http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Thu, 24 Feb 2005 12:13:35 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/02/23/121907.php#comment-122190 great to have the perspective, thanks again! 122190@blogcritics.org Thu, 24 Feb 2005 12:13:35 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/02/23/121907.php#comment-122178 Indeed. I left our unit for the civillian world in 1988. Two years later our out-of touch-rear echelon base would move, lock stock and barrel to Kuwait to spearhead a large portion of Operation Desert Storm. And a whole new reality, I am sure, emerged. 122178@blogcritics.org Thu, 24 Feb 2005 11:53:25 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/02/23/121907.php#comment-122144 I would imagine that war changes not only the reality of those actually fighting, but also changes the overall tone of the military in general: no room left for a "casual" approach 122144@blogcritics.org Thu, 24 Feb 2005 10:54:29 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/02/23/121907.php#comment-121958 Wonderful story, majikwah - these are such typical rear-echelon woes that I'm surprised we haven't seen more of this type of writing. Translation: sounds like the making of a book to me! 121958@blogcritics.org Wed, 23 Feb 2005 21:31:04 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/02/23/121907.php#comment-121952 No scheme. I have a few more of "My Army" pieces I have crafted and many more to come. I will post them as I can. Thanks for the feedback. 121952@blogcritics.org Wed, 23 Feb 2005 21:26:26 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/02/23/121907.php#comment-121727 majikwah, great story and very fine writing, but dude I'm left hanging - what happened next? Or it hat exactly your nefarious scheme? Thanks and welcome! 121727@blogcritics.org Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:23:47 EST