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Archive for March, 2015

GW Sprayberry, RM3… Comm Check 1 by 5 (Bad Comm check for a Radio operator)

Thursday, March 26th, 2015 Posted in Military | 7 Comments »

GW Sprayberry, RM3… Comm Check 1 by 5 (Bad Comm check for a Radio operator) Sitting in my barber’s chair, I noticed a nice coin amongst all the odds and ends on the table next to me.  There was a POW/Purple ...

Eliza’s house

Wednesday, March 4th, 2015 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | No Comments »

Dear friends and family, At dawn this morning Jake and I set out to Eliza's house.  The main road that leads out to the valley where she lives was bustling with families on their way to church and motorcycle taxi drivers ...

Sgt. Merlin German’s trip home to the WWR

Wednesday, March 4th, 2015 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | No Comments »

Dignified Journey home, Colin Kimball, a local artist asked me if I could handle transporting a beautiful painting of a fallen Warrior, Sgt Merlin German up to DC to the Wounded Warrior Regiment where they are going to dedicate the call ...

Who is Mat Best and why does he make me laugh?

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 Posted in Military | No Comments »

Who is Mat Best and why does he make me laugh? I am a Marine…nothing special, just a KC-130 puke who carried gas and cargo around the world.  Many times I had the chance to haul SEALs, Recon and PJ’s who ...