Dispatches from Iraq

What it's like to...

In accordance with the intent of this blog, here is a feature that answers questions of what it is like to be in Iraq and to experience the things that Soldiers experience.  Each item on the list below is a link to a blog entry that describes one aspect of what it is like.

What it's like to...

accidentally invade a country.

attend a memorial for one of your Soldiers.

get shot at while in an outhouse.

witness civilian casualties.

live in a combat zone.

watch attack helicopters light up the enemy.

be in a sandstorm.

get mortared.

fight bureaucratic red tape.

get bad intelligence reports.

avoid becoming a staff officer.

live in an abandoned building.

look forward to going home.

live out your G.I. Joe fantasies.

witness an ambush.

get attacked by suicide bombers.

 

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Archives

June 2005

May 2005

April 2005

March 2005

February 2005

January 2005

 

My Essays

Comments on the Future of the United States Army

Quantity is No Substitute for Quality

 

Daily Reading

Tech Central Station

American Enterprise Institute

 

Regular Reading

Foreign Affairs

Council on Foreign Relations

Parameters

Reason

Center for Army Lessons Learned

 

Occasional Reading

Heritage Foundation

Cato Institute

Townhall.com

Project for the New American Century

Foreign Policy

 

Blogs that I read

Armchair Generalist

Big Dog's House

Jack Army

Miscellaneous Objections

Michael J. Totten

Rightwingsparkle

Tom Carter's Notes

 

Blogs that I wish were still active:

Steven Den Beste

 

Noteworthy Essays

Afghanistan and the Future of Warfare

Changing the Face of War:

  Into the Fourth Generation

The Clash of Civilizations

Spotting the Losers

Stability - America's Enemy

The Strategic Corporal:  

  Leadership in the Three-Block War

Thicker than Water?

Why Arabs Lose Wars

 

 

Disclaimer:

This weblog is written by a soldier deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom.  The views presented in the weblog represent his personal views and observations.  This is not intended to represent the views of the US Army, the Department of Defense or the US Government.