Bouhammer | March 29, 2006
Well we have had the chance to get to a few ranges since being at Shelbyistan (Camp Shelby). Within two weeks of getting there, everyone went out to qualify on their M4 rifles and their M9 pistols. The M9 is the standard issue, Beretta-made pistol for the Army. Everyone on our team carries one of [...]
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Bouhammer | March 28, 2006
Just in case you were wondering. Here is our address down in MS. **THIS MAY CHANGE ONCE WE GET BACK FROM LEAVE, HOWEVER ANY MAIL SENT TO THIS ADDRESS WILL STILL FIND US** USPS to RANK NAME 1/209th ETT-NY, 41st BCT (NY) BLDG 2490, 25th St. Camp Shelby, MS 39407-1000 If sending fedex or ups, [...]
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Bouhammer | March 28, 2006
Well we finally got issued our new ACUs (Army Combat Uniform). This is the new uniform in design and functionality that the Army is converting to. I actually had purchased one set to just try them out, but last Thursday we got our issue of 4 sets. We got these along with new patrol caps, [...]
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Bouhammer | March 27, 2006
Well here I am finally being able to type some blog entries, but only because I am at home. I will try to shrink this story down to the most relevant detail. For reasons that do not need mentioned here, my team along with one other team have been selected to deploy early to Afghanistan [...]
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Bouhammer | March 15, 2006
On the ground in Miss. Well we have been here for almost 2 weeks and we finally have internet access. This morning our team had a Direct-way Satellite dish installed for internet access while we are here. We are all splitting the cost, so it is not that bad. We may also sell off some [...]
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Bouhammer | March 1, 2006
I first heard about this mission back in November 2005. There was an email that came out looking for volunteers to man this mission. I did not hear anymore about it, until my SDRN CDR sent an email in mid-January that there were not enough volunteers and that the BDE CDR had set a date [...]
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