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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.
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) …
ASP.NET Developer's Cookbook Featured on.NET Book Club
The ASP.NET Developer's Cookbook is the featured book for October
More Info on IRR placement SNAFUs
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 …
30th Brigade Commander Gives SitRep to NC Newspaper
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 …