so here i am. after months of talking about it, and only days preparing, i have arrived in the beautiful island of cuba. cuba reminds me of arizona with a gorgeous coast line. during the past three weeks i’ve flown more then i expected. the days and early weeks have shot [...]
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Rockin’ Cuba
Posted in life, the military experience on July 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »
the list (part 2)
Posted in life, the military experience on April 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »
26. there simply is no way to be at one with flies
27. april showers bring may heat
28. work, with out professionalism quickly feels like pee wee’s playhouse
29. seven varieties of food is simply to few
30. email may be the single best invention
31. my guitar has nearly gone around the world, yet it still knows the same old tunes
32. absence does make the [...]
the list (part one)
Posted in life, the military experience on March 18, 2007 | 6 Comments »
i figured now is as good a time as any to begin the post deployment lessons learned. any of you who know anything about the military understand on time is late, five min early is on time and delay is a certainty. with these ambiguous images of time, i’ll begin my post deployment [...]
the day my friends died
Posted in religious, the military experience on January 27, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Life without death is as lopsided as a life without children. We hate death. We love birth. There is unfairness in death; a frankness we are unaccustomed to. Today my friends died. Two pilots and two crewmen flying the same helicopter I fly. Flying the same mission I fly [...]
nights like these
Posted in the military experience on January 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
So I finally understand the old army slogan, ‘we do more before 8 a.m. then most people do all day’. It’s a simple matter of time difference; else it’s some sort of inside joke between Joes. Honestly, I’m fairly certain there are more then enough underemployed Joes to suffice without adding more troops. Oh if [...]
a kentucky sort of day
Posted in life, the military experience on December 17, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes out of nowhere a blessing sneaks up on you like a storm stalking you from the western skies. Today’s blessing just so happened to be a storm. A cold rain. Overcast skies. A Kentucky winter day. It was a taste of home. The bleakness of gray skies brings a peace and comfort only matched [...]
heritage and the professional militia
Posted in politics, rants, the military experience on December 8, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Two weeks have past. A new post is past due.
I have several thoughts I plan on expounding upon soon. But first, I would like to begin a series I’m going to call ‘Hard Truths’. In fact, as we are all learning, other then The Truth, everything else tends to be well though out opinions and [...]
went to war and all i got was this lousy tee-shirt
Posted in politics, rants, the military experience on November 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I wish I had a slogan such as Garrison Keeler’s intro to the Prairie Home Companion…’It’s been a slow week in Lake Wobegon’. A catch phrase always comes in handy. Its the little bit of nothing somehow signifying so much. Perhaps I’ll try a few out in the upcoming weeks. Until then you simply have [...]
life lessons and back to the future
Posted in life, the military experience on November 17, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Ah, the immortal words of Biff, ‘McFly…McFly!’
I first watched the quintessential bully thunder his way through hill valley (yes, I googled the name of the town) and I saw my own skool bullies. I loved the fact Biff got his in the end. Clearly, despite all attempts to quell the fires of vengeance burning [...]
dance of the bumblebee
Posted in life, the military experience on November 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The past few days have offered plenty of time to look around and consider the difference between perception and reality. Just today a fellow pilot said in an email, ‘whether we like it or not, perception is reality’. I completely disagree. Of all, perception has the least to do with reality. Truth has many shades [...]
the day to day
Posted in life, the military experience on November 5, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
sorry i’ve not written in a few days. things have taken a turn for the asinine. i’ve actually composed three emails in my noggin which i’ve not set down. none of them are worthy of emails unfortunately. probably better suited for a blog of sorts. so instead of providing mildly entertaining and undoubtedly verbose rants [...]
and it begins
Posted in life, the military experience on November 4, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Today I flew for the first time since I arrived. It was a benign ferry flight from Kuwait city back to the camp. It was good to get in the aircraft again. Its odd when you don’t fly often it feels very strange the first few moments when you return. It feels as though you [...]
fort riddle
Posted in life, the military experience on November 3, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Things are beginning to settle into the routine of un-routine. The weather remains remarkably temperate and as we were laboriously told by the weather forecaster in his excruciating brief, it will become more and more mild. January promises highs of 64 and lows in the low 40’s. Appears I picked the right time to visit [...]
in the beginning
Posted in life, the military experience on November 2, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Fri
After a long and exhausting plane ride which saw stops in Illinois, Newfoundland, Germany and finally Kuwait, I finally made my way to camp buering. If you’ve ever spent a similar time on a jet at 35,000 ft., you realize how discombobulated we all were. Needless to say, my mind had a difficult time calibrating. [...]
