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never underestimate the army's ability to completely and utterly shaft soldiers. apparently after i come back to the states ill be deploying BACK here in little under 10 months. thank you army for giving me enough time to maybe blow my nose before sending me back. someone please stick hot pokers into my eyes
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| Three more months..... |
[07 Aug 2006|05:25pm] |
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Three more months and I can start the drinking and the forgetting of this shithole and everything that's gone down in the past YEAR. Not that I have PTSD or anything, though I would definitely like to get rid of some hideous images in my head, but just the fact I've wasted a year of my life "securing freedom" for people who more or less want me dead and do so little to secure their own freedom is enough to make me sick to my stomach.
Not only that, but this whole experience is really going to bring me nothing positive. It's not like this will get me a good job when I'm out of the Army; scouts/infantrymen have the qualifications to be either police officers or bus drivers, and I want neither of those professions. But thats my own damn fault for choosing a combat mos. I should have been a desk jockey, seriously, theres nothing cool or badass about combat, guys who choose it are STUPID ( case in point: me ) for wanting such a horrible job.
3 more months damnit, it feels like 3 years
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[07 Jun 2006|05:45pm] |
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These people don't deserve freedom.
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[25 May 2006|01:46pm] |
A couple of days away from hitting the sixth month mark here in Iraq, and though it's great to know I am half done, the fact I must endure another six months, most of it in Iraq's unbearable heat, just takes a lot out of my enthusiasm. But, as a lot of my buddies here say jokingly " Now we're on the air force tour ", a reference to the fact that air force guys only pull 6 month tours as opposed to our 12 month tours.
6 Months is a long time, especially when you go out virtually every day, sometimes doing more than 1 mission a day. Let me recount the incidents my platoon of 28 scouts and 8 vehicles has encountered thus far.
12 roadside bomb detonations witnessed
8 Roadside bombs detonated on our vehicles
1 injured soldier
1 Rocket Propelled Grenade and small arms fire attack
Numerous house raid operations ( too many to count )
2 weapons caches found
8 insurgents killed
10 IEDs found before detonation
I'm just thankful everyones alright, there have been a few deaths in the batallion but thankfully not in the most overworked and flexible platoon, the 1-8 INF Scouts. 6 months left.
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[18 Feb 2006|10:53am] |
 | Joe Diamonds | | People Iced: | Sixteen | | Car Bombs Planted: | None. Pathetic. | | Favorite Weapon | Bowie Knife | | Arms Broken: | Twenty One | | Eyes Gouged: | Six | | Tongues Cut Off: | One | | Biggest Enemy: | Dollar Bill | Get Your HITMAN Name |
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Joe Diamonds, huh..
I am issuing a hit on April O'Neal, AKA Dollar Bill, my arch nemesis. The Icer, take care of my light work.
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[12 Feb 2006|12:23pm] |
You know, it's really gay when all you have to update your journal is with the same shit. I'm sure people think I like to brag about being in the Army, but really, I don't. If anything, it's more of a manner of LAUGHING at myself for joining the Army. It's gay. I'm not really into the Military stuff, I'm just a guy who's in it just because. If I had anything else to update on here, I would.
Well, I do today. I'm going on leave for 2 weeks, I'll be in the U.S again. Bought a shitload of bootleg dvds so gonna watch them on the plane ride over.
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| Updates from hell. |
[06 Feb 2006|12:40am] |
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Guys still trying to blow us up. Still soldiering. All in all, not much has changed. Oh, and hopefully Seahawks win.
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[08 Jan 2006|08:36pm] |
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Bought Advent Children on Bootleg DVD from the "Haji Mart" today, which for 5 bucks, was damn good quality. I think this might actually be a burnt of the authentic japanese dvd, with subtitles and shit of course. Sort of makes me want to RP FF again, or more specifically, do a post FF VIII SL I've been writing.
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| Cool Feelings in Iraq |
[03 Jan 2006|01:52pm] |
A cool feeling is like a feeling where you think "Yeah..that sucks." In the states, it'd usually be something like "Finding out you have to work two shifts on a saturday" etc, here are a few I've encountered here.
1. Realizing that 'Route Recon' is really just "IED (Improvised Explosive Device)bait, because the only way you get intel on them is, unfortunately, when you or another convoy gets hit.
2. Wondering what are the chances you'll get missed by a mortar round launched into your camp every 2-3 days during a 365 day deployment.
3. Celebrating Christmas morning by hiding under a concrete barrier during a mortar attack
4. Waking up at 3 am New Years Day for preparation of a mission that will last until 2 PM the same day.
5. Getting to stand next to a busy street while cars roll past you a mere 8 feet away, hoping none of which is a crazy suicide bomber.
Thats pretty much it, I don't want anyone to misunderstand this. To me, this is all actually sort of funny. Sure it's scary, but in a way thats what makes this shit funny to me. Shit like " Yeah, body armor or no, a blast at this range is gonna fuck me up regardless ". I guess it's a morbid sort of humor, but that's just what makes this kinda shit memorable. Only 1 month in too, so I bet crazier shit awaits.
