I’ve been getting a lot of messages, and comments on previous posts, asking if I’ve heard from UV since the last post in October 2025. The short answer: no, I haven’t heard a thing. I have gone back and forth on the need to write this post. On one hand I’ve felt it was clear … Continue reading Sorry, No News. →
So, a guy who is using a Starlink setup sent me this link. I cannot stream it on my sat phone, but will try to download it and listen. He read the latest post on Kyle’s site, and said this does a better job explaining it than I did. I have recorded some sound, as … Continue reading “Chris is paranoid about flies.” →
(This conversation was from Thursday. I was away for the weekend.–Editor.) What are you reading these days? Reading: Have also been reading some of J.J. Fletcher’s stuff. Some I picked up in the war, others came from the archive at TT University. After 9-11, he hung the ST1 flag that was at Dong Tam outside … Continue reading “Later on I saw that as a good example of the law of conservation of…
(UV’s first check-in since June 1st.) Have been gone a while. And, have been totally out of touch with things. Too risky to do any outside comms, even local comms was only as required. You just don’t realize how great modern tech is until you can’t use it. So we got set-up to work out … Continue reading “Tell Carlos not to shoot me.” →
(Conversations between the editor and UV, May 31st and June 1st, 2025.) I just spent about 45 minutes trying to locate those two places at Fort Benning/Moore. When was the last time you were there? I think I got within a thousand feet of both but damn, your memory is just incredible. It has been … Continue reading “Outside of humans, the most dangerous critter is probably the tick.” →
(UV’s usual message checking in. I mostly missed talking to him this time.–Editor) Just touching base. Have been moved over to an area outside of [redacted location], close enough to the line to smell the Russian’s feet. I also lost my sat phone. Got it wet and it went tits-up for a while. A few … Continue reading “We are being hunted by robots” →
Thanks for this. Feel free to relate more stories from JA, there seem to be a few readers that are interested in them. Just saw that Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s husband died. (Ex-wife #3) sent me some pics of Dolly and Carl from back in the 60s and 70s. She has learned to send smaller … Continue reading “Is UV still on the island?” →
Just had half dozen boiled eggs with a garlic cream sauce, a bagel with ham and tomatoes, and cottage cheese and berries. Free food. Pretty good gig. Chris called me in a stuttering rage over Trump’s ambush of Zelensky. Man, he was fucking hot. [Redacted] sent over some vids, and I went to a good … Continue reading “We are not in the most civilized business in the world right now” →
Some more notes on this leadership thing (I feel a bit silly even talking about it. I figure it falls somewhere between “give me 120% or just go off yourself,” or, “you guys do whatever you want to do and I will follow along.”) Everybody likely has a basic understanding that leadership in any military … Continue reading “I have had my fill of winter.” →
(A check-in from UV, followed by a brief conversation with the editor.) Well, Chris is in Kyiv undergoing physical therapy. Seems it might be a bit of a long haul, and he is thinking about heading back to the US for a while. Hard to tell if he is serious or is just in a … Continue reading “It is complicated even to me. Sometimes it is wonderful, some times incomprehensible.” →