Category: "military intelligence"

The ins and outs of arranging Change of Command ceremonies

August 30th, 2004

...in a deployed location. With the Army.

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Let's talk about...sand

August 29th, 2004

Alternate and ultimately rejected title: "Sing a song of sandbags."

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Balad welcoming committee

August 25th, 2004

We got fireworks and everything.

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Where was I?

August 25th, 2004

I think I left us stranded sans luggage in Al Udeid. Ah yes...

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Day Eleven begins...Alarm Red!

August 24th, 2004

"Alarm Red" sounds so much better than "Take cover! Incoming!"...

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The trip was a trip

August 21st, 2004

I think I've earned the right to compete in Travel Hell one-up story competitions. I may not win, but I'm at least in the running.

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Off to war...kinda

August 19th, 2004

Before deployment, anxiety becomes a fact of life. This isn't discussed much, probably because the majority of deployment victims are male and it simply isn't manly to say you're scared.

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Preparing for deployment

August 18th, 2004

When my name came up for deployment last May, my only surprise was that I'd not been sent sooner.

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