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I served in Afghanistan with a U.S. Army Special Operations unit in support of 10th Mountain Division, the 82nd Airborne (CJTF-76) and CJSOTF-A. This blog is an ongoing journal of my thoughts, experiences, and items of interest about the 'War on Terror', from the front-lines. This IS NOT an official U.S. Military Web Site! The opinions expressed in these posts are my own and most likely, not those of the U.S. Military or the U.S. Government. This page simply represents one sailor expressing himself in accor
Well, I have been home since February and things are going pretty well. I made Chief , I re-enlisted for six more years and I accepted orders to a ship in Mayport, Florida. Things are moving along smoothly, and in exactly the manner I had hoped. There have been a few minor challenges along the way, and a few unusual developments, but such is what keeps life interesting.
I will continue to look back on my time in Afghanistan and my time with the U.S. Army as a defining point in my career. I can not think of any 18 month period of my life that has changed me more as a person than that period. I do not regret a single moment of it, and I have to admit, I would go back in a heartbeat, especially if I could go back with the same folks. My willingness to go back is not so much a statement of support for the politics or policies behind it all, as it is a statement of support for