Lieutenant K uses a fictional experiment to express some of his thoughts about war and returning home from it.
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From: Lieutenant K
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1/28/2006 8:59:00 PM
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The light was dim this morning behind a sunny but cloudy sky that had the consistency of wax paper covering the orb of the sun. To the west the horizon was heavy with grey and black bullying clouds
1/24/2006 8:59:00 PM
LT K describes the loss of his mother during his deployment to Iraq
The following post is a bit more personal than I ever intended for this blog, but many family and friends have asked for
1/19/2006 8:59:00 PM
LT K discusses children and the effects they have on his attitude
1/17/2006 8:59:00 PM
LT K pays tribute to a fallen soldier he knew well.
Birth and Death are the two noblest expressions of bravery.
--Kahlil Gibran
These
1/12/2006 9:19:00 PM
LT K describes a recent attack in the Al Anbar Province
A splash of pastel. That’s the way to describe the sky as I just walked back from my hooch over to the office - as if some arti
1/5/2006 8:59:00 PM
Administrative entry
You may notice the new banner provided by Milblogging.com and
1/2/2006 8:59:00 PM
LT K talks about optimism as a way of life and a state of mind
My Battalion had a good year in 2005. We haven’t lost a single soldier. We have lost fellow soldiers in our Brigade, and
12/31/2005 12:00:00 AM
LT K describes a soldier who has a close call with a rocket, and with his own mortality
A friend of mine had a very close call the other day. I call him a friend, because when you work with
12/29/2005 11:07:00 PM
LT K describes a day in the Al Anbar Province
What is it like in the Al Anbar Province today? Well, it 's quiet. The base is still an eyesore – a sandbag impressionistic painting done
12/26/2005 8:59:00 PM
Life doesn’t give you time-outs. The clock doesn’t stop so that you can better deal with whatever hardships or difficulties you may be experiencing. Likewise, war doesn’t screech
12/21/2005 8:59:00 PM
LT K describes a mission he went on to look for an Al Qaeda weapons cache
As a Signal Officer, I am not required to leave the base everyday on combat missions. I spent time as an enlisted s
12/19/2005 5:39:00 AM
LT K talks about the December 15th national elections in Iraq
For my part, the election went great. Up here in the Al Anbar Province not a whole lot of people like to get out and vote. Repo
12/15/2005 8:59:00 PM
LT K talks about being nominated for Milblog award
I wanted to take a moment and once again thank all my readers for their support, and for their comments. I hava had a few technical proble
12/9/2005 8:59:00 PM
LT K talks about what some soldiers are doig right now in Iraq.
Right now there’s a Private sitting at a desk in a room lit by lamps. It’s 2 a.m. and he’s on radio watch.
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A description of the Iraqi conflict from the perspective of an old soldier.
I am old. The war has been over for years and I haven’t been a soldier for a long time. It’s the year
12/2/2005 8:59:00 PM
LT K describes going home for emergency leave, then returning to his base in Iraq.
Emergency Leave
During a year in the desert, most soldiers have the opportunity to take two
11/26/2005 8:59:00 PM
Lieutenant K describes the way soldiers feel about support from home.
Four years later, here we still stand and fight, cycling back to America across the jet stream, across the ocean, to he
11/15/2005 12:00:00 AM
A "fictional" account of an IED attack
“Listen to me,” says LT X as he pulls his duffel bag from the trunk and sets it on the ground at his feet, “I’ll be
11/8/2005 8:59:00 PM
Lieutenant K describes a mission in Iraq.
It was one of those days, in the midst of an 18 month deployment, when normalcy tries to seep into your psyche like a bad habit. The smoke and mirr
11/2/2005 9:59:00 PM
Doing Laundry in Iraq
You may not think about soldiers doing laundry in Iraq. And I’m sure most of us here would love to think about it less. But you can only own so many pairs of soc
10/28/2005 9:59:00 PM
A Note from Lieutenant K
I just wanted to thank readers for all the recent comments.
I personally receive and witness incredible support from family, friends, and people I've never
10/25/2005 1:52:00 AM
A poetic "letter" from Lieutenant K to all Americans which shows the love he has for his country in an indirect way.
America, we remain your constant and faithful servants.
10/16/2005 4:59:00 AM
A description of a mortar attack seen from a roof in Iraq.
We recently had a problem with one of our satellite dishes. Since I am in charge of communications, my section was responsible for
10/13/2005 9:59:00 PM
Lieutenant K desribes the way his mind spans across memories at night when he tries to sleep.
Sometimes I lay in bed at night, in stillness, after a long hard day, and my mind is like a shu
10/8/2005 9:59:00 PM
A description of soldiers in Iraq burning their trash and remembering campfires.
We burn a lot of things out here.
There is a huge pit where we burn a lot of our trash. There
10/2/2005 9:59:00 PM
Description of the land on a soldier's base in Iraq.
Xeriscape: A trademark used for a landscaping method that employs drought-resistant plants in an effort to conserve resources, especiall
10/1/2005 9:59:00 PM