Shouldering the Load Together
Sunday, March 9th, 2008
From a long way off, I had a very small hand in a very small way in some of this.
Archive for the '"Downrange"' Category
God Save the Prince!
Saturday, March 1st, 2008
I was watching CNN International when the story broke that Prince Harry was RTBing from Afghanistan where he was apparently calling in airstrikes, which is the exact same job my Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) unit in Germany performed. They showed a little footage of him in an interview (click here for the video [...]
Back to the Frontier
Saturday, February 16th, 2008
I’m now "Downrange" again. I’ll make a preliminary effort to post whatever I can, but I can’t promise anything.
All I can say for now is that where I am, it’s hot.
The Ultimate Last Word
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
Rest in peace, Andrew. And great job thinking of this!
Good Point!
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
Austin Bay had some words of historical wisdom for us in the Houston Chronicle.
Entertainment Versus News
Monday, December 31st, 2007
Back in October I was browsing Victor Davis Hanson’s website and on the 12th, the sub-headline of the posting jumped out at me. No, it wasn’t the name of the young, troubled socialite that caught me. It was the Ready First Combat Team’s leader’s name posted there.
VDH made a great [...]
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 [...]
Welcome Back to the Den
Thursday, October 4th, 2007
The 13 FS arrived back at home station today. They flew 13 jets home. Go figure!
Policing Ramadi
Friday, September 21st, 2007
More on the CPT Travis Patriquin Memorial Police Station here and here.
Info on Ramadi from Michael Totten in two parts (h/t Hoystory).
At least al Qaeda in Mesopotamia keeps shooting itself in its own foot. It’s even nicer to know that my friends were key in helping them aim [...]
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. [...]