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Had a chance to chat with an old Army buddy today. Always nice. And she reminded me of a guy were used to work with. Guy came into the recruiting

My first assignment was Light Infantry. And depending on just where we were in the training cycle, we might go to the field Monday through Friday every other week. And

We'll get back to the gate thread, later. I promise. About 15 months ago, my friend Katie was murdered. Her boyfriend, of course, and then he killed himself. I told

OK, kids. Campfire. My first duty station in Germany, as a part of the 1st Armored Division was a tiny installation known as Illesheim. I think the post was actually

The US Army has always taught its recruits some level of first aid for trauma. But starting in the late 1980s, we pretty blatantly stole a program from the Israeli

So, I had a thread earlier that talked about Bradley gunnery, and my old boss, LTC Dan Merkel? Merkl? Shit, I don't know. Great guy, fantastic officer. Good leader. I

Gather round, twitter. Uncle Art has a brief tale for you. As you might guess, as long as you're not getting shot at, driving armored vehicles can be kinda fun.

Pulling funeral detail in the Army. While the three brigades of your division were cycling through the training cycle (the division was never fully trained!), you'd have a period where