Military stories from past to present, both wars.

Haloscan added, New Comment section

Friday, November 24th, 2006 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | No Comments »

Haloscan commenting and trackback have been added to this blog. I regret that all of the old comments from post past were lost in the transfer, feel free to repost all you want!!Dear Cyber world,This blog is for like minded, ...

Thanksgiving

Thursday, November 23rd, 2006 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 11 Comments »

What it means to be away from home:A year ago, I sat in a Marine Corps chow hall, looking at a giant turkey made out of who knows what and covered in corn flakes. It was a great attempt to ...

Dumb GI In Irak

Tuesday, November 21st, 2006 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 14 Comments »

Subject: Letter from Dumb GI SENATOR JOHN KERRY 304 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 DEAR SENATOR KERRY: WE ARE STILL LAUGHING OVER HERE IN IRAQ AT YOUR JOKE ABOUT THE TROOPS BEING DUMB. WE DO ...

Thanks to all my VETS

Monday, November 13th, 2006 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 21 Comments »

Humble is for those who can’t, we CAN. When the world comes down on our nations military for doing their job, protecting American interest around the world and following our leaders orders, I just close my eyes and see ...

A Picture is worth a thousand words…

Wednesday, November 1st, 2006 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 44 Comments »

I'm not sure where these guys are, but they are Studs!!!! All I can say is I wish this was me and my guys in the photo!! Funny story about DC and the attitude there sometimes… as a young 2ndLt ...

How to deploy to Iraq…

Sunday, October 29th, 2006 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 16 Comments »

Someone sent this to me and I laugh hard at some of the following suggestions to simulate being deployed to Iraq. Hard to believe that I was there this time last year. Hope you enjoy all of these. Semper Fi, Taco P.S. the ...

My Mom and Dad

Monday, October 23rd, 2006 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 46 Comments »

Hey guys,Just landed after a 19 hour day, flying from England to Norway to St. Johns. Last night in Mildenhall, I was paged by the clerk as we were checking in with a phone call from the states. ...

Operation Fox and Friends

Tuesday, October 17th, 2006 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 74 Comments »

OPERATION FOX AND FRIENDS Ok guys, here I sit for the sixth day in St Johns New Foundland, stuck on this beautiful island, where everyday is becoming Ground Hog day…I did go see the movie “Man of the Year” and ...

How to Annoy your XO

Monday, October 9th, 2006 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 74 Comments »

How To Annoy your XO… Back when I was a young officer and member of the JOPA (junior officer protection association), it was us against the field grade. The follow list is a collection of things you can do to annoy ...

The Thin Red Line…

Monday, October 2nd, 2006 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 17 Comments »

Sometimes I have to sit back and chuckle at life, and the folks that surround you on a daily basis. Take last week for instance. I flew a KC-130 over to a local B-52 base not too far from my ...