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Down Range 46: August 2009
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211th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, US Army Reserve, Bryan, Texas. Tuesday, August 11, 2009. A Different View of Iraq. If you have visited any of my soldiers' blogs (click on a soldier portrait on the right to visit another blog) you have likely seen some of the photos and stories they've produced about our great men and women in uniform serving here in Iraq. We visited two small villages and were greeted promptly by the family elder, then quickly mauled by the children of the house. While it is ...
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Down Range 46: January 2009
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211th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, US Army Reserve, Bryan, Texas. Friday, January 23, 2009. Winding Down, In time for the Wind-up. Since January 6th we have been here at Fort Dix, NJ completing our required training prior to our deployment downrange. I've mentioned before, and if you've kept up on any of our Soldier blogs you'll have heard, that our time here has been C-O-L-D, cold. No, wait, maybe three layers! We'll be packing our bags and simply, patiently and with anticipation wait for the call ...
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Down Range 46: February 2009
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211th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, US Army Reserve, Bryan, Texas. Tuesday, February 17, 2009. Things You Might Not Think About. Today was a beautiful day in Iraq. It was one of those fleeting-moment days that occur in small quantity here - a high of 68 degrees, slightly overcast and little, if any, movement of the air. Simply beautiful. What I'm getting at, is that the situation is not convenient. In some cases, there are soldiers of the male persuasion who, when it is late at night and nature c...
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Down Range 46: October 2009
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211th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, US Army Reserve, Bryan, Texas. Monday, October 19, 2009. No Trace Left of the Buffalo Trace. A few days later I got emails from him and a host of others representing the sponsors of the show in Lexington, Kentucky. They asked if they could read my email on the air and to reprint it in a publication to share my experience with the audience. I agreed, and they did. At his direction and in order to keep the whole situation on the up and up, he directed me to take the ...
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Down Range 46: The 4th of July and Other Important Events
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211th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, US Army Reserve, Bryan, Texas. Friday, July 3, 2009. The 4th of July and Other Important Events. So, tomorrow is the 4th of July, America's day of Independence. A few days ago it was June 30th, a recently declared holiday for Iraq, marking the day U.S. Troops left the city of Baghdad. In fact, truth be told - there are other days we celebrate that get more attention than national holidays, or operational milestones. These are just a couple examples of the kinds of ...
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Down Range 46: What It Takes to Tell The Story of the American Soldier
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211th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, US Army Reserve, Bryan, Texas. Tuesday, August 4, 2009. What It Takes to Tell The Story of the American Soldier. That's the simplest answer I can offer - not just physically but emotionally. The story of the American Soldier is told from a variety of different perspectives. There are network and newspaper reporters, freelance journalists, comics, entertainers, politicians, commentators, even the enemy who all want to tell our story. No, they aren't! My soldiers are...
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Down Range 46: December 2008
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211th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, US Army Reserve, Bryan, Texas. Thursday, December 25, 2008. Twas The Night Before Deployment. There was very little color present, other than the digital camouflage. Of an Army uniform. There were no stockings hung by the chimney, if there were they would smell to high heaven. But, the spirit of the holiday was thick and there were candies and cookies to munch on. This was an Army holiday celebration. While he read two versions of The. And finally, no holiday story...
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Down Range 46: No Trace Left of the Buffalo Trace
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211th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, US Army Reserve, Bryan, Texas. Monday, October 19, 2009. No Trace Left of the Buffalo Trace. A few days later I got emails from him and a host of others representing the sponsors of the show in Lexington, Kentucky. They asked if they could read my email on the air and to reprint it in a publication to share my experience with the audience. I agreed, and they did. At his direction and in order to keep the whole situation on the up and up, he directed me to take the ...
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Down Range 46: March 2009
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211th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, US Army Reserve, Bryan, Texas. Wednesday, March 18, 2009. What You Hear In A War Zone. Many years ago, while living in Portsmouth, Ohio, I had an apartment located no more than 150 feet from a rail yard. My first few weeks living there were difficult. I had a hard time sleeping through the screeches, bangs, bumps and grumbles in the night as rail workers prepared trains for their departures across the country. Here is what I did not hear, though I can promise you t...
