the Middle East. Sunday, July 19, 2009. The US Army is the most technologically advanced army on the planet. But that doesn't stop us from constantly improving on what we have. Here I'll discuss a few improvements to the Army's repertoire that will make a difference in conflicts present and future. The new ENVG, on the other hand, includes thermal-imaging. When combined with the light-enhancing feature, it highlights anything with a temperature higher or lower than its surrou...
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Bombadil's Brother: Free At Last
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Kent's second calling to the Middle East. Monday, January 18, 2010. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to Bombadil's Brother! Kent Outside PUK Headquarters in Mandali, Iraq, 2005. Born in the Divorce Decade, grew up a Silicon Valley latchkey kid, nourished on irony and MTV, dreamed of a perfect world, settled for San Diego. View my complete profile. There was an error in this gadget. Kent's First Trip To Iraq. Kent Reads These Sites Every Day. Swell Height - SoCal Bight.
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