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Whose to blame (Your life matters to me)

Most of us have been touched by suicide. If you haven’t, it will come. It is particularly confusing to us when we watch our mentors, our leaders succumb to some...

Whose to blame (Your life matters to me)

Most of us have been touched by suicide. If you haven’t, it will come. It is particularly confusing to us when we watch our mentors, our leaders succumb to some...

Sergeant’s Time

I remember the first time I heard the term, I think I was a SSG. I thought, this is kinda silly, isn’t every day SGTs time. Turns out, looking back,...

Sergeant’s Time

I remember the first time I heard the term, I think I was a SSG. I thought, this is kinda silly, isn’t every day SGTs time. Turns out, looking back,...

The cousin issue

The cousin issue………. An essay by William Marshall Stopping this rampant gun violence will be in part lead by cousins. If we really want to stop this stuff, we have...

The cousin issue

The cousin issue………. An essay by William Marshall Stopping this rampant gun violence will be in part lead by cousins. If we really want to stop this stuff, we have...

Poor is a legend

Poor is a legend……….. An essay by William Marshall Did you ever meet someone that was obviously meant to be doing what they are doing? SSG Poor was that guy...

Poor is a legend

Poor is a legend……….. An essay by William Marshall Did you ever meet someone that was obviously meant to be doing what they are doing? SSG Poor was that guy...

Rookie Numbers

Rookie Numbers

Dan tells the story about how when they got back from Desert Storm, we had so many new TURDs(Trainee Under Rigorous Development) that they couldn’t remember their names.  One of...

Rookie Numbers

Dan tells the story about how when they got back from Desert Storm, we had so many new TURDs(Trainee Under Rigorous Development) that they couldn’t remember their names.  One of...

I wrote the book

In January of 1995 Edition V of the 82nd Airborne's Airborne Standing Operating Procedures was published. For all intents, I wrote that book. It started as manilla folders at the...

I wrote the book

In January of 1995 Edition V of the 82nd Airborne's Airborne Standing Operating Procedures was published. For all intents, I wrote that book. It started as manilla folders at the...