: About Me

My passion is ...

Reading, writing, learning, teaching

I know too much about ...

Women in the military

My childhood ambition ...

To be a writer, a Marine, and President of the World

Why I write ...

To try to be a writer for real

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

At least 3 books at the same time... I go through them pretty fast.

My first job ...

Busboy

My best moment ...

My return from Iraq and reunion with my parents

My inspiration ...

Well there are many but I really love Carl Sagan

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Doing time for Uncle Sam

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Orion I started off my time in Camp Taqqadum, 12 miles from Fallujah, in high spirits, ready to do this thing, fight this war, set up communications in the camp, go out on convoys, DO STUFF. I volunteered for the night shift, from 3 PM to 3 AM early on because it would allow me to do more during the day. I would walk the mile or so from the communications compound to the female tent alone, in the early hours of the morning, with my right hand at my hip, fingers grazing my pistol, my eyes searching both the night sky for stars and the sand at my feet for holes, steps, or barbed wire. Every ...

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