Mon 4/13/09 7:19 PM My four day pass flew by and now I am returning to Fort Riley for some more (punishment) training. I had a glorious couple of days with Liisa and my 2 furry faces (Sam & Charlie). The weather was beautiful and I took advantage of the Florida sunshine. In fact, I [...]
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Tonight I am resting soundly at a hotel near the Kansas City airport. The Army has decided to give us another 4 day pass. As such I am taking advantage of it and flying home to be with Liisa and the boyz. My time at Fort Riley is quickly dwindling and I want to spend [...]
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Thu 4/09/09 12:38 AM As a precursor to our capstone exercise, today we tested our skills against a variety of scenarios and engagements. This time, the bad guys had guns and would fire blanks at us. We were also issued blank rounds for our M-4 rifles and M-240 machine guns so we could return fire. [...]
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Tue 4/07/09 10:45 PM Today was a pretty busy day. This morning our sister team within the barracks turned on the bright lights at 0500 to get ready for their mission. Unable to sleep, I got up and went to the gym for 45 minutes and worked out with some weights and did some ab [...]
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Mon 4/06/09 11:11 PM I’m not much of a video game player. In fact the last time I spent any time in front of a video game was before I joined the Air Force 26 years ago. Even then, PacMan, Asteroids, and Atari were the popular games then. Since then, video technology has taken on [...]
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Saturday, April 3, 2009 This acronym brings shudders to every soldier, airman, marine and sailor who is deployed in Afghanistan or Iraq. Despite our superiority and armor, these deadly explosives have caused more casualties than any other tactic used in the war. Today’s instruction was a basic understanding of the various types of IEDs and [...]
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April 3, 2009 Operating or trying to operate after 3 hours of sleep can be challenging. I think the proper term for this state of mind or condition is known as sleep deprivation. If it wasn’t for the constant chirping of my alarm clock, I would have slept for several more hours. Instead, like a [...]
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April 2, 2009 It’s 0530 hrs and outside it is raining. Five minutes later, the rain has turned to sleet. Ten minutes later the sleet has transformed into large snowflakes. The wind is blowing and the temperature has dropped below 30 degrees. This is going to be a fun day at the firing range. To [...]
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April 1, 2009 After arriving back to the barracks at 0200 hrs, we managed to get about 5 hours of sleep before we had to wake up and prepare for our next training mission. My shoulders were still aching from the constant weight of the IBA and the equipment resting on my shoulders carving indentations [...]
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March 31, 2009 Waking up to frigid mornings seems to be the norm around here at Fort Riley. Today was no exception. I initially woke up and walked outside and was greeted by a furry baby bunny. The cute bunny reminded me of my cuddly wife along with a reminder of our 3rd anniversary. Hard [...]
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