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Transcription service wanted

I’ve decided to outsource the transcription of my Lewis and Clark Bicycle Tour journals. But rather then mail my precious notebooks to some seedy service in Bangladesh, I’m going to keep this job in-house. Hence, I now appeal to the American public and jaymekohler.com readers nationwide.
I have two journals that need typing. My first journal [...]

Published: November 25th, 2007
Filed: Cycling, Touring.
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Training day 35: in dreams

I had a nice little sit down chat with a military psychologist this morning. It was apparently in response to some paperwork I had filled out in the early days of DI school. I was one of fourteen Marines interviewed. Out of seventy-two.
The conversation dealt specifically with my disclosure of physiological and psychological “abnormalities” following [...]

Published: November 19th, 2007
Filed: Drill Instructor Diaries, Marine Corps, Military.
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Training days 26-34: Basic Warrior Training

How does two weeks pass without much to say about them? Maybe that means I’ve settled into the routine?
The only real thing of note was BWT last week, which translated to a few days “in the field” smeared in cami paint and charging around the woods like a bunch of ROTC pinheads on a field [...]

Published: November 18th, 2007
Filed: Drill Instructor Diaries, Google map, Maps, Marine Corps, Military, Multimedia.
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Training day 25: reveille, cockroach style

The picture you’re seeing to the right is the actual size of the cockroach that awoke me from my peaceful slumber at 2:00am this morning. He may not seem like much, but wait until the little bastard crawls into your ear and then tell me you’re not envisioning a thousands eggs being laid in your [...]

Published: November 5th, 2007
Filed: Drill Instructor Diaries, Image, Marine Corps, Military, Multimedia, Popular, Rants.
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