Today I have placed my self on “house arrest”. The last time I used that term was while I was working for the Illinois Department of Corrections right before I was deployed. Quite often parole agents would order a parolee to stay in the house. It was used as a punishment. Often I would have […]

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I’ve been gone for 10 months. I can’t believe its been that long already. I saw the season change in Ft. McCoy from summer to fall. I arrived in Kuwait to sand drifts and camels in the distance. I touched down in Iraq during the rainy season. I’ve worn my galoshes to wade thru the […]

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Proof of madness! Journal: 6/5/06
 
I’ve been told that at some point during a deployment a unit will go a little wacky.  I think it’s a mixture of having to deal with a different environment for so long and boredom.  At this point it’s safe to say that the unit I’m in has offically hit that mark.  […]

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