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Short-timer

I have about a week left in Iraq. I want to atribute this to being bored and not wanting to work, but this is what Sassypants does with his free time....

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The Home Stretch

College football kills me on Saturdays. It begins at 1900 and the afternoon game doesn't end until 0200 the next morning. I usually have a half day off on Sundays, but not always. For two weeks in a row I watched the Saturday night games, which started ...

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Tacoma News Tribune Interview

About a week and a half ago, I set up a group interview with four soldiers to talk to Scott Fontaine of the Tacoma News Tribune. Tacoma is near Fort Lewis, WA where the 17th Fires Brigade is stationed when they aren't deployed. It's a pretty good article that nicely sums ...

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When things don’t go as planned

Today was easily one of my worst days with the 17th Fires Brigade. I had to write a counseling statement with the magic bullet. The magic bullet can easily be explained best as "if you do this again, I'm giving you some non-judicial punishment." That means possibly ...

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River Boat Adventure

Last Thursday, I got up at 1:30 in the morning to travel to the Port of Umm Qasr to do a story on the US Navy Riverines. Keep in mind this assignment was four days ago, and all I've done is cut up b-roll. I do get to ...

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Patriots Day Promotion

It seems so long ago when the Sorority Soldier and I were bitching about waiting on our promotion orders. Many in the unit went before a promotion board in December, and didn't get orders until the middle of March. It was absurd. I recently submitted my second ...

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Salt in the Water

Tuesday morning, I woke up at 0300 so I could travel down to Al-Faw in far southern Iraq to escort a humanitarian mission. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="240" caption="My Ride"][/caption] The Americans I rode with were the 4th DBE BiTT. That means they are a Border Transition Team that supports ...

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Another TOA

Now that I'm the NCOIC of the 17th Fires Brigade public affairs office, I get to attend another transfer of authority ceremony. I do like ceremonies, but once you've seen one of these you've seen them all. They aren't challenging from a photography or video standpoint. You know which shots ...

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Venice of the East

I had an opportunity to travel in to Basra proper this past week. I attended a meeting of a lot of Iraqi Security Force officials and American forces representatives. It's an important meeting because it's lead by Iraqis and it's for Iraqis. (Do I get points for incorporating a ...

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17th Fires Brigade

I've been busy. The Sorority Soldier started leave over two weeks ago. For awhile we had just three broadcasters to support an entire division. Then, last Monday, I was sent across the street to support the new brigade arriving in Basra, the 17th Fires Brigade. It's ...

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