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I found this hand scrawled memoire from 2015 tonight. I will transcribe it here. Read More

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Miscellaneous / War and Military

April 26, 2024

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Comments: 1

Shelves: 3

The Booksie Classic House

This is an excerpt from my journal about my experiences as a Marine and from my time in law enforcement. All of these stories are true but I have changed some of the names and locations to protect those involved. Read More

Tags: iraq, combat, marines, ptsd, usmc

Retaliation has begun. Read More

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This is a true story about my first taste of combat in Iraq, it’s not glamorous and I won’t write myself as a hero or some type of super soldier. This story is the truth as I remember it. Read More

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Short Story / Fantasy

March 22, 2022

Reads: 1032

Comments: 1

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Ninsun, the Babylonian mother of Gilgamesh, the King of the Sumerian city-state of Uruk, knew all and interpreted dreams. She knew the reverie sign. She knew that bad dreams attack people. The contents were rarely mentioned for fear of causing increased muddles. One intriguing technique she advised to preclude the… Read More

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July 22nd 1979 The most vile yet effective political event of the modern era Read More

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In Mayhem 337, Rickard, an embedded U.S. Army Infantry Combat Advisor, powerfully recounts his experiences during a nine-month period of intense combat deep in the mountains of Eastern Afghanistan. His graphic account guides you through fierce combat from the streets of Khost City, to deadly mountain warfare while based at… Read More

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Felt being betrayed and defeated, the ruined nation stopped licking its wounds. It was cynically recovering. The youth demanded the security forces use fresh teargas cartridges against them because they detest the expired ones; it smells rotten. Read More

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Three permanent problems challenge Iraq, the first is it's geographical neighboring with Iran, the second is its Oil wealth that attracted the greed of the Superpowers, and the third is the lack of political skill to navigate through the other two challenges. However, the land is fertile with champions as… Read More

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On the 16th anniversary of the US-led invasion During the initial invasion phase, which lasted from 19 March to 1 May 2003, About 130,000 US and 45,000 British soldiers invaded Iraq. An additional 38 countries provided troops to support military operations during and after the invasion. Unfortunately, there were no… Read More

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Never again in the entire history the word edited here will be granted for a freedom we all may be gifted with a peace of mind. Here this day starts earning something we can never give back unless the fight for our living may be a grant we will… Read More

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A coalition war pilot is caught and saved from the mob and is more presented the truth of Iraq than interrogated. An anti war piece, the powerful think you'll never catch on. Read More

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A call to try writing with Mesopotamian Cuneiform symbols Read More

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what are the religious and cultural characteristics that have affected consumption in the market in the society of iraq? Read More

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The serious discourse about the next war began against a backdrop of drum beating and the braying of talking heads, wanabe paladins, side show hawkers, whores and pimps started immediately after the greatest threat to the Christian free world since the Moors invaded Spain and Central Europe was vanquished… Read More

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A gritty war story about brotherhood and loss during the height of counter-insurgency operations in Al Anbar Province. Read the story of one of the hardest hit Infantry Battalions in the Iraq War,and the affect it had on the Marines who fought that difficult conflict. The 1st Marine Division… Read More

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A personal memoir of my experiences leading up to and during Operatioin Iraqi Freedom 1. I Will be writing four more chapters which go into the first year of my platoon's deployment during the invasion of Iraq. Read More

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A Veteran's Battle was inspired by the breathtaking true story of one Iraqi War veteran who returned home with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and a traumatic brain injury (TBI). A man who went from working two jobs to being sent overseas. The events that took place will truly hit home,… Read More

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I will rise and lead. I will use my positivism as a weapon and let my hope become my shield against all the negative words of people, all that which tries to push me to the void, and all the cold winds coming to extinguish my spark. I will get… Read More

Tags: iraq, kurdistan, goal, leadership, positivism

This is the second part of a seven part addition to the Rose Houston saga. In this story, Sergeant First Class Rose Houston and her MP platoon meet Defense Department contractor William Travis Austin at the Military Passenger Terminal at the Baghdad International Airport. Things could have gone smoother. Read More

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A short fiction story about the trials and tribulations of being a good combat soldier in the midst of devils, demons and unrecognized guardian angels, good luck and bad luck and immigrants in America. Read More

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Another blast from the past. Breakfast at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait and a much younger Prodigal Texan earning money for college in the service of the U.S.A. Read More

Tags: military, iraq, afghanistan, soldier, messhall

This is a reprint of an email home from the Sandbox at Chrismta, 2008. Please enjoy. Read More

Tags: iraq, afghanistan, kuwait, sand-box, camp-arifjan

Sergeant First Class Rock Hard of Cold Water, Kansas, is a United States Army Ranger. One of the best. Today, he is leading a six man team of Rangers on a reconnaissance of one of the most dangerous areas of Afghanistan, an area where Rangers, Recon Marines, and United States… Read More

Tags: gay, iraq, lesbian, republican, jesus, dead, army, combat, afghanistan, protest, soldier, transvestite, seals, ranger, lgbt

Short Story / Mystery and Crime

November 09, 2015

Reads: 1400

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

While he is being interrogated he is thinking of escape.It is now or never.... Read More

Tags: iraq, murder, torture, fighting, escape, interrogation

From the vault Read More

Tags: iraq, war, remorse, regret, survivor_guilt

Rose Houston, American Street Cop and mulatto great-great-great Granddaughter of Sam Houston, responds to America's clarion call to service in the sandbox. This is the short fictional story of her last patrol in Eastside Baghdad. Read More

Tags: rape, iraq, murder, crime, kill, blood, police, baghdad, army, patrol, combat, terrorist, slaughter, ambush, texas

Two brothers, alone after devastation, in the middle of the Iran-Iraq war. 1980. And they both need to survive. Read More

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