An Army of One

Originally posted on April 22, 2007: Well last night was another fun night in cozy confines of Camp Anaconda. If you all slept better last night its because I was on guard duty making sure that the farmers, and the kids and the cows did not get too close to the LSA. Damn it...I would have shot them... Sign in to see full entry.

I wrote this entry about 3 weeks ago...I featured it on another blog, but here it is: Yesterday was the May 1st. Four years ago, President Bush landed on the aircraft carrier and gave a speech under a huge sign that read "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED". He stated, "Major combat operations have ended. In the... Sign in to see full entry.

For the last several weeks, there have been thousands of new troops deployed to Iraq. Americans have heard about this "surge" of 30,000 or more soldiers who are here to improve the security situation down in Baghdad, but we actually get to see them. I am in Balad (Camp Anaconda) and almost all of... Sign in to see full entry.