Video of the Day; Strawberry bars and bullets

Bouhammer | February 12, 2010

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!This is a great video that was shared with me by a Soldiers’ Angel. It gives the American public great insight into what our Soldiers and Marines have to carry “downrange”. It has some vulgar language in it, because well [...]

A.L.L.; Know your IEDs

Bouhammer | July 30, 2009

I have a new posting up over at one of my other blogs, Afghanistan Lessons Learned. This one deals with knowing the common types of IEDs you may hit depending on the type of route you are on. It is called Know Your IEDs.
You can check it out at http://afghanlessons.blogspot.com/2009/07/know-your-ieds.html

A honest assesment of Afghanistan

Bouhammer | April 30, 2009

This Captain is getting ready for his fourth tour in Afghanistan and knows the ground truth very well. If you care about what is happening in Afghanistan and a God-honest truth of what it is like on the ground there and what it will take to even remotely win, check out http://easterncampaign.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/behind-closed-doors-coin-chatter-on-afghanistan/

A.L.L. is live and operational

Bouhammer | April 30, 2009

It started as a lengthy phone call between Old Blue and myself. Thanks to a private online chat group that a whole bunch of us milbloggers talk on, it grew to include Vampire 6 and WOTN. Four veterans of Afghanistan, Four milbloggers, Four guys who care about passing on the Afghanistan Lessons Learned (A.L.L.) to [...]

A.L.L.-Chapter 2, History Lesson

Bouhammer | April 28, 2009

This posting is part of the A.L.L. series and it originally appeared at http://billandbobsadventure.blogspot.com/2009/04/all-afghanistan-lessons-learned.html
A.L.L. (Afghanistan Lessons Learned) Soldiers Should Know This When Deploying To Afghanistan Chapter 2: History Lesson
This post is in response to a direct request from SGT Danger, who has experienced a change of mission.
First, read some basic history on Afghanistan. You don’t [...]

A.L.L.-Chapter 1, List of Gear for Afghanistan-Updated

Bouhammer | April 27, 2009

Old Blue and I are combining our knowledge and experience to jointly publish blog posts under a shared Category called A.L.L.
A.L.L. stands for Afghanistan Lessons Learned, and is intended to document our knowledge and experience in a fresh perspective for any and all service-members who may be part of the upcoming surge into Afghanistan this [...]

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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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