Just so you know, you outrank me today because you have been in the Army for longer than I have. And that's cool, because there are ...

After over twenty years of my diet being very very screwed up, with massive intakes of sugar on a daily basis, after the last year of contro...

Know what I hate? Stupid stupid people. People who say "oh, yeah, you got a good pt test. but you are old, so you are scored different...

SCORE!!!! Just git a present from my departing Australian Battle Major. Hmmm....how to describe it. It's a giant map of this area of A...

So, if I stay more than 365 days in Afghanistan, Congress says I am supposed to get extra money. That money isn't budgeted in, so they c...

Is your life perfect? Do you have a wonderful wife, a fulfilling job where you make a ton of money? Did you graduate college, and were a s...

Get to the phone. Some days this means go sign in, get a number, wait in line thirty minutes, name called out, go to phone. Some days its e...

I've been thinking about this one. I think I may write an extended note about it. See, each unit has certain key things that you have to...

See, I have to disagree. Enlisting does -lots- of people good. It does good for the person who now has a steady job. A steady job in a field...

I know that I exist because you imagine me. I am tall because you believe I am tall, and I am clean because you watch me with your clean ...

So, I was thinking how amazingly open minded our country was. Think about our presidents name. It's like we had elected Adolph Moussel...

If you really loved your children, you would set a bad example for them to rebel against. Tell them how you dropped out of high school, how...

‎"Blaming the other side is a fools errand, and an attempt to avoid personal responsibility. As is an inability to treat any subject as...

Sigh. Nothing deep. Words are meaningless, tawdry, cheap. I am thankful I get to spend what time I have with my family.

Do you know how, when you aren't feeling confident, they tell you: "Imagine other people putting on their pants. They do it the sa...

So, I was thinking how amazingly open minded our country was. Think about our presidents name. It's like we had elected Adolph Moussel...

When you deploy, the first three months you spend learning your job. The last month you spend trying to not think about home, about getting...

 So, two more packages from my father in the mail today. Now, I have to give you some context. I was two weeks old when my mom and dad s...

La la. Working working. Today "working" means "explaining Islamic and Afghan burial customs", instead of "wal...

 It’s dark. It’s dark, my eyes are closed. I’m drifting. There is a rhythmic sound, but it is far away. I’m drifting. The sound chang...