I'm the village idiot, I don't have anything to do with this pathetic little opera, I just felt like passing through!
Smittie My wonderful wife of 21 years 18 years and 8 months ago gave me a beautiful daughter who has been My Little Girl ever since. 4 years, 3 months, 17 days later this lovely woman delivered a baby boy who by his very existence reminds me daily that he, his sister and their mother are … Read more
In my review of the Remington Shortcut, I mentioned that there’s a reason why they won’t ship it outside the United States. Well, it is because the power supple is 120 volt and does not work in most of the rest of the world which uses 220 volt electricity. In the room where I stay, … Read more
For a long time out here on FOB Hunter, we had no barber. That did not preclude us from adhering to military grooming standards. There are a number of barracks barbers on the FOB with varying degrees of skill. The most common approach is to simply get a “butch” haircut, one in which the hair … Read more
The Face Of Iraq First, I need to blow some life into this poor blog. I am doing some interesting stuff and I really do want to write about it. So, this is a first attempt. I’m trying to get as many photos as possible up on my Flickr page. I have been uploading all … Read more
I’ve been meaning to mention this for a while. I was talking to a friend of mine here on FOB Hunter. I tell pretty much everyone that I am a US Navy sailor serving in the Army under duress as a result of draconian Navy up or out policies. My friend, SPC Chin with 1-9 … Read more
One of the things that I was looking forward to on this deployment was being in Iraq for at least one and possibly two elections. I was certain that the provincial elections would take place while I was deployed. National elections were also scheduled to take place during my time here but I suspect they … Read more
An entertainment group finally made it out to FOB Hunter. Laura Lynn and Lucas Hoge came out with their band and played for a couple of hours. It was really nice. The group played country music, did covers of some old 70’s and 80’s songs, and made a couple of respectable attempts and some rock … Read more
All of the junior enlisted are gone. Junior enlisted refers to those holding rank below NCO, privates and specialists. They’ve all gone elsewhere. Leave, to Adder to attend to business there, whatever. Just before they left, our group came into possession of four steaks. Only four. Can’t have the kids fighting over such things and … Read more
In an effort to better understand the region I work in, I’ve been searching online news sources for articles about the area. Here’s a compilation of the more interesting: Iraqis wary of the calm before a storm Oil-rich Amara left high and dry Election campaign takes shape in Basra Iraq offers up giant oilfields to … Read more
So, after my brief respite I am back at FOB Hunter. Apparently there was some excitement while I was gone. The biggest since we’ve been out here. Everyone is OK, they just have a new war story to tell. I picked up a lot of mail that was being held for me at Camp Adder. … Read more