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Food
- Best burgers ever
- Penne with chili-rubbed steak and pineapple salsa
- Moroccan Skillet Shrimp
- Banana Cream Pie
- Mushroom-Olive Burgers
- Pepper-crusted Burgers with Blue Cheese Mayo
- Moroccan Tomato Chicken Salad
- Black Bean and Corn Tortilla Casserole
Life
- The decision
- Cleaning out my closet
- Lakers in Boston
- New phone
- Veteran’s Shelter
- Bernard
- On the road again
- I love/hate going out
- A weird/creepy/funny story
- Texas Rangers
- $7 Red Sox active duty military tickets
- 2006 Honda Accord Coupe EX-L
- Why Yankees fans suck
- California
- Back from California
- Dead phone, new phone
- 8 Day Eastern Caribbean cruise
- Cruise pictures
- Owen & Liz get married
- Without flash…
- Why I’ll never own cats
- Honda Ad: This is what a Honda feels like
- President Hillary Clinton
- Boston storm and a bus crash
- USS JFK - Big John
- Another reason to live on the East Coast
- California Wedding
- Appendectomy
- Never forget
- Another reason Fenway is America’s most beloved ballpark
- Boston EMT-Basic course
- Other people’s emergencies
- 2007: Things I will remember & things I wish I could forget
- Happy 2008
- My friends call me “Mike Vila”
- EMT course ends
- Halfway to being an EMT
- I’m an EMT!
- Surgery went well
- Banned for life
Marines
- Letters of recommendation
- The timeline
- First meeting with my OSO
- Scheduled for medical exam & diagnostic PFT
- Medical Exam & Diagnostic PFT
- More letters of recommendation
- Letter from dentist part 1
- EPSQ
- Scheduled for the ASTB
- ASTB part 1
- ASTB part 2
- ASTB part 3
- Cycloplegic eye exam
- Letter from dentist part 2
- Contract signed
- Not selected
- Unofficially pre-selected for 191
- Flight physical part 1
- Flight physical part 2
- I got in, it’s official
- SSgt Gomez
- Jeffrey’s Uncle
- Last class
- OCS pack list
- One week away
- Gone to OCC 191
- Liberty
- Halfway through Hell
- NPQ
- Back in Boston
- Femoral neck fracture
- Ten day update
- SULE II
- Letter from Lieutenant General Mattis
- Adventures at Hanscom
- Screwed
- Charlie Company graduates sans Openbah
- Five week update
- Jack and Randy, on their way to Quantico
- YMCA
- Electrical stimulation
- My name is Civilian-Candidate-2nd Lt-Sgt-Pvt-Openbah…
- New Air Force uniforms?
- Twelve week update
- 4-month update
- Knowledge for OCS
- Eighteen week update
- Trip to Newport Naval Hospital
- Letter from Maj Chris Brewster
- MRI
- Surgery likely
- 6 months later, finally some good news
- Motivation - Cpl. Nick Beberniss
- 7 month update, and one of the last!
- PLC-Seniors? I thought you were OCC…
- 8 month update
- 8.5 month update, and the last for a while
- Optimism
- Let’s Say Thanks
- And so it begins. Again.
- 10 month update
- From Father to Son, Last Words to Live By (NY Times)
- Every U.S. military branch exceeds its 2006 reenlistment goals
- Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Doesn’t Work?
- Public Storage sells Army Specialist’s belongings while deployed in Iraq
- Army Sgt in Iraq orders mats, receives insult
- 11 month update
- Iraq and Afghanistan veterans honored at Harvard
- One year update
- America is at the mall
- Five and a half weeks
- 1 year, 11 days
- USS JFK - Big John
- Trip to Newport Naval Hospital, part II
- 13 month update
- iPod saves Soldier’s Life
- Say it ain’t so, Target!
- 14 month update
- X-rays uploaded
- Doctor’s notes (May 1st visit)
- Successful surgery
- New scar
- 12-day follow up
- Crutch-free, hopefully for good this time
- Profiting off dead soldiers?
- Cleared by ortho docs
- Training not going so well
- Army doc no show
- Going to Newport tomorrow
- Hope?
