Flea Collars and Sand Fleas
By way of advice, let me talk about flea collars. I’ve been asked numerous times if people should send flea collars to ward off fleas and sand fleas. Sand fleas, from everything I’ve been told here and in 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.
Busy Week
It’s been a pretty hectic week thus far here. I’ve been out on missions every day for the last few days, even on my birthday. They’ve all been good missions, though, and we’ve gotten to blow stuff …
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
The rainy season begins in Iraq, with overcast skies and cooler temperatures replacing the dust with mud.
PT Scores and Internet
Sharing my Army Physical Fitness Test results and setting up satellite Internet access for my platoon in Iraq.
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) …