Here I go again...
Heavy lifters
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
What a group of guys. To be a part of this is an honor and a pleasure. Understand, they are all crazy as a Jay bird but I would go anywhere with them, anytime. Just kidding about the Jay bird
What a good day!
Monday, November 12, 2007
Just another day locating a cache on Tampa & Barracuda. After what looked like it would be another dry hole the word came over the radio they had located a few things. I was riding with SSGT
My Boy Tegge
Monday, November 12, 2007
What a dude a guy. He and he First SGT, Eric Volk are an awesome team. When they are out on the streets of Mosul the people are safe... the enemy isn’t. Captain Tegge is the Company Commander
My New Buddy
Sunday, November 4, 2007
On my way to Mosul, Iraq to link up with the boys of Alpha 2/7 Cav. I took a little tour around the Al Anbar province with an old friend and made a few new ones.
The man standing next to me is
Welcome to QRF (Quick Reaction Force)
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Every once in a while the guys need to take their turn at sighting on QRF. QRF protects anyone who is out in sector and might get in to trouble. They sit on what is called “Red Con One”, (Ready
The Soldiers Guardian, 1st SGT Volk
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
For those of you who don’t know what a Company First SGT Does, here is what I understand. He takes care of the enlisted men. In what ever it is they need. Everything from the beans and bullets
The Cast and crew
Thursday, October 4, 2007
These are the young men that are the heart and sole of our Series. They are the tip of the spear. What they represent is the basic “Joe” and their families you can find throughout the Army.
Sunflower fields forever... right.
Monday, October 1, 2007
The man standing next to me is SSGT. Jamison Danecker. He is the shit!!! SSGT. Danecker is the man responsible for for several soldiers and many times with the life and well being of the entire
My neighbor
Sunday, September 30, 2007
It turns out that Scott Guffey and I are neighbors... go figure. When he retires he is planning to move to Arizona and do a lot of fishing and hunting. See you then Scotty, count on it.
He and I
Honored to be here!
Sunday, September 30, 2007
If you love what you do you will never work a day in your life... ain’t that the truth.
I never take for granted the life I lead. I know that I have been given many access and opportunities to
Trent... Medium rare please?
Friday, September 28, 2007
As I started into the work force I learned quickly everything is a negotiation. Everyone wants something and nothing is for free... or is it? I know it’s free when it comes from the right place
A friend indeed!
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
There are people you meet in life that impact your thoughts on many things. Some you want to be more like and others you hope you never meet again. And then there are those few who you hope you
Up up and away with the 43rd AW!
Saturday, September 22, 2007
You know you’re dog dog tired when concrete becomes comfortable over sleeping on rocks. I slept like a rock from mid-might until about 6 AM. Between the constant Blackhawks passing directly over
Getting out of Dodge/Baghdad!
Friday, September 21, 2007
Ok, it’s time to leave the creature comforts of the CPIC (Coalition Press Information Center). Now that I have my new media press credential it’s time to deedee mow for Mosul.... way up North.
Not often in a lifetime do you get the chances to truly define who you are and what you believe in. So, here I go again, off to Iraq in support of our troops.
For those of you who know me I don’t need to say any more. For those who don’t, it’s like this.
I’m an American. First and foremost I’m a father and a husband trying to do the very best I can for those I love and while I’m at it, my country too. Because I believe in this country and this way of life. A way of life worth fighting for. So for my family and my country, here I go again in support of fellow Americans that are willing to fight for what makes this country the greatest Nation on earth.
No matter who you are or what ever your personal views are about the Iraqi War, Civil War, Insurgency, Global War on Terrorism... How ever you define it, fellow citizens just like you and I are taking the risks... for us, doing the fighting... for us, and sometimes dying for all us. All so we can maintain our security at home, our freedoms, our way of life.
We should never forget that everyone of them has someone back in the states who cares very deeply for them, friends, mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters and a like. Not often enough does their individual story get any of the media’s light. And least of all the sacrifices of the families they leave behind when they are deployed. So in some small way I hope to bring some of that light to the individual sacrifices of just a few that sacrifice for so many of us for our freedoms and securities here at home, “A Soldier’s Story”. Rock on Ernie!
So, here I go again... Never forget who you are and what defines you! As a person or a Country.
