The Patrol Base

Life.  Sometimes things make me stop and realize that I suffer from the poverty of words.  Oh, there are times I think I've chronicled t...

Yeah cuz there is going to work and chatting at the water cooler about mundane shit that happened in your office mates life and then there i...

So I read this: Ex-Navy sniper, another military vet killed at Texas gun range And I'm sickened. The senseless killing of anyon...

Received this via email today.  Funny thing about this... While in Savannah, for re-enlistment I took some time off to take college courses ...

RASP Graduate - Combat Tour - Ranger School Graduate.  Hard to understand God's infinite Wisdom with my finite mind sometimes. Pics fr...

Hello Old friend has it really been 5 months? Seems when the tinnitus in my ears is not driving me insane( Thanks Uncle Sam) the pressure...

I fear we are rapidly failing as a country to remember our History. Some may say that this example is silly but as I log on today and Googl...

A classic tune that seems to go on forever. Heard it today, wanted to see it on Youtube and there are over 4 Million views! Enjoy

The parting comments from one of my Platoon Sergeants were "Stay outside the Box, Jurena. There is nothing in it." I found these...

1st Batt Ranger Killed in Afghanistan. For over 10 years, the Men of the 75th Ranger Regiment have been in contact with the enemy. Rest ea...

Every time when I look in the mirror All these lines on my face getting clearer The past is gone It went by, like dusk to dawn Isn'...

THE GOOD While cruising the blogosphere I came across the video below and it is worth 10 minutes of your time.  I was living in DFW just...

I'm a foodie, I follow food blogs and writers.  This is just one of the best 4 part series I have read as it ties food to military servi...

The Greatest BBQ Story Ever Told. http://www.texasmonthly.com/2012-02-01/webextra6.php What an awesome read, especially since I love to ...

So... deleted the 12th month for all the previously posted reasons. Now we roll to 2012. Painted Faces fill the places I can't reach ...

The recent "success" of the Houston Texans almost had me excited about football in Houston again.  Then the news yesterday that Ma...

"These things happened. They were glorious and they changed the world... and then we fucked up the endgame." - Charlie Wilson Gr...

So on this Monday morning, when you wake up and head to your job and you really want to bitch about something, say a prayer for the three fa...

It seems every time I get ready to write about something in the world that catches my interest.... The timing just does not feel right. 24...

13th minute. - And you have to watch and take care of each other. I probably learned the most about relationships. I learned they...