TF 120 Says \"Go Army, Beat Navy\
The Army-Navy Football game is coming up (December 4th - more info), and a bunch of folks here are really into it. The Task Force (1/120th IN) put together a short movie they’re hoping CBS will play during the …
Blog Posts
MANY articles on a wide array of topics. You’ll find a lot of my newer content is going to my YouTube channel first, but I do still blog occasionally.
Camel Spiders
Everybody wants to know about camel spiders here in Iraq, especially after that infamous picture went around with the two huge looking ones. I’ve seen a few here in Bernstein, but they’re all pretty small, …
ArmyAdvice Getting Started
First, go to your blog. The url will be http://armyadvice.org/YOURBLOG/, where YOURBLOG should be provided to you in your welcome email. Once there, you should see a blog and a Login link. Click the Login link and enter …
Rain is Here
It’s been cool and overcast today (all day, for the first time since I’ve been here). It rained some this evening, and the rainy season is supposed to be starting right about now, so the dust is probably …
PT Scores and Internet
Not much new to report this week. Temperatures are getting more and more tolerable here, and in the morning it’s actually getting cold enough that something more than shorts and t-shirt is required for PT. And …
Update From Bernstein
I’ve been here almost a month now, which has flown by very quickly, it seems. I can hardly believe October is more than half over! It’s rained twice so far, but neither time enough to really leave any lasting …
First Rain
We got our first clouds a few days ago, and today was the first real rain showers I’ve seen since I’ve been in Iraq. There was some lightning and thunder, as well as some pretty heavy drops, but the whole …
I'm still here (and soon you may be...)
It’s been a relatively slow week, which means time passes more slowly. It is possible to be busy here as well as safe, so while I appreciate the sentiments that folks invariably have about how they’d rather I …
A General Stops In (funny)
Last week some time, the 1st Infantry Division commander, a 2-star General, was visiting FOB Bernstein. He (and his entourage of security personnel, drivers, and various hangers-on – in total about 20 people) …
ASP.NET Developer's Cookbook Featured on.NET Book Club
The ASP.NET Developer's Cookbook is the featured book for October