Comments on: A Thousand Ways to Die

By: Pat, Globe, AZ

Pat, Globe, AZ — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:54:35 +0000

Thank you for your story. This means a lot to a 4-F “Wish I had the body to be Warrior” stateside. May God bless you and all our guys and gals in theatre. Happy Veterans’s Day to you.

By: Vickie

Vickie — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:20:37 +0000

David,

Thank you very much for your story. I share something in common with Toni above, you were also with my husband that day. We spoke on the phone and he pointed me towards this article. My heart bursts any chance I get to see and know my husband is safe. I also commend your efforts to bring the reality of the war experience to others. My husband told me that when I read the article I’ll know what part of it was when he was speaking, I did. Kudos on your work, thank you.

By: toni

toni — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:35:05 +0000

You didn’t scare me. I find confort, knowing that I can kinda of keep tabs on him. That might sound strange. Give an army wife with too much time and a little info and the things she’ll do to try to track down her man. Not that we can do much but to be there for them. Let them know how proud we are and how much we love and need them. So thanks for your articles.

By: David

David — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:39:04 +0000

Toni,

I hope not to scare people when they realize I am with thier loved ones on a mission. I apologize if I have. As for pictures: I will post what I have in good fashion as soon as time allows once I’m stateside.

By: toni

toni — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:46:43 +0000

You were with my husband’s group. Happy everyone made it out alive.
Do you have a site with the pics you have taken? Thank you

By: KnightHawk

KnightHawk — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 06:13:15 +0000

Yeah that’s the link from your machine to the switch, but then from the switch it hits the rest of the local network and then gets routed out a shared pipe to the internet which I’d guess is probably a sat. connection so your all probably sharing around a 1mbps pipe, which would be painful especially when uploading pictures.

Sorry it’s my field….habit.
Please stay safe and thanks again for the steady stream of reports.

By: young LT

young LT — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:28:00 +0000

David, Ithink that your report was accurate and very well written. I appreciate your help and support out there and hope that you have the oppurtunity to come out again. Staying safe
- young Lt

By: David

David — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:41:16 +0000

Knighthawk - Interesting, because the connection says “100mbps”. Regardless… it is painfully slow. I suppose with thousands of troops on the system at once, it bogs down pretty bad.

Chris - From my limited experience, the Iraqis seem much more aggressive in their searches and door kicking than the Americans. This may be due to the fact that when I saw the IA in action, it was during an Air Assault, whereas the US patrol I was just on was an information gathering patrol. Perhaps the methods are the same when switched around? I don’t think I will have the chance to see the methods flip-flopped.

By: KnightHawk

KnightHawk — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:11:51 +0000

Another fine report, btw I think you meant “100kbps” not “100mbps” as that is very fast. No biggy, it’s clear to the reader you meant it’s painfully slow.

Thanks again.

By: Chris Albon

Chris Albon — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:06:13 +0000

Good story. One question however, the wording of one of your sentences was a little confusing. Is it the American soldiers that leave the house the way they found it after searching or the Iraqi soldiers?