I am in Baghdad. Check out www.wes-downrange.blogspot.com, frequently.

100 New Questions You've Probably Never Been Asked ( Read more... )

1. Grab the nearest book ( Read more... )

1. Increase my pushup score

2. Run 5k with Gen. Petraeus on Camp Victory

3. Eat a Bartley's burger

4. "Be shot at without result," as Churchill said

5. Come home with no pieces missing

soooo it looks like i may be going to iraq for the summer. what what.

I've noticed that whenever I walk, even if it's only, say, the 10 steps to the bathroom, I keep cadence: Left -- Left -- Left, Right, Left...

1. When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was your first thought? Hair needs cutting ( Read more... )

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Okay, funnest training ever today: Combat Water Survival Training. This involved a lot of swimming in full battle rattle, but the culminating and awesomely exhilarating event was the confidence drop -- you put on your wet combat fatigues, some shoes, strap on a load-bearing harness with canteens, first-aid kit, and ammo pouches, grab an M-16, climb ( Read more... )