- 18 month followup
- Avascular necrosis of the hip
- MRI explained
- More detailed description of free vascularized fibular grafting
- Appointment at Columbia University
- Surgery scheduled
- Two months until my FVFG
- Surgery three, one month away
- Surgery pushed back one week
- Giving up on sleep
- Surgery pushed back, again
- New tentative surgery date
- Surgery date of March 14th finalized
- Surgery tomorrow
- Surgery went well
- Some incision photos
- 2 week follow-up appointment
- More details on my surgery
- Post-op X-rays
- 1 month post-FVFG follow-up
- 6-weeks post-FVFG
- 2 month post-FVFG follow-up
- 3 month post-FVFG follow-up
- 4 month post-FVFG follow-up
- 5 month post-FVFG follow-up
- Unfit for duty
- 6 month post-FVFG follow-up
Media
- Cpl Jeffrey Starr
- Jeffrey’s Uncle
- Disabled vet sues Michael Moore
- From Father to Son, Last Words to Live By (NY Times)
- Every U.S. military branch exceeds its 2006 reenlistment goals
- Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Doesn’t Work?
- Watada’s pre-trial hearing for court martial begins today
- Some incision photos
Medical
- NPQ
- Back in Boston
- Femoral neck fracture
- Ten day update
- Adventures at Hanscom
- Screwed
- Five week update
- On the road again
- YMCA
- Electrical stimulation
- Twelve week update
- 4-month update
- Eighteen week update
- Trip to Newport Naval Hospital
- MRI
- Surgery likely
- 6 months later, finally some good news
- 7 month update, and one of the last!
- 8 month update
- 8.5 month update, and the last for a while
- Optimism
- 10 month update
- 11 month update
- One year update
- 1 year, 11 days
- Trip to Newport Naval Hospital, part II
- 13 month update
- 14 month update
- X-rays uploaded
- Doctor’s notes (May 1st visit)
- Successful surgery
- New scar
- 12-day follow up
- Appendectomy
- Appendectomy, one week later
- Appendectomy pictures
- Crutch-free, hopefully for good this time
- Cleared by ortho docs
- Training not going so well
- Army doc no show
- Going to Newport tomorrow
- Hope?
- 18 month followup
- Avascular necrosis of the hip
- MRI explained
- More detailed description of free vascularized fibular grafting
- Appointment at Columbia University
- Surgery scheduled
- Two months until my FVFG
- Surgery three, one month away
- Surgery pushed back one week
- Giving up on sleep
- Surgery pushed back, again
- New tentative surgery date
- Surgery date of March 14th finalized
- Surgery tomorrow
- Surgery went well
- 2 week follow-up appointment
- More details on my surgery
- Post-op X-rays
- 1 month post-FVFG follow-up
- 6-weeks post-FVFG
- 2 month post-FVFG follow-up
- 3 month post-FVFG follow-up
- 4 month post-FVFG follow-up
- 5 month post-FVFG follow-up
- Unfit for duty
- 6 month post-FVFG follow-up
Photos
- Lakers in Boston
- New phone
- Jeffrey’s Uncle
- OCS pack list
- Back in Boston
- Femoral neck fracture
- Screwed
- Charlie Company graduates sans Openbah
- Jack and Randy, on their way to Quantico
- On the road again
- New Air Force uniforms?
- Cloned
- Lights Camera Action
- Disabled vet sues Michael Moore
- Best burgers ever
- Texas Rangers
- Penne with chili-rubbed steak and pineapple salsa
- Moroccan Skillet Shrimp
- $7 Red Sox active duty military tickets
- Banana Cream Pie
- Mushroom-Olive Burgers
- Old gas receipt
- Pepper-crusted Burgers with Blue Cheese Mayo
- Moroccan Tomato Chicken Salad
- 2006 Honda Accord Coupe EX-L
- Back from California
- Dead phone, new phone
- Black Bean and Corn Tortilla Casserole
- Cruise pictures
- Owen & Liz get married
- Without flash…
- US Flag and POW/MIA Flag
- Iraq and Afghanistan veterans honored at Harvard
- America is at the mall
- Five and a half weeks
- Boston storm and a bus crash
- USS JFK - Big John
- iPod saves Soldier’s Life
- California Wedding
- X-rays uploaded
- Successful surgery
- New scar
- 12-day follow up
- Appendectomy pictures
- Profiting off dead soldiers?
- Never forget
- MRI explained
- More detailed description of free vascularized fibular grafting
- Boston EMT-Basic course
- My friends call me “Mike Vila”
- Surgery pushed back one week
- Some incision photos
- From last night’s Jeopardy
Physical Training
- 5K for Asthma
- Final PFT
- Beaver Lake Triathlon
- Nervous?
- Preship PFT
- YMCA
- Electrical stimulation
- 7 month update, and one of the last!
- 8.5 month update, and the last for a while
- 1 year, 11 days
- 13 month update
- Crutch-free, hopefully for good this time
- Training not going so well
- 2 month post-FVFG follow-up