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. In Iraq, no less.
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. In Iraq, no less.
Jill e-mailed a month or so ago to say that she’s doing a whole lot better, and that she appreciated all the support she got in the aftermath of her ordeal in Kyrgystan.
Thank you to everyone who offered to help, whether it was advice on Kyrgystan or praying for her safety! I just thank God she’s back with her family and her country!
My home state rocks! Thanks!
Here is a link to a YouTube site that ‘Animated’ Travis Patriquin’s PowerPoint show.
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 a link to the MySpace site.
If you’re in the vicinity of Lockport (southwest of Chicago, just north of Joliet), I encourage you to sign up to run! Perhaps you can’t be there, but would like to help sponsor a runner or the event itself? Either way, please contact Mr Patriquin at herosrun@yahoo.com.
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!
Here’s what the squadron I normally fly with is doing. . . helping to win the war.
Me? I only managed to sandbag a local area orientation flight from RJSM last Friday. I’ve got a little ways to go before I get to be mission-ready.
I first viewed this website a couple years ago. Things like this always choke me up. It’s a little more poignant now that I’ve lost friends in the war.
I wish I had the time to develop the talent to create these songs and videos. I’ll have to be content to link to the masters out there.
Travis Patriquin wrote a pretty in-depth explanation about the difficulties fighting the insurgency. His earlier, more famous PowerPoint slide gets to the point quickly and humorously. This article was recently published in The Military Review (Hat tip: Mr Patriquin and Matthew B).
Based on my own experience downrange, and the experience of some of my Airmen who were deployed with special forces, I tended to marginalize "Former Regime Elements" in favor of wanting to go bash the Jayesh al Medhi and the foreign fighters. It looks like I wasn’t giving the Saddam loyalists their due for the trouble they’ve caused in Iraq.
Using Occam’s Razor to Connect the Dots: The Ba’ath Party and the Insurgency in Tal Afar