Want to know a secret? Troops throw away a lot of things from care packages. This may be because they were damaged in shipping. Also, they might just not have the space for everything they receive. Sometimes we receive expired items, or things that are prohibited. However, it could be the contents just plain sucked. …
On Tuesday, we had Rosie Torres with Burn Pits 360 Veterans Organization on a special American Grit Live. There, we talked about the NDAA 2020 getting approved and what it means for the fight against burn pits. Burn Pits 360 is currently working with Jon Stewart, several Veteran Service Organizations, and Grunt Style to come …
Blue Falcon Story. I deployed with the 4th engineers to Iraq in 09. our deployment to Iraq was brief. We got there in early February, and we did a lateral transfer as a unit to Afghanistan in April of 2009. During the month of March, our shenanigans level was pretty high. Our job was route …
500 Soldiers from the Big Red One will deploy to Iraq this fall, the Army said on Friday. They will support Operation Inherent Resolve out of Fort Riley, Kansas. They will be replacing soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division in Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command-Iraq. The Screaming Eagle soldiers have been in Iraq since …
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I feel we should switch it up to a deployment story. I’m sure many veterans on this page will appreciate a good laugh. Anyway, I’m sure everyone has experienced this before or at least knew a guy that it happened to. It was a early morning, we SP’d just around sunrise everything was going good. …
