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An article about another IRR soldier called up.

A quick note about beta software direct download links found while at an Internet cafe in Iraq.

I flew into Iraq a couple of days ago and haven’t yet made it to my new home unit. Chris and I shipped together from Camp Doha Kuwait (camp wolverine was recently closed) into Balad along with a few Field Artillery …

On July 12th the ArmyTimes published Recalled To Duty with references to their interview with me. Overall I’m happy with the article, but there are a couple of minor corrections I want to make for the record. It …

Made it to Kuwait. Flight time was 5 hrs to Maine, 2 on the ground, 7 hrs to Frankfurt, Germany, 2 on the ground, 5 hours to Kuwait = 21 hours. Kuwait is strangely only an hour ahead of Germany, or 7 hours ahead of east …

News update on the Army's IRR mobilization announcement, with official figures showing 226 involuntary callups since September 11, 2001.

A note about speaking with ArmyTimes about my experience as an IRR soldier involuntarily called up for duty in Iraq.

After a few days back in Ohio on a pass, I’m now back at Ft Bliss CRC. Should be shipping out to Kuwait in the next few days. Not much new here except that I got an email from somebody at CNN wanting to talk to me …

Fox23News Reports One Army official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that as few as 2,000 IRR soldiers might actually be assigned to units preparing to deploy abroad. Army Public Affairs Announcement Stars and …

A quote from this ArmyTimes article: Here’s the gist of a call-up message the Army is preparing to give the Individual Ready Reserve: “If you’re in the IRR, get ready.” So said Maj. Kris Carle, a …