Just had a quick chat with a buddy who's training soldiers to take his unit's place in Afghanistan. He's heading back this week, and will be home in a couple of months. He's coming home with a pair of purple hearts and some serious ptsd issues. I told him that he needs to avoid getting a 3rd, I like my buddies to have all of their limbs. It's very ( Read more... )

I'm uh... going to Iraq next year. My brigade commander pretty much confirmed the wild rumors that have been flying around. I can't give details, because that's, you know, against the rules, but there's pretty much no getting around it unless one of the democrats becomes president and actually follows through with the promise to yank troops ( Read more... )