Friends ( Read more... )

Well, I've been back from active duty for 4 months now, and it looks like my next deployment is imminent. Can't give any details yet, even if I had any.

More to come, so stay tuned.

Boss: We understand that you threw a pen at a student ( Read more... )

xmas party at AvocadoSized's house!!

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So far today, I've received calls from 4 buddys of mine with whom I've served over the years: for the most part when we first met the only thing we had in common was the oath we took and the uniform on our backs. We were from different backgrounds, different places, but the Army put us all together and it changed our lives. Now we're scattered ( Read more... )

Every Friday night about 8 of my friends and I (some of us have been friends for over 20 years) get together, drink beer, smoke cigars, and play Texas Hold 'Em. Some of these guys play online all week at home and even at work, so they get a lot of practice. One of my friends, Matt asked me to come over to his house earlier than usual last night, ( Read more... )

I know this is a day late, but I just wanted to vent about this and get it off my chest ( Read more... )

The Army National Guard is now 385 years old (do the math: the U.S. is only 230!) It is a great organization with a proud history of citizen soldiers who have answered the nation's call to duty for centuries, as well as acting to support the states which these men and women call home ( Read more... )

Actually, the main reason I signed up for this account was so that I could post my replies to my cousin Liz's journal entries. But as long as I'm on here looking at what's going on in her life, I guess I can manage a moment or two to record events in my life here as opposed to adding to the volumes of handwritten journals I have stashed away in my