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Archive for 'May,2009'

Secret of My Success

UPDATE: I found a great leadership piece by LTC Kelly Crigger over at the Rhino Den, Ranger Up’s blog. Check it out to get a well-rounded viewpoint on leadership. Okay, I get a bit tired and [...]

Untold Stories of Iraq & Afghanistan Fundraiser

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Surprise Reunion

I saw this on the Pentagon Channel and wanted to share it with you. Great story: [...]

Reserve 403rd Wing To Make Air Force History with Blogger Flight

I was going to do this, but unfortunately things came up that required me to back out of it. An Air Force Reserve 403rd Wing “Hurricane Hunters” WC-130J is scheduled to depart May 19 as the [...]

Armed Forces Day Proclamation

ARMED FORCES DAY, 2009 - – - – - – - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION On Armed Forces Day, 1961, President Kennedy connected civic engagement and our Nation’s security. [...]

Vietnam Veteran Killed In Iraq

Our military is comprised of some of the most noble and selfless people I’ve ever met. They come from all walks of life, all nationalities, all colors, all religions, and every state within the nation. Some [...]

Off Topic: Inspired Bicycles

My jaw stands agape after watching this video: [...]

Reflections of Self: Bridging Differences with Similarities Between Clients and Myself

In the treatment of combat related trauma, the latest research reveals that a union of therapist and client can and will eventually bring about a healing process. Whereby upon establishing trust in the clinician, the combat [...]

Reflections of Self: Who I Am

For the reader who has just tuned in or is unfamiliar with my writings, I am a combat veteran with PTSD and attending college to become a therapist specializing in combat  PTSD. Beginning today I will [...]

[BUMP] You Served Charity Store

We have set up an Ebay store to auction off the many items that we get from publishers and artists. Most of the items that we are listing have been signed by their creator. The great [...]

Obama Reverses Course on “Torture” Photos

There is a lot of talk on the right about Obama’s decision not to release additional photos of supposed torture at the hands of American troops. I applaud the President in making this decision and I [...]

Does Blogging Provide a Service?

Critics of what we do as milbloggers, especially the active duty ones, may question why we do what we do. What service does blogging provide? Who is our audience? What impact do we hope to have? [...]

Camp Liberty Tragedy

Anderson asked a brilliant question (add sarcastic, ironic tone here) on a completely unrelated post: What does this website have to say about the tragedy at Camp “Liberty” today, and what it reflects about the mental [...]

Tweet to ReMIND

I got this email from Bob Woodward, the journalist and author who was injured while embedded with troops in Iraq. Dear Friends, We all have people in our lives we consider heroes. All of us at [...]

Reflections of Self: Self-Care, Healing the Healer

I have been battling my demons and have an intimate understanding of an overwhelmed and heavily burden soul. I have to constantly remind myself take my time, no hurry here in the journey of healing. I [...]