Archive for January, 2007


Army Sgt in Iraq orders mats, receives insult

Sergeant Hess, a member of the U.S. Army currently serving in Iraq, is tired of sleeping on the “cold ground, which contains sand mites, sand flies and other disease carriers.” So Sergeant Hess tried ordering some mats to sleep on from Discount-Mats.com. He emailed the company asking if they ship to APO addresses. The reply [...]

Public Storage sells Army Specialist’s belongings while deployed in Iraq

After serving a year in Iraq, Army Reserve Spc. Patrick Rogalin came home and found that everything he had put in a storage locker - essentially everything he owned - had been sold.
Several payments for the locker had bounced because someone emptied his checking account while he was gone.
“It’s really insulting, after all I went [...]

US Flag and POW/MIA Flag

Was parked outside a post office in Brighton, MA on a very windy day and saw these flags above my head.

Watada’s pre-trial hearing for court martial begins today

Back in June 1st Lieutenant Watada (Army) publicly refused to deploy to Iraq for the Iraq War, saying that he believed the war to be illegal and that it would make him party to war crimes. His court martial is set to begin in February, but the pre-trial hearing begins today.
Recently, journalist Kevin Sites attempted [...]