AK-47
Got to play with an AK-47 earlier this week. It’s got a lot more kick than the M16. It was fun to fire, though.
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.
Paracord Square Weave Braid Rope
I learned how to do this from another LT here in Iraq, who said he learned how to do it in the Boy Scouts. I’d seen a few of them on friends’ key chains but they’d been given to them as gifts by folks …
Road Trip Baghdad
My platoon made a trip to a base in Baghdad this weekend to pick up some stuff. It was my first major convoy over here. Everything went pretty smoothly. We ended up leaving a day later than planned since the first day we …
Credit Cards and Phone Cards
Some more FYI info for anybody getting called up… There are ATM machines as far as Kuwait, but none in Iraq that I’ve seen. For cash, you need to go to Finance and either cash a check or get a draw from your …
Hot and Getting Hotter
The forecast for the next 30 days is a daily low of 95 and highs in the 130s. Going to be the hottest part of the year. It doesn’t really feel as hot now as it did when I first got in-country, but that’s just …
Iraqi Convoy Story/Poem
The ArmyTimes published this story/poem that does a good job of describing the feelings and events that go into a convoy/mission for engineers here in Iraq.
Fun in the Sun
It’s been a few days since I’ve had a chance to post. Blew some stuff up today (yay!). I’ve been out on a few more missions in the meantime including one a couple of days ago that involved a decent …
USA Today Seeking IRR Soldiers for Interviews
Donna Leinwand contacted me yesterday about doing an interiew via email for USA Today, and asked if I would put her contact information on my website so that other IRR soldiers might contact her. I need to coordinate …
Pentagon Still Resists Increases in Army Active Duty Roster
ArmyTimes reports Increase in troop strength could hamper modernization efforts. Quote: Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker renewed the Pentagon argument that the military can get through the current high level of deployments with …
First Offbase Contact with Iraqis
Well, I got my first experience with the locals today when we did a drive through a village area today. I was in the back of an APC in a small convoy; basically we were just patrolling and trying to find out what was in …