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1 Down, 11 to Go

Today marks one month since the 1st Squadron, 126th US Cavalry entered Active Duty in support of the Global War on Terror. Only 11 more months to go. Unlike my last tour in 2005, I’ll only be on Title...

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Unexpected help at Home

Below is the text of an email I recently sent to my church Pastor. It pretty much speaks for itself. For just about a year, Beth, the boys and I have been regular attenders at the Duneland Community...

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Rucksacks, Rugs and Rain

So I haven't exactly been blogging much over the past month if you can’t tell. That's because I've been here in Kuwait for exactly one month busting my butt learning my, and my units new job. Shortly...

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Kuwait In The Moonlight, Kind Of

So it's been awhile since I've posted again. But things are settling down here and I'm slowly but surely finding my own battle rhythm and time for me. (Which means I should be posting more.) I'm...

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Memorial Day Memories

Once again I'm celebrating a Memorial Day from the desert. This marks the second time I've been in uniform, overseas for Memorial Day. Even though I hate to say it, I don't think it'll be my last....

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A Day Late

It's a sad thing for me to say, but I didn't even realize that yesterday was the 64th Anniversary of D-Day. We've been socked in my sandstorms here in Kuwait, which made the last several days pretty...

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A Question About Calling Home

I recently fielded a question from a researcher concerning how Soldiers in Operation Iraqi Freedom call home. Below is the text from the request and my reply back. I thought some of you may be...

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I Can See Clearly Now The Sand is Gone....

After almost a steady week of blinding sandstorms, the weather has finally quieted down here. Sandstorms bring us all kinds of pain and misery. First of all, they effect the mission. When the...

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Nighttime Rambling

We're soon hitting the 6 month mark for having Micah deployed...if you count the time he was gone working in Michigan, its been almost 9 months without him here. Through that time, I've had many ups...

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Western Fire Season Heating Up More Than Just The Woods

Anyone who has watched any bit of national news over the last several days has viewed numerous stories about wildfires in California, and now New Mexico. While it's normal for fire season in the...

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Sand is an equalizer.

Sand is an equalizer. When there are storms, none of us can see. Good guys, bad guys and other guys. The local peoples are used to the sand. It's part of them. Their clothing, their homes, their...

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Happy Canada Day! Drink a beer cause I can't!

Happy Canada Day to all you Canucks and non-Canucks alike! Somebody do me a favor and have a beer for me since I can't. Hell, have 3; one for Canada, one for the Queen and one for the Cav! For...

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Happy Independence Day!

It's the 4th of July, which means parades, picnics and fireworks. However, this morning I woke up (early with the kids as usual) and as I sat with my two boys I wondered how I could convey to a 4...

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Desert Nights, American Days

In the deserts of Kuwait and Southern Iraq, the nights come quick. It’s as if you can watch the sun go down in a mater of minutes. It’s a quiet peaceful time. There may be trucks in the motor pool...

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Bittersweet Memories

Today we said goodbye to Micah as he got onto the airport shuttle and headed for one of a few planes that will take him back to Kuwait. With hugs, kisses and tears, we ended his 12 day R &...

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My Wife's New Blog: Back on the HomeFront

Beth decided to start her own blog to share her thoughts. It can be found here: Back on the Homefront Micah

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76 Years Ago

Today would have been Beth's Dad's birthday. Unfortunately we lost him just about 3 years ago. Read her thoughts on him here: Back on the Homefront. And you can read more about Don here. Micah

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Writers Block....Or not

So I haven't written in awhile again. There hasn't been too much to write about. I went on leave, then came back. Leave was good. Beth has some pics of my leave over on her blog. I've been working on...

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Playing catch-up

So it's been some time since I posted here. Alot has gone on since I last wrote. In September myself and one of our Staff Sergeant's went back to Ft Hood Texas and helped prepare our replacement unit...

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We'll be home Friday

Soldiers from 126th Cavalry to re... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Bell, Micah B CPT NG NG FORSCOM" Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:59:38 -0600 Subject: To: emt.micah@gmail.com Soldiers from...

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