Posts Tagged ‘army-life’

A view from the house on post

Sights, sounds … from a day on post:

BOOOOM! – explosions on the ranges. Sometimes, even being far away from the ranges, the sounds of mortar fire carry anyway. It can be a little unnerving to hear that, hear the house shake in response and feel the trembling beneath your feet. For the first few weeks [...]

Clarifications – Pt I

A few months ago, I made a rather cryptic blog post about my life. Back then, I felt a little … cute … blogging about being a military wife and I didn’t really want to expose myself too much. Things have changed somewhat for me – while I am still wary of being exposed, I [...]

Combat games and war games … off to war we go

Yesterday morning, I watched my husband get ready for his first day of “Road to war” training. As usual, he got into full uniform (ACUs they are called) and then grabbed his armor and put that on too. That armor is heavy as shit, let me tell you. When he first put it together, he [...]