Mike Horrocks Memorial
Saturday, August 16th, 2008 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 1 Comment »Dear Gang, I have written in the past, about a Squadron mate of mine named Mike Horrocks, who was killed on Sept 11th 2001 as the co-pilot on United 175. For those of you in the PA area, here is ...
The Grey Ghost of Bagram, Caught
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 4 Comments »Hey Guys, This little piece is interesting, especially since the press has told the world that the US Government had this woman, Aafia Siddiqui, in a jail cell on the base up at Bagram for four years. If you Google “The ...
Emails have the half life of an Atom.
Saturday, July 26th, 2008 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 7 Comments »Well guys, I could see it coming. The other night, a message was forwarded to me titled “from a Soldier in Afghanistan.” I read the message, thought about it for a minute and then emailed back, “This guy will be ...
Three Great deals for Military folks to pass on
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 4 Comments »Hey Guys, If there is something out there that I believe is a good deal for our troops, then I will post it on my website (we get hit up with alot of stuff that I won't pass on.) I have ...
Good plug for Military Bloggers
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 12 Comments »Today, I sat down to get a haircut (man do I look forward to this) from my favorite barber Ackmad, here at Camp Adams. For five dollars, he will cut you right down to the scalp and then something happens ...
Afghan Intel update on Todays attack
Monday, July 7th, 2008 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 7 Comments »Today a Suicide bomber attacked the Indian Embassy killing 41 people and wounding 141. This attack occurred at 0834 when a car filled with explosives drove into the gates of the Embassy and detonating. A contact close to me said ...
One Marines’s View
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 5 Comments »Hey Guys, I just wanted to pass on this great letter from Major Pain over at One Marines View. Major P is a great friend and doing incredible things over in Iraq and thought I'd help spread the word. Here is ...
Rock Art
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 12 Comments »Dear Gang, The country of Afghanistan can be beautiful with rolling hills and lots of color. It can change just as fast to arid desert area until you hit the next valley with a river running through which brings life to ...
Cultural lesson in Food
Saturday, June 7th, 2008 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 15 Comments »The other day, I had the opportunity to visit a police station in Kandahar that we built for the local Afghan National Police. Here is some background; in the past five years, the US has built up the Afghan Army ...
History Lesson 101
Sunday, June 1st, 2008 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 9 Comments »This came from our XO, a fine young Air Force Officer who gave us a short brief on the Hazara. If you have read "Kite Runner" then you already have an idea of who the Hazara are and how they ...
