Forum: General Posts
10-24-2008, 12:16 PM
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Seatjerker - I gave up pushups for lent years...
Seatjerker - I gave up pushups for lent years ago, and it's worked so well that I will never go back!
Keith - picture of my wife!? I know you ya ol' codger, I don't want you chasing after her! I...
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Forum: General Posts
10-23-2008, 02:05 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,178
To beat you to the questions -
I'm still in...
To beat you to the questions -
I'm still in the service - located in Alaska, again. I have a desk job and am not slated for deployment currently.
I am married now - to the toughest woman I've...
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Forum: General Posts
10-23-2008, 02:01 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,178
Howdy howdy howdy
Hey PF! Hit with a nostalgic-hammer and looking back, thought: hey, I haven't been on PF for who-knows-how-long.
Saw a lot of names I recognize on here - hope you are all doing great!
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Forum: General Posts
03-04-2006, 10:02 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 841
old face, new story
PF -
Thought I was long over-due dropping a note on the forums...
All is going well. Right at around a quarter way through my second tour of Iraq. To me it's pretty apparent the changes that...
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Forum: Iraqi Freedom
11-14-2005, 07:54 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,168
John -
Oh... I've been looking forward to...
John -
Oh... I've been looking forward to this tour ever since they told us before the end of the last one that we would be back... after 10 months (jokes on them: we got 11!). My disposition...
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Forum: Iraqi Freedom
11-14-2005, 07:35 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,168
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Forum: General Posts
11-12-2005, 01:15 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,213
Block leave
Just started block leave... the vacation before THE vacation. Can't say exactly where I am going or when I'm leaving - and wouldn't say it if I knew! About all I know is that I'll be spending this...
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Forum: Iraqi Freedom
11-12-2005, 01:01 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,168
Maybe this information is not classified - but...
Maybe this information is not classified - but still useful to our enemies! With the Internet it doesn't take a lot of time to come up with enough puzzle-pieces to put the whole picture together. ...
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Forum: General Posts
11-12-2005, 12:50 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 3,428
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Forum: General Posts
11-12-2005, 12:42 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,753
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Forum: Active Duty Personnel
11-05-2005, 08:15 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,518
Seatjerker said that on another discussion.
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Seatjerker said that on another discussion.
The Americans that are not in the sandbox are only left behind if they think they are. It may be the military at the tip of the arrow - but it's not...
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Forum: Active Duty Personnel
06-26-2005, 08:36 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 41,136
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Forum: Warfare
06-26-2005, 07:37 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 6,489
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller... Classic!
Gates...
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller... Classic!
Gates of Fire - Steven Pressfield... well-researched fiction work covering the Spartans at Thermopole - great book, a must-read for anyone interested in...
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Forum: General Posts
06-26-2005, 07:32 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,138
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Forum: General Posts
05-15-2005, 08:52 AM
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Replies: 2
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I can definately see the logic of 15 months......
I can definately see the logic of 15 months... even in a long initial training - it's just enough time to get a Soldier off on a deployment and put into a Stop-Loss. My initial training was 14...
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Forum: General Posts
05-15-2005, 08:42 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,164
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Forum: General Posts
05-11-2005, 09:07 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,942
The combat badge's restriction to infantry was...
The combat badge's restriction to infantry was evil... how about those engineers who were all expected to 'fight as infantry'?!
As for the baret - well... I'ld definately prefer a cover with a...
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Forum: General Posts
03-06-2005, 11:33 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,693
catman's requested update
Wish I could, with honesty, put up happy news - but I really can't. I just handed one helluva fine soldier's flag to his father last monday. While on his last few days of block leave, after he...
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Forum: Army
03-05-2005, 04:54 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,384
Crash claims life of soldier home on leave
Crash claims life of soldier home on leave
By DAN SPRINGER La Crosse Tribune
A soldier who was visiting family in Coon Valley after returning from Iraq last month died early Thursday after a...
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Forum: Army
03-05-2005, 04:52 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,412
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Forum: General Posts
02-04-2005, 05:40 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 835
Hey Happy Birthday Bob - one of my Team-Leaders...
Hey Happy Birthday Bob - one of my Team-Leaders shares the day with us as does a good buddy of mine that I went to OCS and Engineer OBC with and on our birthday last year we gave each other parts of...
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Forum: General Posts
02-04-2005, 05:36 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 835
Hey Thanks a Lot Everyone!
Birthdays just...
Hey Thanks a Lot Everyone!
Birthdays just don't seem like that big of a deal anymore. Today's promotion seemed like a bigger thing... and even bigger than that - today's refinancing of my truck's...
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Forum: General Posts
01-31-2005, 08:19 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,722
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Forum: General Posts
01-31-2005, 08:04 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 936
This story really angered me when I heard it...
This story really angered me when I heard it today - and to think that there are those sympathetic to the very people that made this unfortunate into a martyr. When will people finally 'get it?'
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Forum: General Posts
01-27-2005, 11:49 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,549
You could also consider doing Alaska from the...
You could also consider doing Alaska from the land too... from Anchorage it's a two hour drive (underestimate) to Seward where you can hop on a day-long sightseeing charter to see the glaciers as the...
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