The end of May. . .
I have to tell the story of the Flintstone Palace before I forget. Two of Saddam’s son-in-laws defected to Jordan sometime in the 90’s. They of course were married to his daughters. Well, Saddam sent out a message to them one day saying, “Hey, come on back, it’s OK, we’ll [...]
Well, one of my added responsibilities is creating a workout program for all the personnel from our Brigade that failed the Army Physical Fitness Test we took last Friday. Believe me, it isn’t something I volunteered for. What it basically means is I am on the north end of a donkey that is headed south against the [...]
You can take the court away from the player, but you can’t take the player away from the court! In my attempt to recreate the glory days (you can hear the Bruce Springsteen song now) I have joined a basketball league and a softball league here at Victory. As long as I don’t have to [...]
On this Memorial Day I share with you a story sent from my friend who is deployed in Afghanistan. It goes something like this.
Members of his unit were sitting around telling basic training stories on Sunday night. One member of the group shared this one. In his basic training, there was a 37 year old, [...]
My entertainment lately has been Ali’s Movie Shops. They are all over. They sell movies for $2, all the latest releases. I mentioned this once before. Here though, for some reason, they are even cheaper. So what has caught my eye are the older TV series. They all are priced around $20. I bought the 11 seasons of [...]
I know I’ve spoken a lot about the heat, almost to the extent that many of you are saying, “Give it a rest please.” And I will, but not without one last story. So this is my farewell heat story, the final chapter. The last frontier. Today’s heat for some reason just felt a little [...]
Kamal, a native Iraqi, in his 50’s, works in our Brigade motorpool, of course under the supervision of our motopool personnel. I had the opportunity to talk with him today and his story is worth sharing.
Kamal has worked in the motorpool since 1999. Now, if you trace the timeline back, you will remember that he [...]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARCIA!!!
We have a Public Health section in our Brigade. It may be one of the most important areas and the one that requires the most effort, especially in countries where public health care greatly suffers. Anyway, they had an assortment of Iraqi food today, enough to feed an Army! (just a little side humor) They invited us [...]
