Life After The Military: One Soldier's Story

I am a retired (21 ½ years) Infantry First Sergeant (E-8) who served in the Gulf War, Haiti, Iraq and Afghanistan. I am an avid writer, fisherman and outdoor enthusiast. I call Kuna, Idaho home and hope to one day write professionally.

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Showing posts with label infantry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label infantry. Show all posts
Monday, March 12, 2012

Retirement does not end the fire to continue to help Soldiers

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I am often asked two questions the first being do I miss the Army. Do I miss the Army? The answer is “Yes” every day. It is not the institut...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012

I Miss Iraq. I Miss My Gun. I Miss My War.

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Mosul, Iraq 2004 -2005 Busa and I on FOB Marez 2004-2005 The "Deuce" in the many news publications I found this in Es...
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Monday, January 9, 2012

Refections on hating Christmas

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This is a piece shared by my great friend Raub Nash whom I served with in "Deuce Four" 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry in Mosul, Iraq...
Friday, December 23, 2011

So you think you had a bad day?

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The 1st Platoon "Punishers" Squad Leaders SSG Diaz (1st Squad), SSG Johnson (3rd Squad), SGT Kreilaus (Stryker and my Vehicle C...
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1SG (Ret) Gene Hicks
United States Marine Corps 6/1989 – 7/1997 (Honorably discharged as a Sergeant E-5)
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