Though my opining that “all is well” below has a hint of sarcasm, my replacement does indicate that the downward trend I saw in casualties is continuing. The 4-month rotation before me moved several hundred more patients than my rotation did (nearly 3k v. just over 2k), and the one after mine is moving even fewer […]
Archive for March 2008
drop in casualties
March 21, 2008news from the old flight
March 21, 2008I get emails from my replacement every few days. I thought this one was fairly amusing (posted below). I think if these are the present concerns of our deployed, then all is well. —–Original Message—– From: Sanders James C Lt Col 332EOSS/EAEF Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 4:18 PM Subject: Fitness+ Importance: High Good afternoon […]
mortar attack and defense
March 13, 2008this video shows a C-RAM (counter rocket artillery and mortar system) knocking out a mortar before it hits balad air base…then the alarm red can be heard here.
a fitting end: meet the president
March 12, 2008today was my last day of making up drills after coming off orders for the deployment to balad, and i got to meet, and shake hands with, president bush. i thought this was a fitting conclusion to to my second deployment to iraq. now it’s time to play civilian lawyer again. here’s my right shoulder […]
Balad Redux 