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Reintegration and Epilogue 30 May 2007 | 09:30 am
While the 92nd Military Police Battalion was busy putting new coats of paint on the walls of the plywood buildings which held headquarters and other company offices, SGT James and I were making severa...
What I Would Have Said (Had I Known What I Now Know) 25 Dec 2006 | 06:54 am
During the summer of 2003, my unit had its annual training at FT Pickett, VA. I was still rather fresh in my uniform and felt rather gawkish and unsure of what to do and how to fit in. Most of the tim...
Not Toy Soldiers 17 Nov 2006 | 09:29 am
In the early afternoon of 9 November a squad from the 410th MP company was on patrol in their humvees along Route Vernon at the overpass of Route Irish when an Explosively Formed Projectile tore throu...
Hearts Abound 25 Oct 2006 | 04:17 am
I’ve now been witness and taken part in several award ceremonies that included the presentation of the Purple Heart. The best of these are “Return to Duty” with the soldier who has been injured and re...
Bats in Flight II 24 Sep 2006 | 06:09 am
Military chaplains often refer soldiers to Combat Stress Control (mental health). Fortunately, the CSC CPT, CPT C is a very versatile man. He was educated at Boston University, is an ordained minister...
Bats In Flight I 22 Sep 2006 | 07:02 am
Most evenings around the time of sunset, I am now usually walking to or from our chow hall. It is the better of a ten minute walk complete with dust, rocks, and various military vehicles noisily rolli...
Hand Holding, Things Held, and Being Held 24 Aug 2006 | 01:37 am
It’s been ten years since I entered ordained ministry. One day when I served as a chaplain on campus I remember expressing resentment about “having to hold people’s hands.” My resentment came from wha...
Ways of Exiting 15 Aug 2006 | 06:50 pm
I ended up remaining in Rustamiyah a week longer than intended. Just as my days there were coming to a close, a young soldier from another unit committed suicide. From what I heard he was a soldier wh...
Changing Scenery 3 Aug 2006 | 05:52 pm
It was the truly the “eleventh hour” when my orders arrived. The 228th FSB was at Camp Arafjan spending the last few days before redeploying. I kept checking my email to find out if my extension was a...
Need a steeple? Send for the Marines! 9 Jul 2006 | 04:51 am
As the 228th FSB approached the end of the deployment cycle, nearly all of the projects that we had set out to accomplish had been completed. Hoping to go on another humanitarian mission, we even put ...
