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Approaching Dust Storm
 
 I guess "The Mummy" is real

A Decade Come & Gone- September 11th

To think 10 years and 1 week ago, I departed the active duty military role and was headed to college to become the face of the future generation of leaders through ROTC.  It's amazing how a small series of events can change the world.  Millions of words have been written on both sides of the fence, supporting war, against war, indifferent to war, against war but supporting the military.  The list goes on.

Politics..the practice or profession of conducting politcal affairs; polis, greek for city; politikos, affairs of the city OR Politics...poly, many, and tics, blood sucking arachnids.  That sounds more credible.  Since dawn of men it seems like politics has played a downward spiraling role in the destruction of man.  Probably because man is envolved in politics.  We are so selfish we stand in our own way of creating what we think we want or need in this world. 

Sorry for the rant... September 11th, 2001.  A day I will always remember.  10 years of war unlike any war America has fought before.  It has brought me to Afghanistan and many of my friends to Iraq, as well.   I fight to fix those that fix this world by fighting.  I'm proud of who I am, I'm proud of what I've done, I'm proud to fly those glorious Red, White, & Blue colors, but patriotism just doesn't seem to mean or be what it used to.  I'm for the patriotism of old, not the ignorant, selfish, and dumbfounding patriotism found throughout America today.

Some Things Just Don't Make Sense

I learned a few days ago that a particularly good NCO/medic friend of mine is now dead.  I was completely shocked by the news of SSG Stephan Evans' death and had to take a couple of days to process it and clear my head.  This was probably one of the first times I've been this taken by a death of a friend.  What I learned over the next couple of days about the circumstances and environment of his death, I am, at this point, convinced it was due to an underlying medical problem and not something he had control over.  SSG Evans had been diagnosed with epilepsy earlier in the year after an MVC and it was this condition that I am lead to believe was the significant cause of his early departure. 

Evans left behind an entire team of people who loved him and thought very highly of him.  In just a short year, he showed great professionalism, teamwork, leadership and friendship to me that he will always be remembered. 

Evans...we had some plans to do a couple of things when I got back from Afghanistan and now that you are gone, I've got to find someone else to do these things with.  I'm truly sorry that you got orders for another assignment; R.I.P brah!

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