First Day Of Real Work
Today was my first mission outside the base camp. I’m serving as a platoon leader for a combat engineer line platoon. There’s actually a PL already here whom I’m shadowing until he leaves in a few weeks …
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.
A few more useful items
1. FRS Radio and/or GPS. The Rino 120 works as both but chews through batteries. The radios can be useful for non-tactical usage on bases. 2. Name tapes - you’ll want some extra ones of these for your bags, IBV …
Update from Caldwell
I found out yesterday that I’ll be a line platoon leader, something I did back at C/112 in Columbus in Ohio, so I’m pretty comfortable with that. I’m actually excess at the moment, shadowing the current …
Made it to my Unit
Finally managed to fly from Balad to my unit at Camp Caldwell. Checked in with my unit this morning. More to come later, but all’s well here, and I may have the chance to unpack in another day or so (naturally they …
My New Home Away From Home
Ok, here’s a bunch of publicly available info on Kirkush/Caldwell/Balad Ruz that I picked up over the last couple of weeks but didn’t post because I didn’t want to disclose where I was going until I got …
HRC Update on IRR Callup
Human Resources Command published this update on the IRR callup yesterday. Apparently thus far only 450 or so soldiers have been called up out of the 5600. The 5600 will be called over a period of time to allow the …
In the IRR? Email ABC News
ABC News wants to hear from IRR soldiers to find out how they feel about possibly being sent to Iraq or Afghanistan. Contact them here. Also, the Norwich Bulleting wrote an opinion piece stating the obvious about the …
Commentary and Pics from Iraq
I found Robert Alt’s blog and these pictures he took while in Iraq. His accounts seem to provide a more accurate depiction of life here than the CNN doom-and-gloom snippets we see every day. I’ll try to take …
Note To Self - Beta Direct Downloads
I tried the auto-installer while I was back at Fort Leonard Wood but although it seemed to go through just fine, no applications appeared anywhere for me to run. I ran across this while at the Internet cafe here in Iraq …
The IRR Bunch
Captain Bunch was recently interviewed on CNN, and his family is quoted in this article, Reserves Brace For Call-Up Notices. He’s with me now in Iraq. His CNN interview transcript is here. His story is a lot like …