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Memorial Day - Iraq

For most, Memorial Days past have been those of facts and figures and numbers. It is a day most often described by X number of service members who have died in Y wars in Z years. Memorial Days past have been of remembrance, maybe casual or solemn depending on the individual, and reflections of loss [...]

Published: May 31st, 2005
Filed: International, Iraq, Marine Corps, Military.
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Where credit is due

As a farm kid in North Dakota with no exposure to or experience with crime, drugs, and all the bad things that tend to creep into one’s life at ever alarmingly younger ages, life for me was simple until my parent’s divorce when I was eleven. My days were filled with grand expeditions with my [...]

Published: May 20th, 2005
Filed: Image, Multimedia, Popular, Rants.
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Foot in mouth disease

Knock knock!
Who’s there?
The Insensitive Guy.
The Insensitive Guy who?
The Insensitive guy who cracked a joke about a 15 year old Thai hooker and got his ass chewed by a female Marine Corps Captain.
Question: How do all offensive jokes begin?
Answer: By looking over your shoulder.
It’s official. I’m “rude,” “crude,” “inconsiderate,” “offensive,” and socially unattractive to boot. Coming [...]

Published: May 14th, 2005
Filed: International, Iraq, Marine Corps, Military, Popular, Rants.
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Twenty-nine is fine

It’s 2:20 AM and I’m on watch. Radio watch, that is. The squawk box barks at me as the American perimeter observations posts religiously call in radio checks on the top and bottom of each hour. It’s a checks and balances system, really. Information dissemination. It’s the “we heard gunshots, did you too?” kind of [...]

Published: May 5th, 2005
Filed: International, Iraq, Marine Corps, Military, Rants.
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