War Stories
Farewells for the Fallen
Stu’s article the other day – the one commenting on and quoting Dr. (COL) Frank’s 2006 Stars and Stripes article – brought to the forefront a memory or two of my own. And while all memories aren’t necessarily pleasant, they’re all important. Like Dr. Frank, I spent some time at Bagram AB. But unlike Dr. […]
My Views on Afghanistan, ROE’s, & Losing A War
So most of the time, I write made up and mostly hilarious stories at The Duffel Blog, but occasionally, I will take some time to write something serious. I don’t normally toot my own horn over here but since Jonn is away and won’t be posting it for me, I must break my own rule. […]
22 Years Ago Today:
I was in the middle of a body of water east of China/Russia, west of Alaska, when we got the news posted on the Forward Compartment Middle Level saying that the day before, Saddam Hussein had crossed over the border into Kuwait. The thing to know about boats, especially fast attacks, is that there’s no […]
My Thoughts on Memorial Day
I wrote a piece for Business Insider which was published today. It’s about the memorial at Camp Pendleton and my visit there in 2007. There is a cross there, along with rocks signifying fallen comrades. I’m not a religious person, and the cross is not the real point of the memorial — at least for […]
Interview with Scott Waugh
Our buddies at You Served just posted their interview with Scott Waugh, the guy who made “Act of Valor”, at the Milblog Conference last weekend. It’s almost 40 minutes long, so you might want to wait until lunch time so your boss doesn’t get upset. But here it is;
David “Hollywood” Bellavia
I’m sure you’ve read the book House to House written by our buddy David Bellavia, who is also running for Congress in Upstate New York. Well, according to Buffalo News, he’s also going Hollywood on us, too. The Republican congressional candidate from Batavia has just signed a film deal with an Oscar-winning director to tell […]
6th Engineer Battalion HHC Arctic Sappers jump in Alaska
The 6th Engineer Battalion HHC Arctic Sappers put some pictures of their jump the other day at Malamut DZ in Alaska of their Facebook page. They let their families watch; I jumped twice in Alaska in support of Operation Jack Frost in January 1976 to test the readiness of the units there to defend the […]
Infantryman’s pride
StrikeFO sent us a link from a blog Knottie’s Niche where a Gold Star Mom republishes from a Facebook post by someone (whose name is lost to the interwebs apparently) explaining why infantrymen are so arrogant. It’s several months old, but I haven’t read it before, so you get it on a Saturday; The pride […]
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