Bouhammer | July 31, 2006
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I have not posted any blog entries in a few days because we have been very busy here. If I am not out on a mission, then I am getting ready for one or getting mail…which has been a mission [...]
Bouhammer | July 25, 2006
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier
who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
1st Sgt. Christopher C. Rafferty, 37, of Brownsville, Pa., died on July 21 [...]
Bouhammer | July 24, 2006
Today was even a bigger mail day than before. I received several postcards, envelopes with items in them and a total of twelve (12) boxes today. Ten of them were from wonderful people associated with Books for Soldiers, one was from family and one was from my good buddy Jon W. in the big D [...]
Bouhammer | July 22, 2006
I just wanted to send an update on where we are and what we need and don’t need. We are good on the flav-o-ice Popsicle things. We have over a 100 that are not even in freezers because the freezers are full. No more need for them right now. We are also pretty good on [...]
Bouhammer | July 21, 2006
The start of my day yesterday was early, and the ending was late. In the middle was boring and relaxing at the same time. For OPSEC reasons I have to keep this pretty sterile and will try to do that but get the message across.
The day started at 0300 AM for an early mission [...]
Bouhammer | July 18, 2006
The words spoken by many a First Sergeant and Platoon Sergeant in the history of the Army. I have always said to many of my US soldiers during my career and to the Afghan NCOs more recently that it does not matter what country a soldier is from there are only a few things that [...]
Bouhammer | July 18, 2006
The Afghanistan calendar is a little bit different than ours. Their week starts on a Saturday, which means Friday is their “Sunday†and Thursday night is our “Saturday nightâ€. What I mean by that is that just like Saturday night is the night a lot of people go out, party, or do whatever, that is [...]
A blog originally created by a 22-year retired First Sergeant of the Army. This blog started out as a way to write about military related issues. It turned into a way for Bouhammer to document his 16 month tour as an ETT leader in Afghanistan for family and friends. It is now one of the leading and award-winning blogs written exclusively on operations in Afghanistan and other military related topics. In addition to Bouhammer, another writer is The Dude who is a National Guard Officer currently serving as a civilian contractor in the country of Kuwait. Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy what you see. If you care about what is happening in the land where the attacks of 9/11 were planned and if you care about our military, this is the blog for you. Tell your family, tell your friends, and even tell people you don't like.
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