The Midnight Hour

On Sunday I fired again in the JCG course of fire. I did not meet my goal of putting all standing shots into a scored ring (no misses). Consequently, I scored one point worse than the day before, a 238. Since only your best score of the two days is recorded, you […]

The Civilian Marksmanship Program, a not-for-profit organization chartered by Congress in 1903 to promote rifle marksmanship as a means of national defense, is hosting their annual Western Games at Wilcox Range on Camp Pendleton from 4-7 November. I signed up to fire in the John C. Garand match today and Monday and a special […]

Today I passed a kid selling candy bars in a shopping center. I didn’t care to donate to his particular cause, but being one to always try things differently, I decided on an original way of telling him that. When he asked me if I wanted to buy a candy bar I looked […]

Migrating to the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI, the Marine Corps’ one-stop solution for all our computing and internet needs) is possibly the best thing the USMC has ever done. The taking of Mount Suribachi came close, but the implementation of NMCI has had much further-reaching impacts than the defeat of fascism.

Before I tell you why […]

My wife and some friends recently particpated in the Bootcamp Challenge at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. It’s a 3-mile race with obstacles and Marine Corps drill instructors providing verbal motivation. Thousands turned out for the race. Take a look at the DI above (blue shirt) giving race participants a littany of reasons why […]

It’s like you come back from Iraq and people expect you to be this entirely different person. I don’t feel different. For example, the other day we were having dinner at the Olive Garden, which was lovely…wait, I’m sorry, I don’t know where I was going with that.

Seriously, I was actually surprised how quickly I […]