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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 …

Recommended gadgets for soldiers deploying to Iraq including laptops, MP3 players, GPS devices, thumb drives, and digital cameras.

I recently found this awesome article on

I had a need recently to be able to determine if a given position of an integer bitmask was set or not (for example, given the bitmask 0101 which is 5 in decimal, how would you check if the 4 position is set?

No, not my muscles… We had weapons qualification earlier this week and brought along some other weapons to familiarize with (courtesy of EOD). I got a few pictures and a couple of nice movies of the experience. …

Product reviews and packing tips for soldiers deploying to Iraq, including UnderArmour, razors, boots, Camelbaks, and electrical gear.

Note to self – download this and try it out ASAP.

Another update from FOB Caldwell during my Iraq deployment.

Because I’m stationed at the same base as my battalion and brigade headquarters (‘close to the flagpole’), my platoon (and company) has to endure some silliness that units further from here do not. For …

In case you've been in Iraq or something and haven't already seen