Bouhammer | July 8, 2010
SHINWARI, Afghanistan — Just as night was approaching a small car went off the road and went down a 130-foot bank. The car rolled multiple times sending three of the four passengers to a local hospital. Though the owner was unharmed, the outlook was grim for the recovery of his car, as in the remote [...]
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Bouhammer | July 5, 2010
Bouhammer Note- My apologies to Andrew for not seeing this in time before I left town all weekend. I know this was meant for yesterday’s birthday of our nation. However it is a great story and history lesson for all so I am honored to post this blog entry from Andrew. Following the recent immigration [...]
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Bouhammer | July 2, 2010
Bouhammer Note- The following is part of a series of dispatches (blog entries) from my good friend Andrew Lubin. Andrew’s site is http://andrewlubin.com/. Andy has recently returned from an embed in Afghanistan with the Marines and has given Bouhammer.com permission to publish these entries. The debate on blowing a bridge continues. One patrol reported after [...]
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Bouhammer | June 25, 2010
So… I have been doing a lot of thinking.. and going back to days past. In alot of ways, on a professional level, my time as a Drill Sergeant was the apex of my career. Everyone knows I hated dealing with the bureaucracy. Dealing with Officers and some Senior NCO’s that thought they knew how [...]
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Bouhammer | June 21, 2010
Bouhammer Note- The following is part of a series of dispatches (blog entries) from my good friend Andrew Lubin. Andrew’s site is http://andrewlubin.com/. Andy is currently embedded in Afghanistan with the Marines and has given Bouhammer.com permission to publish these entries. While superficially 1st Platoon’s mission of patrolling seems to be the same daily grind, [...]
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Bouhammer | June 18, 2010
I am so proud and honored that one of the fans of this blog wrote a posting on his Facebook page about how he wore his great looking Bouhammer.com T-shirt. He didn’t have a Red Shirt to wear for R.E.D. Shirt Friday so he chose to wear his Bouhammer.com T-shirt instead and is glad he [...]
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Bouhammer | June 18, 2010
Bouhammer Note- The following is the first of what will be several dispatches (blog entries) from my good friend Andrew Lubin. Andrew’s site is http://andrewlubin.com/. Andy is currently embedded in Afghanistan with the Marines and has given Bouhammer.com permission to publish these entries. If the fight in the Marjah AO is to be successful, it [...]
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