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.

Black Scorpions

Black Scorpions

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 …

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New Home

New Home

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, …

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Central Perk, Iraqi Style

Central Perk, Iraqi Style

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 …

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Awesome Rock Band (local to northeast Ohio)

Awesome Rock Band (local to northeast Ohio)

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 …

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Writing a Days of the Week Selector Control

Writing a Days of the Week Selector Control

In this article I'll describe the process I went through to create a control for choosing days of the week. The need driving this is the creation of an admin program that allows certain tasks to be scheduled for certain …

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New Domain, More Bloggers

New Domain, More Bloggers

I’ve registered ArmyAdvice.org and mapped my ArmySteve.com domain to it. If you’re just interested in me, you’ll want to go to http://armyadvice.org/ArmySteve/. The main url at http://ArmyAdvice.org/ …

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Mail Call and WebSite Info

Mail Call and WebSite Info

For those wondering how long mail takes, I got 2 letters and 2 packages today (9/10), 3 of which were sent on 8/26 and one on 8/28. So 13-15 days. I had some time today to play around a bit with the look my section of …

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More Stuff To Bring

More Stuff To Bring

Here’s some gadgets that are nice to have: Laptop. Yes, bring one. They’re great for watching movies on and you may have the opportunity to use it for email, webcam, computer games, etc. MP3 Player. If you …

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