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Disinformation attack 13 Dec 2005 | 03:48 am
Last week's Los Angeles Times broke a story about the Lincoln Group. According to the article, the U.S. Military has been contracting with the Lincoln Group to get the good word about the war in Iraq ...
I'M TOO OLD! 11 Dec 2005 | 07:07 am
What a great opportunity... I read the advertisement in our local installation newspaper, aptly named The Blizzard. The Institute of Living and the National Center for PTSD were looking for ME! They w...
Long Distance Love 3 Dec 2005 | 10:23 am
I had opportunities in Iraq to write for the MNFI weekly paper, The Scimitar. When I returned to Ft. Drum, I noticed a copy on the First Sergeant's desk that had been printed off of the internet. "Hey...
The 42nd Comes Home 9 Nov 2005 | 01:57 am
Members of the 42nd Infantry Division from New York have been coming home via Ft. Drum. I have seen them on the streets of post and at the different offices. The familiar 1/2 rainbow patch on their sl...
"Daddy's home" 8 Nov 2005 | 07:17 pm
I went to get a new Ft. Drum vehicle sticker for my truck this afternoon. While I was waiting there, women with children came into the MP station to get a temporary pass. It was not difficult to tell ...
Anticipatory Grief 3 Nov 2005 | 04:48 am
It has been three years since one of my personal heroes and I presented a seminar on “anticipatory grief.” Chaplain Jeff Watters and I developed a seminar for the wives of the leaders of the 82nd Infa...
Here is Cash--buy some guns! 1 Nov 2005 | 10:20 pm
Big events transpiring in the area of the Inspector General and in Congress in general. It seems that someone is missing a few millions in US dollars in the Iraq reconstruction issue. Congress is doin...
What was it really like? 22 Oct 2005 | 02:01 am
Surprising number of people are asking "What was it really like being in Iraq? Are we getting the right story in the news that we watch?" Good question, because I asked myself the same thing while I w...
What to wear? part II 21 Oct 2005 | 07:43 pm
I decided not to wear my Desert Uniform on the plane ride home. I packed the four sets of uniforms and realized that I would not wear them again.... When I got to the airport, there was another office...
Fully home? 11 Oct 2005 | 01:12 am
Before heading to Iraq, I was resonsible for providing briefings to returning soldiers at Ft. Drum, NY. As these soldiers returned from their deployment, I helped greet them at the airport, offer pray...
