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Tag Archives: Stryker
Every Form of Contact
It seems like my old buddy H.R. McMaster is back in the news, now as our new National Security Adviser. Here’s hoping my interactions with him now will be different than when I did so in 2005 in Tal’Afar. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Army, combat, depression, iraq, ISIL, ISIS, military leadership, Stryker, Tal'Afar, Valor, war, war vignettes
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Twelve
Twelve: the hours in the day Which my heart still beats Reminding me that I made it out When you never did.
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Tagged Army, combat, depression, Frank Hernandez, iraq, Poetry, PTSD, Stryker, Tal'Afar, veteran, war, war poems, War Poetry
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Addiction (part 2)
Continued from Additcton (Part 1) We had already got our fix that day. An overdose perhaps, But that did not stop Them from providing more; Nor us from enduring it. Coming down, after several Hours-in, we were rolling home When … Continue reading
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Addiction (part 1)
You never knew you Needed it until they gave It to you. Young and naive Maybe you might have dreamt of it; Pretended it. You might have asked for it; Sought it, prayed for it Imagined it, feared it. But … Continue reading
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A Special Veterans Day Pages From My Pocket: Post-Deployment Dream List
I’ve neglected to write entries for the “Pages From My Pocket” series for several weeks now. Work has been ridiculously stressful and busy, and by the end of a commute and dinner, I grow weary. And then writing becomes hard. And since … Continue reading
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Tagged Army, combat, depression, Disgruntled Veteran, iraq, military leadership, neil santorilello, Purple Heart, Remembrance Day, Stryker, Tal'Afar, veteran, Veterans Day, war, war poems, war vignettes
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Contact: Time Measured in Seconds —
TBOTB Blog sponsored by: Protalus Discount Code: ffvillage Support Wounded Warriors Publishing Contact. What is it? It’s a radio-call; it’s an event; it’s something you receive, not something you get to give (there are other words for that); it is … Continue reading
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The Print Shop: Pages From My Pocket
In this week’s edition of Pages From My Pocket: The Print Shop There were a lot of anti-Iraq force (AIF) support networks and facilitation cells in Tal’Afar. I remember that there were a lot of ‘shops’. A lot of businesses … Continue reading
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Tagged Army, combat, depression, Disgruntled Veteran, iraq, military leadership, PTSD, Stryker, Tal'Afar, veteran, war, war vignettes
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It’s In The Courtyard: Pages From My Pocket
In this week’s edition of Pages From My Pocket: Intel Every soldier is a sensor. That aside, there are a number of ways that battlefield intelligence can be collected. The very nature of our Cavalry Squadron was RTSA: reconnaissance, surveillance, … Continue reading
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Council Me, Please: Pages From My Pocket
In this week’s edition of Pages From My Pocket: Reconciliation This one comes from our time in the Surge. Post-Baghdad the Regiment moved to Ba’qubah in Diyala province. Diyala was where Abu Al Zarqawi had been hiding before the U.S. … Continue reading
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Tagged Army, combat, depression, Disgruntled Veteran, iraq, Iraq reconciliation, military leadership, PTSD, sectarian violence, sectarianism, Stryker, veteran, war, war vignettes
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QRF -This Sux: Pages From My Pocket
In this week’s edition of Pages From My Pocket: QRF Ah – QRF; the Quick Reaction Force. I’ve written a few brief blurbs about being on QRF here and here. But as goes, there are hundreds of other stories about … Continue reading
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Tagged Army, combat, depression, Disgruntled Veteran, iraq, military leadership, PTSD, Rawah, Stryker, veteran, war, war vignettes
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