redacted is half the fun.

By on January 1, 1936

It is amazing the amount of work and resources it takes to move redacted all the way to redacted.

Early wake-ups, late nights, cold floors, time zones, weird food, and multiple modes of transportation are to be expected. I’ve spent the night in an abandoned hanger (with holes in the roof), slept on 463L pallets, spent days in Quonset tents, slept in the dirt, or even slept under the plane on the tarmac, using the tail as refuge from the rain…. just waiting for the next leg. But rest assured, the redacted will get you there.

Motherfucking joes on a motherfucking plane!

At least no redactedredacted up this time, which can be a real concern since there’s nowhere to put the redacted (even if you get one in time).

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Linear Perspective

By on June 2, 1935

Every now and then you find a real-world example of a wikipedia article.
Someone has found just such an example, linear perspective.
Like Hoth, but hotter.
With the exception of the open ocean, this may be the flattest place I’ve ever seen. It’s like God said, “whatever.” Even the ocean has waves.

I mentioned before that this place sucks, I wasn’t kidding. Woe be to those units that get stuck here for extended periods… they’d probably be interested in ordering some MFA’s.

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Temporary Change of Scenery (TCS)

By on June 1, 1935

No redacted , there we were.

After spending  redacted  at  redacted , we decided to start seeing other places. It isn’t personal,  redacted .  In fact, it’s not you. It’s me. I just need some place without so many trees. Your humidity…. quite frankly, is suffocating.

Those people could be anybody, really.

Anywhoooo….. we (or someone else) ended up in  redacted . Easily the crappiest place we’ve been to so far. Perhaps we will do some stuff, but I can’t talk about it here.

The good news is: whoever we are and wherever we are, things are going great (not that we could tell you otherwise).

“Wish you were here”.

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Vasovagal Syncope

By on June 2, 1933

If, at any time, you become dizzy or feel faint, please sit or lie down in a controlled manner.

Or not.

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MFA

By on June 1, 1933

First off, I don’t condone or wish to glorify suicide. However, soldiers are known for their morbid humor.

I was stuck in a four hour-long briefing by a redacted with a bunch of other redacted the other day. This briefing started as a redacted and quickly turned into a rambling mess.

Somewhere around the 2.5 hour mark, my mind wandered to the topic of suck-starting my rifle. 15 rambling “fuck”-laden speach minutes later I would invent a device of sheer “youth-in-asia” simplicity that would impress even the late Dr. Kevorkian.

MFA

NSN is forthcoming.

Inspired by the Blank Firing Adapter (BFA), matching the simplicity of the suppressor, and possessing the ergonomic comfort of the rubberized mouthguard, the MFA is a must have for all briefings exceeding 1 hour. Yes, this is my “modest proposal“.

At least now I can claim prior art if someone tries to patent this thing.

We are good at: tasteless humor and backwards planning.

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It’s only under DADT if you make eye contact.

By on May 8, 1933

Jiu Jitsu was the martial art of the Samurai. It is for this reason that the redacted practices Jiu Jitsu. Because we are, in fact, Samurai. Forget ninjas. Ninjas are people who washed out of Samurai school on Zero Week for height/weight, failing pullups, or a clerical error on their enrolment forms.

Of course, the Jiu Jitsu we use is redacted , which is like Gracie Jiu Jitsu if Helio had been a retard. Of course, Gracie Jiu Jitsu was a descendant of Judo (which was then called Kano’s Jiu Jitsu), which itself was descended from the Samurai’s honored martial art. A watered down derivative of a version of a version of the Samurai. Anyway…

A few weeks ago, the snow cleared and we got a chance to do some redacted .

On the upside, these apes are pretty tough. And they enjoy learning. But all good things come to an end.

This is why we can’t have nice things, redacted !

Turned out to be a minor injury. Not a bad day all in all.

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Someone screwed up…

By on April 2, 1933

Any time you see soldiers having fun, someone probably screwed up.
Man, heads will roll for this.
To be clear, I didn’t say that WE had fun. Just someone.
Man, heads will roll for this.
Sure beats redacted redacted. I wonder if pictures of welts are covered under HIPAA…

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Care Packages!!!1!

By on March 17, 1933

I got the best care package from redacted today!
Among all the beef jerky and gummy bears were several pieces of art that I proudly display on my wall locker for all to see.
art from [redacted]
Big thanks to redacted and redacted for the pictures! And of course to redacted for the awesome package!

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The perfect day for redacted.

By on February 19, 1933

To add some variety to our redacted, we decided to go the redacted redacted.
something happening
A great workout, with good people, and all the requisite shit-talking you’d expect from redacted.
something happening
Everyone was pretty quick, I was impressed.

It was a pretty good day.

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A blog only an S-2 could love!

By on November 10, 1932

We were briefed that we are free to blog about or experiences as long as it doesn’t reveal any TTPs, technology or equipment, identities, times or dates, locations, troop strengths, unit information, or redacted.

This is my attempt to record my experiences while the redacted redacted redacted redacted .

I aim to make the blog interesting and fun, while maintaining Good OpSec.

For those that don’t know: the days of soldiers casually talking about their military activities to impress chicks on facebook are coming to an end.

Don’t get me wrong though. While I can poke a little fun at the new OpSec environment, I generally agree with the premise.

 

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