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One thing that has bugged me ever since I first saw it is the use of the flag patch on Army uniforms. I’m not against having the patch – that’s fine – what bugs me are some of the details. The …

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Our Thanksgiving dinner here was actually pretty good. The task force chain of command served dinner for everybody on the base, which was a nice touch, something we used to do for Christmas …

A huge thank you to the Xbox team at Microsoft for sending our platoon in Iraq a care package with an Xbox, games, and SWAG.

A thank you note for a care package received from the Microsoft Xbox team for my platoon serving in Iraq.

Here’s some advice for those bringing laptops, gleaned from other soldiers here: 1) Bring extra batteries – they’re worth the $100 they cost. 2) Bring an extra power adapter – I know several …

Here’s the low down on money, phones, and Internet here at FOB Bernstein (Caldwell is not much different except you can go to finance any time you want). Money. Cash is king. The PX will take credit cards but …

Comparing chow halls at FOB Bernstein and FOB Caldwell in Iraq, including early Thanksgiving dinner and the differences in food variety and policies.

As I said in my last post, I recently went back to FOB Caldwell for a quick trip. The trip there and back was uneventful, gladly. Not having been there for a couple of months, it was interesting to see what had changed, …

Here’s some terms you’ll need to know if you’re going to be coming to Iraq soon (at least for US Army folks). One term that’s frowned up on officially but used all the time is ‘haji’, …

Task Force 1/120th Infantry created a video for the Army-Navy football game that they hope CBS will air during the broadcast.