Thanks for Flying with me today
Friday, May 19th, 2006 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 35 Comments »The Super 80 sitting at the gate in Dallas Fort Worth was completely filled; all 136 seats plus two jump-seaters on the plane. In ten minutes the Silver bird would push from the gate on this hot May afternoon, bound ...
Save your Mommy, Kill a Commmie
Monday, May 8th, 2006 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 10 Comments »The sweat stings as small drops make it into your eyes during the two-hour drill session on “The Grinder” which in laymen’s terms is a large asphalt parking lot the size of three football fields. We lucked out and had ...
”DyyyynnnnoooooMIGHT!!!!!!”
Thursday, April 27th, 2006 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 38 Comments »You really take for granted the emotions a young man or woman feels when they join the military. I mean, from where we are in life, a 3-year commitment is nothing. Know what I mean, time flies by. Most of ...
Marines
Thursday, April 27th, 2006 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 17 Comments »I have found that some people look at you in a different light when they find out that you are in the Military. It's some foreign concept that you would WANT to be doing this as a job occupation. But ...
Mil Blog weekend
Tuesday, April 25th, 2006 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 19 Comments »Washington D.C. in the Spring is one of the most beautiful places in the world. Actually, driving over to my folk’s house in Arlington with all the azaleas blooming along with the dogwoods brought back instant memories of growing ...
"The New Deal"
Tuesday, April 18th, 2006 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 36 Comments »Dear Gang, The reactions from folks who find out I was in Iraq are varied but there are a couple of questions that they all ask me. Number one is “Are we winning the war?” I think that ...
A little "Manual" Labor
Friday, March 24th, 2006 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 34 Comments »Dear Gang I had a great time up in DC at my folks house and on Friday night was able to go protest in front of Walter Reed Hospital against the Pinko's who give our Marines and ...
Homeward bound
Friday, March 17th, 2006 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 23 Comments »Well gang,How do you ensure that you get to spend the night in Ireland by making the plane break down??? That's easy, just sit there and say over and over "I hope that everything goes smooth and we get ...
"Can I lick your Foam???"
Saturday, March 11th, 2006 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 25 Comments »Dear Gang,"Sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, a tale of a mighty trip..." Flashback a couple of weeks to when I cleaned out my room in the tower and moved into one of our extra little white flimsy ...
Safe on Deck
Saturday, March 4th, 2006 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 45 Comments »Dear Gang,This is going to be short, just to let you know that I made it home safe on deck!! After six months of being very healthy without one sick day, I’m down with a bug. Things are ...
