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If it walks like a duck…

Bouhammer — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:01:11 +0000

I have written about US and coalition partners being killed in Afghanistan multiple times on this blog. More recently I have talked about it here and here.

Blogger “Crush” at blackfive.net also wrote about this recently but focused more on how the US military leadership has tried to somewhat hide the details of when our military sons and daughters are cut down by the “allies” we work to train befriend.

Head over to www.blackfive.net/main/2012/01/afghan-soldiers-killing-record-number-of-advisors.html and give it a read. One point he raises which I think needs emphasizing is that our military should be honest and straight with America and not have the New York Times or all outlets dig in and reveal the truth.

The VA tries to correct the lies

Bouhammer — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:30:47 +0000

The other day the USA TODAY Paper had an article that grossly and wrongfully stereo-typed Veterans as “Ticking time-bombs”. Well famed military blogger and now social-media guy for the VA, Alex Horton does his best to rip apart the terrible job that the USA Today did and shows how skewed and ignorant they are of our veterans. Please do me a favor and check out www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/5813/usa-today-perpetuates-erroneous-%E2%80%9Cticking-bomb%E2%80%9D-view-of-veterans/. It is well worth the read.

Jon Stewart’s lack of PT helps the troops

Bouhammer — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:12:44 +0000

Picked this up on militarytimes.com blog outside the wire. I watched this episode last night as I DVR every Jon Stewart and Colbert show and try to keep up with them.

Even though he is a self-admitted liberal, Jon Stewart is a big troop supporter having went over to the sandbox himself at least once that I know of and has hosted the last two Remind.org For The Troops fundraising comedy events.

This time it is funny to see his inability to stay in shape help the troops.

BTW this does have some foul language and may not be safe for work or around little kids.

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I love it when they kill each other

Bouhammer — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:40:55 +0000

I saw this over at my good friends and fellow milbloggers site, http://thisainthell.us/blog/

It is just too funny not to watch a couple of times. They ask a good question over at TAH, “Why is this war taking so long?”

Good Luck Chuck

Bouhammer — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:30:05 +0000

So a lot of weird things are happening in the world right now. Osama Bin Laden was killed and quickly dumped into the sea, the Iranians somehow took over our most advanced un-manned spy plane and landed it like they were at a R/C club festival weekend, Kim Jong Il mysteriously croaks of “natural causes”, Putin is no longer the love interest of all of Russia, and now my good friend and ultra smart-ass Chuck from tcoverride.blogspot.com/ is celebrating his birthday in Afghanistan, way to close to the Pakistan border.

Doesn’t he know he is tempting fate like he did in Iraq when he danced a jig on that wire he saw on the bridge and look where that got him. They are coming after you Chuck, the Skull-n-Bones society has a hit on you, the Smoking Man knows all about you and is about to make his first appearance since the X-files were on to come and get you. The dude that always controlled everyone and everything in every season of 24 but we never saw knows where you are.

Dude, you have pissed off too many people in the world, tempted fate too many times, and been insubordinate in the eyes of your superiors more times than they can count. Get out of there and come home before you either become the Thursday night special of Mullah Omar himself or they plant an IED in your favorite port-o-john and finish the job of turning you from a rooster to a hen with a 9-volt battery charge.

And if you just can’t get out of there, well do your best and give it a 110% effort of continually pissing off every single person over there that you don’t like. This could include higher-ranking military leaders, the Afghan Army, Afghan Police, Afghan Border Police, Pakistani military, contractors working on the FOB, DA Civilians, local Afghan Nationals, coalition partners, your peers, and hell even your subordinates. Last by not least, every single reporter, wannabe reporter or fat, lazy, stupid picture-taking, donation begging thai-boy loving waste of oxygen you ever come in contact with.

Oh and Happy Birthday good buddy.

Gothic Serpent, 18 years later

Bouhammer — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:19:10 +0000

One of the most famous battles in our Nation’s Military happened 18 years ago today. Operation Gothic Serpent is one of the most talked about and widely known battles that our Special Operation Warriors participated in. Some consider it one of the first battles against what is now known as Al-Queda. If the name does not sound familiar or if you have no idea what I am talking about, head over to Blackfive.net and check out their posting about it at:

www.blackfive.net/main/2011/10/october-3rd-1993.html

18 years ago today we lost 18 brave American Warriors.

A sniper’s tale in Afghanistan

Bouhammer — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:32:09 +0000

Stop what you are doing right now and go read a great and detailed story of a Sniper engaging IED emplacers in Afghanistan. The Long War Journal has it up and it is worth the time to read.

Head over to:

www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/09/army_sniper_kills_ie.php#ixzz1XT3Yb4XD

Remembering 9/11

Bouhammer — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:10:05 +0000

There are a series of blog posts that are being put up every day from 9/1 – 9/11 of this year to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the attacks on our country. This series is up at www.youserved.com and will have a new post go up every morning at 0911 EST every day through the 11th. The quickest way to find them, watch the news clips from that time ten years ago is to check out:

www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/?s=Remembering+9%2F11.

Go back, watch the clips and remind yourself why we live in the world we do today. Never Forget…

Google Introduces Free Gmail Calls Home for All U.S. Service Members

Bouhammer — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:22:18 +0000

If you are serving overseas or your family or friends are, you need to check out the story below from my good friend CJ (who is currently deployed).

www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2011/08/30/google-introduces-free-gmail-calls-home-for-all-u-s-service-members/

A great blog to read today

Bouhammer — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:36:00 +0000

I am not sure that the word GREAT even does it justice.

Head over to fromcowpasturestokosovo.blogspot.com/2011/07/gold-star-wife-mother-receive.html and check out one great story about how resolve and attention to detail have helped bring some closure and smiles to a Gold Star family.

H/T to www.blackfive.net for giving me a heads up about this blog post.