The Chinese Fire Drill He said, “Hey the convoy is stopping! Hurry, let’s switch!” The truck came to a stop, and he jumped out of the driver’s seat. Mike jumped out of the passenger seat and ran to the driver’s side. I slid through the hole that we talked through and into the passenger seat. […]

This is NOT going to be good!! Up until this point, the invasion had been going great.  I had been sitting in the Pit of Despair for hours…perhaps even a full day at this point. It was dark due to the canvas flaps being closed. I was working with some “sensitive” stuff and needed to […]

“…the Pit of Despair. Don’t even think about trying to escape.” – The Albino from The Princess Bride I called it the pit of despair. It was my home for long periods of time during the early parts of the war. Military vehicles are not designed for comfort. They are strictly utilitarian. Cargo humvees are […]

This is how it ended The captives were brought in, but by this time, they were no longer suspects. An American soldier was the new suspect. He was found bleeding, with missing grenades and was a few rounds short. The story I overheard (I was a professional eavesdropper after all) being told to SSG Carville […]

You’re not seven years old! “Dickens. Psssst, Dickens.” That was Mike’s last name. “Are you awake?” He woke up, looked at me, and then turned towards Chad. “Hey, we’ve got a problem”, Chad said. He explained to Mike the issue with the radio and what he needed to do. He handed Mike the GPS and […]

Rub-a-Dub-Dub Three Men in a Tub We made it to the wood line. We paused for a moment in the prone position. We were all facing different directions with our feet touching. We had a small circular perimeter, or in our case a triangle. We were utterly still and listening for the sounds of movement. […]