Huh..
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[21 Dec 2005|02:34am] |
Still in Kuwait. Still sucks. Still mildly warm. Still boring.
I almost wish I was in Iraq, but I'm sure I'll regret that about 1 month into me going up north. Anyway, its boring here. Like..really boring. Nothing else to say..
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[14 Dec 2005|08:30am] |
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I'm in Kuwait, it's winter here and its like 90 temp wise. not bad. SO. MUCH. SAND. heading to iraq soon, thats all for now
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[28 Nov 2005|08:59pm] |
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I've left Mike my LJ PW and shit, so while I'm in Iraq he'll be making my updates through the stuff I send him in the mail
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| Last call mofos |
[27 Nov 2005|01:54pm] |
K, leaving sometime this week. Not sure when internet will get shut off, so who knows, I'll be around all day today maybe tomorrow.
If you want to leave me an address, email it. ITS GOING TO BE A LONG YEAR
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[23 Nov 2005|07:30am] |
I KNEW IT, I FUCKIN KNEW IT. BOOM.
Your results:
You are Spider-Man| Spider-Man |
| 95% | | Hulk |
| 85% | | Iron Man |
| 80% | | Robin |
| 75% | | The Flash |
| 70% | | Green Lantern |
| 65% | | Superman |
| 50% | | Supergirl |
| 40% | | Catwoman |
| 40% | | Batman |
| 35% | | Wonder Woman |
| 30% |
| You are intelligent, witty,
a bit geeky and have great
power and responsibility.
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Click here to take the "Which Superhero are you?" quiz...
*Ahem*
"Spider-Man, Spider-Man (radioactive spider-man!" ::Hums the old fox cartoon theme::
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[17 Nov 2005|09:52pm] |
Got the Bret "Hitman" Hart story dvd, pretty cool considering it's been a while since I've seen his matches, I was too young to really remember most of them. I always remember choosing him on Monday Night RAW for SNES, though. Best wrestler ever. Stealth sucked, and so does Matrix Path of Neo. Should have gotten Gun..
stole this shit from mike
You were destined to have a Red Lightsaber.
Red is the color of fire and blood, so it is
associated with energy, war, danger, strength,
power, and determination as well as passion and
desire. You have seen the Strength and Power of
the Dark Side of the Force and have you thirst
for more of it.
What Colored Lightsaber Would You Have?
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| Keep in touch |
[16 Nov 2005|08:09am] |
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K, well I deploy in like 2 weeks. So if you want me to keep in touch, just email or post your address to me and I'll write you ( and then give a return address for you to reply ) once I get over there. I will be able to get OL every once in a while, but not much over there. So letters are the primary form of communication and shit.
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[09 Nov 2005|02:54pm] |
Watched Jarhead, it was pretty good and accurate. Accurate in that the first Gulf War really was a 'war with no bullets' because it was an easier mission back then, the one today involves us living amongst the enemy, where anyone who smiles at you on the street could turn out to be the guy who's setting an IED to ambush your convoy the next week.
It was also accurate in the whole Sniper/Scout thing. Scouts and Sniper's have almost the same job, in the Army Sniper manual, part of the Sniper's mission statement is to 'report battlefield situations and enemy activity' essentially, sniper's and scouts both do recon missions, the difference is that ( in this war anyway ) sniper's use their rifles obviously when they can, but scouts, who often drive vehicles and so they'll end up doing patrols and a lot of raids on homes.
I'm not a sniper, but I was in their platoon for a week, so that whole windage/range and minute if angle crap on their scopes is pretty accurate, personally I hate those formulas, so I don't think I would have made a very good sniper. Their shit seemed pretty intense, but I think that's where the difference between marines and army is.
Everyone I've met in the army who have known marines say that their training IS harder, but they usually come out like 'brainwashed'. I've changed a little since joining, but not to such a drastic degree. Kinda glad I'm Army and not Marine. Movie was pretty good, and a good example of why girlfriends + war just don't mix. Sometimes marriage and war doesnt mix either, I've heard a lot of fucked up stories from sgts that have been to iraq before.
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[07 Nov 2005|10:32pm] |
Well, it's like day 2-3 of leave, and I'm having a pretty good time. I was a little sceptical of how well my mom and dad would be doing since they got back together, but they actually seem pretty happy, or rather, 'serene'. No more of the bullshit arguments, and my brother is finally getting some stability with his wife coming here to the states.
There was a long while last year where I didn't think things would ever improve, and after enduring the mental hardships of basic, things just felt worse, but I guess sometimes you have to suffer before you can be happy. I did my fair share of suffering this past year, be it from stress or family issues, but now things are alright.
I guess that's how karma works. Like if you're someone who goes on day by day enduring with some seriously stressful shit, and keep pushing on without collapsing, you'll end up seeing some good times at the very end. Or if you're somebody who causes pain, or does things that are selfish, you eventually get the same in the end. I've got a rough year ahead of me, but I'm not too concerned as long as I know things back here are in order with or without me.
Took some new pics back here, I'm gonna try and upload the rest which are of my cousins tomorrow.
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