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Ok going to be Deployed very soon, this will be my 4th time overseas. I am ready for this to start so it can end just as fast. And for all the Soldiers that are overseas right now, keep your head up and keep pushing the flag forward!! I WILL SEE YOU SOON!
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Since we are only a few days from being deployed, I have developed an interest in finding motivational speeches that have been used, either historically or merely in fictional art, to inspire courage in combat soldiers. It is a difficult to find anything, partly because I don't have access to the relevant sources but partly, I think, because the task of motivation is so inherently spontaneous, drawing on emotions that exist only in a few sublime moments. The majority of speeches, by...read more
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I have never trusted acronyms. Whenever I am confronted with one, which happens very regularly in my field of work, I am filled with dread. There is just something swarthy about them is all Im saying, like they have something to hide. Condense a word or larger phrase into an acroynm and you are basically saying: "This thing blows in reality, but maybe if I represent it with generic members of the alphabet you will think its not so bad" A good example would be SRP, which stands...read more
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One of the big achievements of the blog had been to make it possible for men to publish their feelings without embarrasment. After all, blogs are basically just diaries translated on the internet and diaries, as everybody knows, exist for preteen girls to record their various crushes and to write their lame poetry. At least this has always been my understanding of the trade. Throughout the course of my childhood, the...read more
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Most don't realize this, but the argument about the uniforms has been going on for a while now, can anybody think of how many times we have changed battle uniforms since the Armys creation? It has been many. My opinion is, I belive that we need to think of our future. Where are we most likely to be fighting or providing assistance in the coming years? The ACU is not the best out there for those places. If there is one thing that the Army is good at is to adjust...read more
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My experience as a leader was during Hurricane Dolly... All started the next day Dolly has passed away from Brownsville, TX... The 3-141 INF A CO Readiness NCO SFC Rosales and SGT Alvarado contacted all those that could volunteers. However, he first contacted all those Guardsmen that provided their names days ahead to volunteer with the relief work for Dolly... The 12 Guardsmen, including myself, answered the call to volunteer with relief mission... Once we all were gathered in the...read more
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Deploying to Afghanistan shortly. My goal is to give anyone interested an idea of what is is like over there. This will be my first deployment, and feel free free to ask any questions as it goes along.
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Well let me tell you this is a first for me, blogging....really, well I think this will be a good time to spread some good stories. I am a SSG in the Infantry about to deploy again, and I am ready to get this show on the road. For all of you out there that think it gets easier over time to leave your family it does not, but you as a person and soldier just don't show it as much. Not sure if you get a tougher skin, or what but my wife asked me why I was not as shaken up as last time, well...read more
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In April 2009 we hosted a wedding reception for our second oldest daughter, Louissa, at our Texas home; Elwood. I thought many of you who read my blogs would love to see a few photos of her wedding reception at the homeplace, with all its Texas flare and flash that Louissa and her sweetheart wanted. Dad was wearing his blues and then his mess blues for the two different stages of the reception. A general's Aide-de-Camp showed up in full blues also, adding a great deal of...read more
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Duluth MN and respect for the cold! Where is my jacket?
December 3, 2010
By: Staff Sergeant Levi Peffer
How the heck do Soldiers operate in places like Alaska? After working for a few days in MN I’m really starting to wonder how you do things like jump out of airplanes, shoot rifles, land navigate, or road march in sub-zero weather. I definitely have a new found respect for Soldiers assigned in cold weather climates, and appreciate being in Georgia and North Carolina for the majority of my career so far. Yes, I do complain about the cold a lot, but I have enjoyed my time...read more
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