A boom sounded and I woke with a start. Names were yelled and voices responded…Everyone was okay. My friends and I have had a lot of close calls in this sad little country. We are able to decipher the difference between a whistle of a bullet and the crack of one. By the way if…
Category: Afghanistan
A Soldier’s Dream.
A soldier in another place,With a look of sadness on his face.He learns to walk in other lands,And shoot the gun that is in his hands. He leads a life of solitude and mistrust,Because of a far away land dry as dust.He has seen things that others have not,He has been to war he has…
A Decade Later- A Forgotten Reality
Where were you on September 11th, 2001? I still remember that day crystal clear in the back of my mind. The events of which I play over and over as I progress through my military life. I did not find out until the afternoon what had happened because my teachers felt that our parents should…
The last few weeks: Contemplating Reality
As the last few weeks of deployment draw near, I find myself contemplating this reality I face. The reality of coming home to America as someone who has seen combat, seen death, and lived to tell the tale. I wonder how the vets from the World Wars and Vietnam felt coming home because God knows…
Discovering Reality 