The Ultimate Last Word
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
Rest in peace, Andrew. And great job thinking of this!
Archive for the 'US Army' Category
Memories that Live On
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007
It’s been just over a year since I learned that I lost one of my buddies in the Iraq War. What really makes me happy to know is that Capt Travis Patriquin’s legendary slide show and his efforts at getting the Ramadi Sheikhs to join America in the War on Terror live on now [...]
Heroes’ Run Report
Sunday, September 16th, 2007
There’s a good note and a bad note to the Heroes’ Run that Mr Patriquin tried to set up for 28 July. The bad news was that the run in Lockport, IL was cancelled.
The good news was that Badger 6 picked up the flag and ran on 29 Jul. [...]
End of an Era
Monday, August 6th, 2007
I just got an e-mail from a friend at my last assignment. Ray Barracks is officially closed (the Ready First Combat Team’s website doesn’t even seem to exist anymore). Here’s the scoop from Stars & Stripes. And another. Here’s an article from the Army web page.
It’s a little [...]
Hamnation
Friday, June 15th, 2007
Here is a link to a YouTube site that ‘Animated’ Travis Patriquin’s PowerPoint show.
Heroes’ Run
Friday, May 18th, 2007
Mr Gary Patriquin contacted me earlier this week! He’s planning a Heroes’ Run on 28 Jul in Lockport, IL to benefit the Travis Patriquin Family Memorial Trust Fund and to the Children of the Fallen Soldier Relief Fund. Please click here for a link to the Herald News Online story for more details. Here’s [...]
Happy (Belated) Homecoming
Sunday, March 25th, 2007
The Ready First Combat Team is back in Friedberg.
I wish I’d known Chely Wright was going to sing for them! That certainly would’ve taken the sting out of a 13-month deployment for me! Aside from Christina visiting me in Korea, Chely’s concert was practically the highlight of my tour [...]
Homeward Bound
Sunday, February 18th, 2007
The Ready First Combat Team has transferred authority for the fight in Ramadi to the 1st Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division.
Welcome home, soldiers! Thanks for a job well done!
More Motivators
Saturday, January 27th, 2007
Here are some more of those motivational posters, Army grunt style!
More Motivators
The Legacy
Sunday, January 14th, 2007
I ran across this article in Stars & Stripes today. It’s nice to see Travis Patriquin’s famous slideshow being vindicated in al Anbar. (The link is to another page of this blog where you can click to view the presentation). The Ready First Combat Team will be rotate out of Anbar before too [...]