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Left of Right: April 2012
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I am an active duty officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. All views expressed in this blog are my personal views as an individual and not those of the Marine Corps or the Department of Defense. Sunday, April 29, 2012. For their unexpected but much appreciated K-for-P care packages. In other news, the MST. Of course this also means no more Skype. We do have a satellite phone now which I haven’t used as often as I should, so if you get a phone call from some strange-looking number don’t screen ...From what I s...
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Left of Right: Happy (belated) birthday, America
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I am an active duty officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. All views expressed in this blog are my personal views as an individual and not those of the Marine Corps or the Department of Defense. Wednesday, July 7, 2010. Happy (belated) birthday, America. Wrote this on the 4th - just got a chance to post it today. So instead of more words, here are some random pics of life these last few weeks. More to follow when I've got more time. Gunny tries to work the new coffee press (thank you, AH! Gunny poses with a.
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Left of Right: Happy Birthday, America
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I am an active duty officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. All views expressed in this blog are my personal views as an individual and not those of the Marine Corps or the Department of Defense. Monday, July 4, 2011. Happy Birthday, America. And enjoying a typically temperate southern California breeze through my balcony door. A year, a world, a lifetime - pick your favorite measure of distance, and that's the difference between this 4th and the last. What's it like over there? What's next for you? Back at th...
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Left of Right: It's not the heat...
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I am an active duty officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. All views expressed in this blog are my personal views as an individual and not those of the Marine Corps or the Department of Defense. Sunday, August 8, 2010. It's not the heat. The one saving grace about the weather here is of course that it's dry. Usually. The last few days we've had, I heard, 30% humidity, which of course feels like 300% to us. It's mostly passed now. On the upside, it did bring with it some cloud cover - also rare. And eventually...
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Left of Right: May 2012
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I am an active duty officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. All views expressed in this blog are my personal views as an individual and not those of the Marine Corps or the Department of Defense. Monday, May 28, 2012. Israelis commemorate their Memorial Day with an air raid siren that sounds at 11AM. Everyone in the whole country stops what they are doing for a moment of silence. Cars even stop in the middle of the street and drivers get out. If you've never seen it, you should. It will give you chills. Standi...
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Left of Right: November 2012
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I am an active duty officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. All views expressed in this blog are my personal views as an individual and not those of the Marine Corps or the Department of Defense. Thursday, November 29, 2012. The uniform, of course, is a symbol - and what it symbolizes is. Aside from that, what are some other things I will miss about the Marine Corps? Training and leading Marines, though I won't necessarily miss all the stupid stuff they get into. What will I not miss? The MST - though I will m...
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Left of Right: A hundred pics (or less)
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I am an active duty officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. All views expressed in this blog are my personal views as an individual and not those of the Marine Corps or the Department of Defense. Tuesday, July 31, 2012. A hundred pics (or less). As we approached Manas Transit Center. In Kyrgyzstan yesterday afternoon, our flight crew gave us the local time and told us it would be hot. Well ok. Everything's relative, I guess. It's certainly warmer than last time we were through here:. About the Korengal Valley.
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Left of Right: Happy 236th!
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I am an active duty officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. All views expressed in this blog are my personal views as an individual and not those of the Marine Corps or the Department of Defense. Wednesday, July 4, 2012. Just a quick note, which I won’t be able to post for a while anyway since we’re in Op Minimize. But it’s the 4th of July and for the past two years I’ve posted something on here so I thought I’d keep up the tradition. I was sitting on my couch in comfy southern Cali. Better luck after puberty.
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Left of Right: Thoughts on heading home
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I am an active duty officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. All views expressed in this blog are my personal views as an individual and not those of the Marine Corps or the Department of Defense. Monday, July 23, 2012. Thoughts on heading home. Last night, we lifted from the Lashkar Gah LZ on an MV-22 Osprey. At night you can often see the static electricity along the rotor tips. When I first landed here in March of 2010, Bastion airfield. As it exists today (the new flight line) was little more than some prep...
