Our Army Life

I recieved this letter written by Marine MAJ David Fennell in an email from my father-in-law today. It originally appeared on Denverpost.com. [Editor's note: David Fennell of Littleton is a major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He is stationed in Marjah, Afghanistan, as head of the Civil Affairs Group there. Before that, he served a [...]

I was encouraged to find out that Mr. Price Floyd, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, wants more blogging from the front lines, not less. Mr. Floyd had this to say in a conversation with bloggers on March 1st of this year: But I still would like to see more blogs, more [...]

As we agonizingly inch closer to the day we have to leave our friends and family for a distant, hostile war zone, I struggle with the wide range of emotions I experience from day to day, moment to moment. Monday morning I woke up for what I believed to be my last full week of [...]

I commissioned Mr. Will Rodriguez (USA MAJ Ret.) at The Soldier’s Place in Columbus, GA to create a custom combat figure for me in preparation of our deployment to Afghanistan this year. It will sit next to a Purple Heart my wife’s Grandfather earned during WWII on the mantle in their living room while I [...]

We were honored with a wonderful sendoff party on Tuesday by some of our closest friends and family. My good friend Todd decided the moment called for some comic relief, and therefore parodied me with a video in the spirit of Chuck Norris. He also created a more serious sendoff video at the request of [...]

Indicium Consulting provides some of the best open-source analysis of Taliban (TB) and Anti-Government Elements (AGE) in Afghanistan. Below is a chart showing the break down of all incidents by province from January 1 to July 11. The take-away? The southern provinces of Helmand and Kandahar are still the enemy’s decisive effort, though attacks are [...]

Another (much better) interview with writer/director Sebastian Junger.

More photos from training in June.

Some light-hearted truth on the 4th this year. Thanks to all of our Veterans and Patriots for the freedom we enjoy. Enough said. H/T: Cory

A few more training photos for your viewing pleasure…