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.
In this article, General Hickman describes the current situation in his (my) brigade’s area of operations here in Iraq. I pretty much agree with everything he has to say, too, so if you’re wondering how …
LTC (ret) Weldon formerly a deputy G1 wrote me today to elaborate on where the problem usually lies for replacements who arrive to find that they have no position to fill: Steve: HQDA and HRC St Louis do not assign …
FYI, clocks in Iraq are falling back an hour tonight (Oct 1st at 0100). I figure this post won’t be much help to any soldiers over here who will be undersleeping tomorrow (it means an extra hour of sleep for …
I’ve been receiving an alarming number of emails recently from IRR-activated soldiers who are just now reaching their units in Iraq, only to find that the unit had no idea they were coming and has no slots open or …
I think many people who favor the immediate pullout of our forces from Iraq believe that our presence here is not protecting US citizens from attacks (and surely many have other reasons for wanting us to leave, but …
Things are going fine here. Getting settled in, have everybody here now that’s not on leave. Was out talking to my commander and the other LTs in the company tonight and when we got up to leave (after dark) we …
Moved to a new home a few days ago. On the trip here our convoy was hit by a roadside bomb, injuring two of my fellow soldiers. Both will return to duty soon, though, as neither was very serious. It was a wake-up call, …
I admit it, I've never been a big fan of the DataReader. There are
A few weeks ago a new building completed construction at FOB Caldwell. The Hickory Cafe (30th BCT’s tagline is “Old Hickory”) provides a Starbucksesque atmosphere and serves a few flavors of coffee that …
An awesome rock band for anybody interested in such things is Redshift. Their song Infamy got a ton of play time on local stations back a couple of years ago (about a year after 9/11). At the time I really liked it …