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  Driving Jon Stewart of Comedy Central (here in Afghanistan)

  August 10, 2011 | Major Travis Dettmer
  I intended to write a bit about this a week and a half ago, but better late than never. It's not often we get a USO tour down here in Khowst Province to visit the Soldiers this close to border with Pakistan. The big name celebs seem to get sucked...Read More
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  Recreation on FOB Salerno

  April 25, 2011 | Specialist Tobey White
  One of my favorite things about the military is how active people are in sports. They aren't content to just sit inside and watch tv or read a book. A lot of the people I work with find ways to be outside playing basketball, soccer, or volleyball...Read More
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  Deployment Resolutions

  April 17, 2011 | Specialist Tobey White
  Every year I, like so many others in the world, make a New Years resolution. It usually involves exercising more and eating less and I usually end up breaking that resolution within three months. This year is different, however. I told myself I wouldn't...Read More
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  Taking a bite out of work

  April 08, 2011 | Specialist Tobey White
  As a Public Affairs Specialist I have the opportunity to cover a wide range of subjects. Since becoming, essentially an Army journalist, I have ridden in a blackhawk, chinook, and a xenon. I have taken photos of mortars being fired and I was privileged...Read More
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  Celebrating International Women's Day

  March 10, 2011 | Specialist Tobey White
  When I stepped out of our vehicle into downtown Khowst City in Khowst Province, Afghanistan to attend an International Women’s Day event, I wasn’t expecting to be the only Soldier in sight or having the interpreter freak out about being...Read More
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  20 years later

  February 24, 2011 | Specialist Tobey White
  Today as I put on my uniform I took a moment to think about those who had worn the uniform before me. Specifically my dad. For those of you who don't know, today marks the 20 year anniversary of the ground war for Desert Storm. On Feb. 24, 1991...Read More
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  Blackhawk ride around Afghanistan

  February 12, 2011 | Specialist Tobey White
  During a mission to a women's shura held in Jaji Maidan, I had the opportunity to take a ride in a blackhawk to another Forward Operating Base to meet with the other people going on the mission. Here is the footage from that ride. I thought some...Read More
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  Blogging? Never thought I'd do this but....

  February 02, 2011 | Major Travis Dettmer
  FOB Salerno is vividly familiar from the descriptions my twin brother Robb (w/ two B's mind you) gave me during his time here 2 years ago with the Texas National Guard. But for the smell of burning trash (or wood, or... something) and the perpetual...Read More
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  First Impressions

  February 02, 2011 | Specialist Tobey White
  I have read countless novels on war. Getting through high school practically demanded it. American studies featured books on the civil war, WWII, and Vietnam, just to name a few. In college, I sat on the couch and watched Generation Kill with my dad,...Read More
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  Living on FOB Salerno

  January 29, 2011 | Specialist Tobey White
  If pictures are worth a thousand words, I thought video might be worth even more. No matter how many ways I describe what living here is like, I will never be able to create a completely accurate portrayal through word alone. I created a...Read More
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