Archive for deployment

Happy Fucking New Year

Posted in Afghanistan, Awesome, History, Random with tags , , , , , , , , , on December 31, 2013 by BrainRants

I should be happy that I’m getting a fresh, new year to mangle.  I’m unsure Continue reading

Six Word War

Posted in Afghanistan, Army, Awesome, History, Random, The Suck with tags , , , , , , , , , , on August 28, 2013 by BrainRants

I was trolling the web and came across an interesting story about a fellow brother-in-arms.  It seems this former Marine decided to leverage the power of the internet to communicate Continue reading

Heavy Thoughts

Posted in Awesome, Humor, Random, Rant with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 11, 2013 by BrainRants

I recently read a blog post about the ridiculousness of the fashion industry and our media that glorify twig-thin, emaciated women and how the impact of that emphasis is literally killing women young and old.  For about .834 seconds, I thought to myself, “Sad, but I have no idea…”  I did not finish the thought before Continue reading

Freedom

Posted in Awesome, Best, History with tags , , , , , , , , , on July 4, 2013 by BrainRants

Happy Fourth of July.  By now you know this is my favorite holiday of the year, far overshadowing both Christmas and Continue reading

Surprise!

Posted in Afghanistan, Army, Awesome, Humor, Random, Rant, The Suck, Travel with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 21, 2013 by BrainRants

As I sit here in some temporary quarters pecking away at my keyboard with my forehead, it is the Thursday, the 18th of April, 2013.  For my Rants Army out there Continue reading

Why You Gotta Be A…

Posted in Afghanistan, Army, Awesome, Humor, Random, Rant with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 14, 2013 by BrainRants

Why you gotta be a motherfucker… yeah, I cannot recall how many times someone has asked me that Continue reading

Man Walks Into A Bar

Posted in Afghanistan, Army, Food, Humor, Random, Rant with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 7, 2013 by BrainRants

I was sitting eating dinner with my boss the other night and started laughing. He naturally checked to make sure I was all right Continue reading

Embracing The Suck – Part Four

Posted in Afghanistan, Army, Humor, Random, Rant, The Suck, Travel with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 24, 2013 by BrainRants

So by now you all must realize I have come and gone already on my not-so-mid-tour leave. If not, go back to February and repeat. If you’re not a regular here, then why the hell not? Got some better blog to hang out on? Anyway, I have more rantaliciousness that I’ve gathered in that effort. I’m astounded that it took me six Continue reading

Swag

Posted in Afghanistan, Army, Awesome, Best, Humor, Random, The Suck with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 2, 2013 by BrainRants

Hey!  ‘Live’ from Kuwait, just a quick note to direct you to a new page of mine here at BrainRants.  Some of you might be interested in this shit, others not so much.  This is also accessible from the homepage.

Enjoy.

Murphy’s Laws of Combat – Part Three

Posted in Afghanistan, Army, Awesome, Humor, Random, The Suck with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on February 23, 2013 by BrainRants

Well, here we’re about to wrap up the three-part series of posts dedicated to Murphy’s Laws of Combat.  I probably didn’t order them well, and I commented at random on all of these.  Again, I need to nod in appreciation to Archon, who did an awesome and very detailed post about non-combat laws, some of them also Continue reading