Author Archives: Chris Penningroth

Lest We Forget

Posted on Tue, 19 December 2006 by Chris Penningroth

    Lately, Weltanschauung has been posting lots of bad news from Downrangeland.       Although it’s been a rough couple weeks personally, all is not lost! Here is the Airpower Summary.  Strong! Here’s some Army news, too! Not to mention … Continue reading →

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Jason M West, RIP

Posted on Tue, 19 December 2006 by Chris Penningroth

    I was passing along the bad news about Travis Patriquin to a mutual friend, and he told me another of our mutual friends, Capt Jason West, had also been killed in Ramadi.  This happened on 24 July this year.  … Continue reading →

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Red vs Blue

Posted on Sun, 17 December 2006 by Chris Penningroth

    I was reading one of my friend Jim’s posts (did I mention Jim is the guy who provides me with this blog? Thanks, Jim!), something he wrote reminded me of something.  Back in the day when we were in … Continue reading →

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Black and White World

Posted on Sun, 17 December 2006 by Chris Penningroth

    I just finished reading Cox & Forkums’ third book of their editorial cartoons, Black & White World III.  As usual, it’s great stuff! I say that because it makes me think about things that I enjoy contemplating, and they … Continue reading →

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An Addition to the Memorial

Posted on Sat, 16 December 2006 by Chris Penningroth

    SPC Vincent Pomante was the driver of the HMMWV that was hit by the IED that killed Maj Megan McClung and CPT Travis Patriquin.  I caught the video memorial to Maj McClung on Hot Air, and when a picture … Continue reading →

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Continual Updates

Posted on Fri, 15 December 2006 by Chris Penningroth

    Most of my attention this past week has been dominated by the news of Travis Patriquin’s death, and more importantly, what many of us are doing about it.       I was contacted by one of Travis’ friends, Matthew, … Continue reading →

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A Fighter Pilot Christmas

Posted on Fri, 15 December 2006 by Chris Penningroth

    Tonight was the 14 FS Christmas Party at the Co-located Club.  Lt Col T gave a benediction that was rather more patriotic and warlike than I normally hear, which is exactly what we need to hear these days.  The … Continue reading →

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Miss Veedol

Posted on Wed, 13 December 2006 by Chris Penningroth

     The Misawa AB Chapter of the Air Force Association is officially back in business.  If anyone from Misawa AB reads this blog, I’d like to encourage you to join AFA and start helping us out with our service … Continue reading →

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A Short Memorial to Two Fallen Brothers

Posted on Fri, 08 December 2006 by Chris Penningroth

     This has been a rough couple of weeks.  A week ago Tuesday, we got word that an F-16CG had crashed in Iraq, and the pilot, Maj Troy Gilbert, was officially listed as "Duty Status – Whereabouts Unknown."  As I … Continue reading →

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Mission Impossible

Posted on Mon, 04 December 2006 by Chris Penningroth

    It was nearly impossible to get any work today.  The LAN was down at the office.  I didn’t have an IEEE cable to connect to my printer, so I couldn’t even print documents.  I managed to get around to … Continue reading →

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