tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-130859842009-11-21T17:19:44.901-06:00Life and observations from the not-so-pointy end of the spear.Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15321078272480623428noreply@blogger.comBlogger1279125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13085984.post-7550618788410301502009-11-21T17:19:00.002-06:002009-11-21T17:19:44.909-06:00

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078486081774303546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13085984.post-6417912576205541332009-11-19T11:11:00.000-06:002009-11-19T11:11:18.780-06:00

Last night, during my weekly visits, I was greeted by SGM Rocky S., our latest laptop recipient, with a quick little dance. I think he even clicked his heels! He is so terribly happy to have received a laptop and is really looking forward to having Joe show him all the in's and outs. You made this SGM, who has served faithfully for 40 years and is as crusty as they come, do a happy dance in

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078486081774303546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13085984.post-40731056681538977032009-11-19T11:10:00.000-06:002009-11-19T11:10:08.528-06:00

Oh great! Another medical drama, and one with an "Army" spin! It's like ER meets "Over There." Or M*A*S*H* meets "The Unit".  What it is is horrid sterotyping.  A soap opera that had doctors and nurses having affairs while deployed, PTSD from all the horrors they saw, flashbacks, and generally sensational topics of war in a hospital setting. Next week: A bottom of the barrel psychologist (not a

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078486081774303546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13085984.post-56769335190637091022009-11-18T22:42:00.000-06:002009-11-18T22:42:51.202-06:00

Total brought in for all teams, including donations not designated to any team: $113,124.90 By team - Air Force: $15,662.17Army: $32,758.80Marines: $43,060.89Navy: $19,108.04General donations: $2,535.00 Awesome! --Chuck

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078486081774303546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13085984.post-5533153980993377322009-11-16T21:07:00.000-06:002009-11-16T21:07:03.291-06:00

Bowing is correct Mr. President thinks wrongly protocol asshats

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078486081774303546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13085984.post-9980541224656271612009-11-16T20:34:00.004-06:002009-11-17T07:39:53.967-06:00

If you go to this web site, www.LetsSayThanks.com you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is serving in Iraq . You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to a member of the armed services. How AMAZING it would be if we could get everyone we know to send one! It is FREE and it only takes a second. Wouldn't it be wonderful if the

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078486081774303546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13085984.post-2980800748328994372009-11-12T22:34:00.000-06:002009-11-12T22:34:53.561-06:00

Major Keller will get in more trouble for writing this, than anyone in Hasan’s chain of command or elsewhere in the government will get for failing to do their job. --Chuck

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078486081774303546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13085984.post-23940154254763169502009-11-11T09:51:00.000-06:002009-11-11T09:51:42.215-06:00

Serving those who have served us wellBastrop-based nonprofit, Soldiers' Angels, helps soldiers and veterans cope.By Jeremy Schwartz AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Wednesday, November 11, 2009 BASTROP — Patti Patton-Bader's living room is filled nearly to the ceiling with cardboard boxes containing packages for wounded soldiers. Soon, they will make their way from her Bastrop home to hospitals

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078486081774303546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13085984.post-67959261727704013552009-11-11T00:32:00.000-06:002009-11-11T00:32:51.003-06:00

see more Political Pictures

Code Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11096683633892472280softwaresymian@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13085984.post-64278786445187508002009-11-10T07:55:00.002-06:002009-11-10T07:55:55.566-06:00

Here is a chance for people to get great looking items, free shipping and help the families at Ft. Hood right around the holidays. http://www.bouhammer.com/2009/11/vsw-and-hooahradio-helping-the-families-at-ft-hood/

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078486081774303546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13085984.post-83909426374012508032009-11-09T20:20:00.001-06:002009-11-10T08:03:32.088-06:00

//Update: To alleviate confusion, I'm not quitting (yet).  CJ wrote "A Soldier's Perspective".  His chain of command are the tools.  I strongly urge you all to contact both the chain of command at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, and the Congresspersons from Alabama, and ask them to look into why a decorated combat veteran with 15 years of service isn't allowed to bring facts and logic to a supposed

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078486081774303546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13085984.post-73526308988630529272009-11-08T19:58:00.000-06:002009-11-08T19:58:38.145-06:00

ROFASIX has a first-person account of what happened at Fort Hood. No, we as an Army are not broken.  Where do we get such men and women? I am proud to wear the same uniform as them, command people like them, and work for people like them. --Chuck

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078486081774303546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13085984.post-74982925815771639932009-11-07T10:27:00.000-06:002009-11-07T10:27:21.269-06:00

Lately, we've been studying Task Force Smith, the ill-fated first response to the Korean War in 1950.  Untrained solders with WWII surplus equipment were sent to stop the North Korean Army, with the very misguided belief that the NorKs wouldn't dare mix it up with the US, because we were the victors in WWII. Thousands of US soldiers died, because of two things:  Hubris and Ill-preparedness. 

