The thought’s occurred to me lately that maybe I’m going through a midlife crisis. Of course, that’s arguable.  I think 31 is a little young to be claiming a midlife crisis, but then again if I live to be 62 then I’m spot on.  Regardless…
While I was in Iraq [...]

I never thought the day would come… Jump School is finally behind me for good.  It’s funny because I thought the last week would be the most enjoyable and easiest week of the three.  Boy was I wrong… Jump Week ended up being a “Greatest Hits” compilation of the first [...]

After a long Tower Week finally behind me (and about 10 lbs of sweat extracted from my body), I took the opportunity to drive home to Savannah for the weekend… it’s only 4 hours, so it’s not all that bad.  At least I got to see Pam and sleep in [...]

Ground Week is yet again behind me.  Supposedly it’s the least fun of the three weeks.  Anyhow, up to this point everything has been not as bad as I remembered it back in November.  No sweat, right?  I wish I could say that; it seems like I lined up my [...]

I just got back from a week-long trip to Ft. Bragg with the Army. Really, it was to get more exposure to being an ALO. The facilities remained somewhat the same from my trip to Ft. Campbell about a month ago. I got to see the Army in [...]

After a 2 month long battle to start up Jump School where I left off, it’s all for naught. Technically, I need 1 jump, just one exit from the aircraft, and I could pick up with Jump Week without repeating the first 2 weeks. With a lot of help I [...]

Crippling to my timeline, not my body. It’s been about 6-7 weeks now since I’ve been on a psuedo-bedrest status. The problem: a “femoral neck stress fracture” on my left leg. From what I’ve read, only about 1% of all stress fractures end up in the femoral [...]