Getting Lost in the Sauce
It's easy to spend hours searching even one website to find just the right thing for what you need. Sometimes that's the best pouch to carry your 40mm rounds while deployed, and others it's the flashlight you use to light up your life. Finding what you think is the perfect whatever , only to find out that it isn't as useful as you thought, is always disappointing. I'm taking on the task of doing a lot of the digging for you. I am one of you, after all... Much of the issue st
Jan 31 min read
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Practical EDC: Finding the Sweet Spot
"EDC" is a term that has become pervasive online, and often carries with it the connotation of filling pockets full of semi-useful "do-it-all" items. These often do nothing well, and are not practical. I plan to strip away much of this ideology and apply a sort of minimalist approach. You should only carry what you'll use, while also being ready for what life brings you. While looking at what professionals use, at what the market has to offer, and what is actually practical,
Dec 31, 20251 min read
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Still Not Homeless
The whole time I was in the Air Force, the joke I heard was "you're going to get out and be homeless." I doubt I was the only person to...
Jan 2, 20253 min read
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The F**kery of 4:20
There was a saying within my group of friends while I was in. Whenever something would come up last minute that absolutely had to be done...
Feb 7, 20243 min read
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How does VR&E benefit you?
I was playing around with ChatGPT earlier and when I asked it "What do I do when I retire from the military", it wrote me an article. I...
Feb 6, 20245 min read
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Meet me at the smoke pit
The smoke pit is commonly a smelly, yellow ash tray of a place, but some of the best bonds can be made there whether you are deployed, on...
Feb 4, 20244 min read
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DD214 Day
The morning of your final out-processing appointment might be just another morning to you, or the sun might be a little brighter, it...
Jan 7, 20242 min read
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