Category Archives: Travel

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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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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The Other Longest Day

Posted on Thu, 05 October 2006 by Chris Penningroth

    How’s this for a trip? Start with a two-hour ride in a car (luckily a BMW 7-series, about the size of a Chevy Impala) with four other people, one of them being your wife and practically sitting in your … Continue reading →

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Circumnavigation

Posted on Thu, 21 September 2006 by Chris Penningroth

    Yesterday marked yet another sort of "first" for me.  I flew from Tokyo to Frankfurt.  Since that flight goes over Russia, that means I’ve finally at least been a passenger across the entire globe.     I know my Father-in-law … Continue reading →

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Lost and Found!

Posted on Fri, 08 September 2006 by Chris Penningroth

Jill’s been found, everyone! Praise the Lord!

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Please Help Me Find My Friend!

Posted on Thu, 07 September 2006 by Chris Penningroth

    If any of my readers are in the vicinity of Bishkek, Kyrgystan, please be on the lookout for Maj Jill Metzger — She’s been missing for a couple days now.  Report anything suspicious to AFOSI or Kyrgyz police.      … Continue reading →

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Fiber-Optic Internet

Posted on Mon, 04 September 2006 by Chris Penningroth

     I keep mentioning ‘firsts,’ since this is my first time living in Japan, it just seems to be the thing to do.  That, and being in my mid-30s doesn’t leave a whole lot of new experiences, so perhaps I … Continue reading →

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New Home

Posted on Wed, 09 August 2006 by Chris Penningroth

    Tomorrow I’ll be moving into my new house.  It’s a 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom, single garage, single story house.  Aside from the single story, it’ll be a lot like the house in Germany I just vacated.       I’ll have to … Continue reading →

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It’s Not Easy Being “Homeless”

Posted on Wed, 02 August 2006 by Chris Penningroth

     I’ve been trying to get settled in a new country, state, city, base.  I haven’t been ignoring Weltanschauung intentionally, I promise.       I should have a place to live within a week or so.  Hopefully I’ll also have Internet … Continue reading →

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