Happy Birthday, USA. Bob Krumm has a report of 1,215 soldiers reenlisting this day in Iraq. This country is lucky to have such citizens. The...

...“You probably have time to put on pants, Sir.” LT G relates his and his platoon's experiences during the recent Mahdi army 'revol...

Rules of Engagement . In which, LT G appears to finally decide that asking forgiveness is a better choice than asking permission. It's n...

Well, heeeelllllooooo Ashleigh. Iowa Soldiers Deploy

They don't call it the suck for nothing. LT G got dumped . I saw that in peacetime, and it sucked then. At least he's taking better ...

Prince Harry wins his spurs . I'm sure Grim approves. I want to know if he helps clean the .50.

Oliver Twisted. LT G among the urchins. One of his men may end up acting the part of Mr. Brownlow.

Home is where the heart is. Or something like that. LT G makes a pit stop and goes. Back. Out. There . Things aren’t right here, anymore. Or...

“A man that tall must be able to see the whole world.” LT G and his troops conduct a presence patrol somewhere in Iraq.

Men against fire. LT G gets shot at for the first time .

War is war is war. LT G needs some sleep.

Embracing the Suck. I've now followed a number of soldiers' blogs as they write about their experiences 'over there'. The mo...

Writing your own epitaph. Or something like that. Blogger Andrew Olmstead was killed in Iraq, and left something behind to be published in c...

By the Numbers . Good job, Soldier. Have a safe trip home.

Ok, they're all there now: WASHINGTON, May 30, 2007 – The fifth and final brigade of the troop surge has arrived in Baghdad and should b...