The Word

Sitting in the compter lab after school so students can finish some projects and I get a message, call SGT S. at the armory.

SGT S. tells me that I am on the short list for deployment and to anticipate official orders in the next couple of days...joy.

The question now is...do I tell my wife now, or wait until after our trip to San Antone this weekend...

Now this...

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Is a cool idea.

Wish I'd thought of it.

Blog Plug was started by Bheagle of The Right Blog

Tasteless UNICEF ad

Heard this ad on the radio today:

TSUNAMI RELIEF

The tsunami disaster has taken countless thousands of lives, nearly half of them children. Working together with UNICEF, we can help the surviving children by creating our own tsunami: a tsunami of compassion, a tsunami of aid, a tsunami of hope, and we can begin today. Call 1-800-4UNICEF or donate at unicefusa.org

"Tsunami of compassion"....the phrase just makes me shudder...but what can you expect from the Useless Nitwits.

Scott Ott of Scrappleface http://www.scrappleface.com has much better uses for your charitable donations.

Mik out

ARMOR GEDDON

ARMOR GEDDON

Well hell...I just realized that I had not linked to this site...

Red 6 is a tank platoon leader in Iraq.

Great first hand accounts of Fallujah.

Now go read!!!

India Uncut

Amit Varma gives detailed first person accounts from the tsunami affected regions of India...WOW...

India Uncut

Texas bid farewell to some of its own.

Read Austin Bay's article about the farewell to the 56th BDE of the TxArNG as they prepared to depart for Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Where Were the Cameras? - On Point Commentary by Austin Bay �StrategyPage.com

Lone Star Times

Got this lil gem from theLone Star Times

American Soldier

American Soldier

Here's another Soldier getting ready to deploy. Keep him in your thoughts and prayers.

Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year!

This is rather poingnant to me, as I will likely be on a different part of the globe this time next year.


So...to all out there...make sure that the ones you love, know you love them whilst you can.

God Bless all.

Mik Out