CPT Patti

FAREWELL Some of you know that I have been pondering for some time now whether I would continue blogging after Patti’s return.  I’ve been ...

A WORD FROM OUR GIRL   Hello, everyone!  It is so incredible to be home with Tim - the sweetest MAN on the planet.  The last eleven days ...

MOMENTS OF REFLECTION I've not had the chance to share this with you until now. Those of you who have walked this journey with us mi...

GOTCHA! Superb succinct piece that discusses the media with attitude problems we've discussed here on numerous occasions. Go read...

WEDNESDAY, JULY 14th. Patti is in her second of seven days of mandatory briefings, medical evaluations, paperwork catchup and such. To...

THE WELCOME HOME "FACES" PROJECT I am so tickled at the response to the call for pictures for the welcome home project. You ...

STILL SPINNING! Folks, thank you so much for the lovely outpouring of joy you have sent to us via the comments and the emails. Your good...

AFTER 427 days...she's HOME!!! Pictures and stories to follow gang...but today my real life beats the hell out of any online life!! ...

I FEEL STRONGLY BOTH WAYS ABOUT THAT Pick your...uh..."expert". Headline: Experts: VP choices rarely tip scales But then ther...

GOOD POINT OF THE DAY AWARD Goes to Jonah Goldberg at National Review Online . If the new (Michael)Moore-standard says you can be a forc...

I'M ALL OUT OF SUPERLATIVES For Victor Davis Hanson, the smartest analyst I know of. Just go read it all here . Last week, the car...

MESSY BUT WONDERFUL...AS ANY BIRTH IS In Baghdad this week, the Post's own Matthew Gutman found both the fledgling government and the ma...

SIGNS OF FINANCIAL PROGRESS Iraq's first bond market will open this month, a move designed to ensure that the Iraqi government won't...

A CHANGING SOCIETY Twenty-four-year-old Hajear and her sister Sarah, 26, are police officers in Iraq. They say they want to serve as role mo...

BINGO! U.S. Soldiers in Iraq discovered an apparent bomb-making facility and several weapons caches, senior U.S. military officials announ...

YEAH...I GET THAT A soldier writes to his hometown newspaper. "I'm looking forward to finally be able to hold my wife in my arms...

I GUESS IT IS NOT JUST ME On Wednesday I noted an unusual proximity in the photo of Kerry and Edwards. On Thursday the Drudge Report n...

A 1AD OFFICER REFLECTS Excerpts from a letter sent by an officer to his unit's family members as the 1AD units begin the redeployment...

FRIDAY, JULY 9th. The 425th day of CPT Patti's deployment. That is one year, two months and three days. I spoke to her briefly ...

SHARPEN YOUR MICHAEL MOORE FILLET KNIFE HERE Got 10 quiet minutes? Read all of this . Note to Mom: I'm betting you will just lov...

SIGNS OF PROGRESS The Iraqi government announced plans Wednesday to conduct a national census in October, a politically sensitive and potent...

AN AIRMAN WRITES His mother is a reporter...and he's not happy with her colleagues. "You aren't reading about the positive ...

THE MOST DANGEROUS SQUAD IN BAGHDAD Up close with the guys in deepest, darkest Baghdad. Good read...however, it contains some strong (t...

GOOD NEWS IS BREAKING OUT ALL OVER Consider this headline and story in USA Today : Stability coming back to streets of Baghdad Inspect...

SIGNS OF PROGRESS NATO officials today met with top Iraqi officials in Baghdad to discuss the alliance's offer to help train Iraqi secur...

CHUTZPAH The UN attempts to tell the USA what's what with nuclear materials inside Iraq . Yes...the same UN that closed its short-...

A MAN IS KNOWN BY THE COMPANY HE KEEPS O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies . - Saadi (1184 - 12...

THIS IS COOL A really nice gesture by Drew Olanoff and actor Wil Wheaton (Cadet Wesley Crusher to trekkies) to give the hard to get Gmai...

THURSDAY, JULY 8th. Day 424 of CPT Patti's deployment. Fourteen months and two days. In less numerical terms that translates to o...

AN OPEN LETTER FROM IRAQIS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE I almost missed this. "Just as we mourn for the victims of Saddam's regime, we ...

INDEPENDENCE, FROM AN IRAQI PERSPECTIVE Its only three days now and the Iraqi TV stations are reporting about the heroic activities of the I...

AN AUGUR OF BETTER TIMES TO COME? That freedom is breaking up that old gang of mine (with my apologies to The Four Aces ) Consider th...

FASCINATING I spend several hours most days searching out stories about what is going on in Iraq. I don't recall seeing more than...

RAISING CHILDREN IN THE AMERICA I LIVE IN The best part of this website running experience has been connecting with folks whose own stori...

"WE STAND JUST A LITTLE TOO CLOSE" - Bonnie Raitt, Let's Give Em Something To Talk About Is it just me? And t...

WELL, AT LEAST ITS CLOSER THAN IRAQ Unfortunate headline reported by the AP: Bush backs war in West Virginia (via the OpinionJournal Bes...

FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE Personally, I'm glad to see the Iraqis demonstrating anger over this thug and his attempts to hijack their r...

WEDNESDAY, JULY 7th. Day 423 of CPT Patti's deployment. One year, eight weeks, one day.