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My nephew Noah Johnson is a stryker driver in the 2nd Calvary Division. He called my folks last night with news. He previously was planning on deployment to Afghanistan. Now, he things they are going to be trained for and assigned to border patrol duties. How much of this scuttlebutt is the straight dope...
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It started poorly. I went straight from my third shift job to an appointment to get my car’s brakes fixed. More than $100 bucks later, I still need work done. Some clown who worked on the car before I bought it stripped the bolts that keep the rotors in place. Considering that these rotors...
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My nephew, Pvt. Noah Johnson, is home on Peoria for 17 days, then it’s back to Ft. Benning to complete basic. That’s me on the right. No, I am not wearing a crown of thorns. That’s a wall decoration. My sister posed us without giving any thought to the stuff in the background. She...
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My nephew just completed basic training and is now officially a private in the United States Army. He’s now undergoing more specialized training. He had been planning to enter the Airborne Rangers, but has decided against it. He’s stick with the regular infantry, which is elite enough for his tastes. This new round of training...
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My nephew just completed basic training and is now officially a private in the United States Army. He’s now undergoing more specialized training. He had been planning to enter the Airborne Rangers, but has decided against it. He’s stick with the regular infantry, which is elite enough for his tastes. This new round of training will be over in...
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My nephew left yesterday morning for basic training. After 13 weeks, he’s going off to start special training for the U.S. Army Rangers. I’m proud as heck of the guy. The downside is that I’m not going to see him for about six months. I’m going to miss the little sh*t. I did sign him up for a...
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I am going to violate one of my rules and blog about something that happened today at work. During the course of a work day, I talk to many people from all over the country. Today, it was distinct pleasure to talk to a woman whose husband is serving in the U.S. Army if Afghanistan. Happy, her technical problem cleared...
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http://peoriapundit.com/images/noah.jpg My nephew Noah has enlisted in the U.S. Army with an eye toward becoming a Ranger. He leaves in September. He’s resisted getting any kind of part-time job until then, because, as he puts it, he wants to have one last summer as a kid. So, I made him mow my lawn. Heh heh heh. I don’t imagine he’ll...
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Andrew Olmsted on extended duty in Iraq : /It appears that some Wisconsin families are upset because a local unit has been extended in Iraq . The media is playing up the ‘Army breaks promise’ angle of this story, which, ...
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Well, I took the plunge and bought my own digital camera. It’s an inexpensive Vivitar Vivacam 3315. Here are three shots I took at my sisters, reduced from 72 pixels per inch to 12 pixels per inch. Here they are: My sister Norma, niece Natasha (she’s just 14, guys, so forget it) and nephew Noah (in a typical...
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