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078486081774303546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13085984.post-24289743795353453472009-11-07T09:12:00.000-06:002009-11-07T09:12:03.142-06:00

By RALPH PETERS Last Updated: 2:50 PM, November 6, 2009 Posted: 1:36 PM, November 6, 2009 On Thursday afternoon, a radicalized Muslim US Army officer shouting "Allahu Akbar!" committed the worst act of terror on American soil since 9/11. And no one wants to call it an act of terror or associate it with Islam. What cowards we are. Political correctness killed those patriotic Americans at Ft.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078486081774303546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13085984.post-13289623311316486262009-11-03T20:58:00.000-06:002009-11-03T20:58:07.023-06:00

Soldiers’ Angels Volunteers Vow to Shave Heads for $100,000 Pasadena, CA November 3, 2009 – Members of Soldiers’ Angels’ volunteer leadership have raised the stakes on this year’s online Valour-IT Veterans Day fundraising competition, which helps provide America’s wounded soldiers with voice-controlled laptops and other technology that supports their physical and psychological recovery. 

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078486081774303546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13085984.post-18491339074840431642009-11-03T20:56:00.000-06:002009-11-03T20:56:16.801-06:00

Click to embiggenCki

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078486081774303546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13085984.post-52715254562892932702009-11-03T19:45:00.000-06:002009-11-03T19:45:58.083-06:00

Since August 2008, You Served Radio has had some amazing guests on their radio show. Many of them have offered books, DVDs, CDs and memorabilia as giveaways for our fans. Instead of giving them away, You Served Radio decided to use these unique items to raise money for military charities. But You Served Radio needs your help.  You Served Radio is currently auctioning some autographed items on

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078486081774303546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13085984.post-63539716876850019272009-10-30T22:23:00.002-05:002009-10-30T22:23:55.940-05:00

Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078486081774303546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13085984.post-83805743968346060992009-10-30T00:26:00.001-05:002009-10-30T00:28:07.388-05:00

The first blog post I distinctly remember reading from Chux blog was the barbeque post. (If you've never made the connection, the picture from that post is that same little bitty icon in the address bar of your browser, just zoomed in on the barbeque.) I remember reading later about Chuck getting blown up.  I remember sitting at my desk with tears running down my face for some guy I had never so

Code Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11096683633892472280softwaresymian@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13085984.post-29801899653286054602009-10-29T16:00:00.000-05:002009-10-29T16:00:48.019-05:00

My words cannot express here how I feel about the administration's use of bodies returning to Dover as a photo op.  Blackfive asks some poignant questions that I doubt will be answered by this administration.  (Until the book deals.) I won't republish these photos, because I am not a journalist.  I have a personal code of honor that will not tolerate even one single visit by someone searching

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078486081774303546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13085984.post-47994901493812285282009-10-27T09:18:00.003-05:002009-10-27T09:20:59.536-05:00

Click on this link to read a report from Reuters about Project Valour-IT. And don't forget to spread the word to all your friends!Thanks!The Mrs.Go ARMY Team!!!

Carren (The Mrs.)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17316762874777650869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13085984.post-73314183834919288742009-10-26T22:41:00.000-05:002009-10-26T22:41:22.049-05:00

Because having your own song is just so cool. (Link takes you to mediafire to download, or go here: http://www.mediafire.com/?zdimrhemyzw

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078486081774303546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13085984.post-44478901548654917142009-10-26T10:17:00.002-05:002009-10-26T11:50:56.755-05:00

Project Valour-IT is more than giving a laptop and voice-activated software to our wounded warriors. It's about bringing a sense of normalcy, outreach, and an outlet to our service members who shed their blood, sweat, tears, and body parts on the battlefield.Chuck started this blog in March 2005, just 2 months into his deployment to Iraq. It quickly gained readership and became his outlet on

Carren (The Mrs.)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17316762874777650869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13085984.post-38678702104818149042009-10-26T07:00:00.000-05:002009-10-26T07:00:25.557-05:00

Today marks the start of the fifth annual VALOur-IT fundraiser. If you've read this blog for a day or so, you know what VALOur-IT is.  If not, I'll enlighten you shortly. To be honest, I'd like to see Team Army win, but I really want to see the charity win--meaning we get enough money to provide laptops for all existing requirements, and have plenty left over to meet recurring demands. This

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078486081774303546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13085984.post-1542434786490647882009-10-25T12:30:00.001-05:002009-10-25T13:04:03.068-05:00

I totally support you.  Except, of course, when I don't. What we have here is a sign that the administration may not be living up to it's campaign promises.  The question that must be asked is "Why not?" Throwing up a barrier to an organization trying to strike down a law that was supposedly promised to be changed anyway--what could the administration's reasoning be for something like this?

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