-Name: SSG Erickson
-Attended BCT: January 2000
-BCT Location: Ft Leonard Wood, MO
-MOS: 91S/68S - Preventive Medicine
-AIT Location: Ft Sam Houston, TX
-Deployments: Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo - 2005
-Current Duty: Drill Sergeant
-Current Location: Washington State
-Support Locations: Fort Knox
Fort Jackson

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Internet Military Goodness knows no bounds. Which is a good thing.

I've heard a lot about this army times article titled "blogs of war" because people keep talking to me like I'm saying something I shouldn't be. My response is, "Well, I want to talk about something, and unfortunately Iraq is stealing all of the glory of war right now, and Kosovo isn't really that exciting military wise, in regards to getting shot up at least. Which is a good thing, but a bad thing when it comes to drama."

I'm riding a fine line of trying to give a detailed account on what life is like in today's army on a deployment that is a far cry from the hazards of war but still considered a technical hostile fire zone. And I think an online journal has a lot of people questioning me in what I say, which is a pity, because I want to say more. I want to blog more then I do, but I feel like I'm going to get called in the commander's office and told to 'watch it'.

Apparently I need to dig up this issue, as there is a lot about Milbloggers in it.

Meanwhile, just learned about this website, called Faces of the Fallen, which I think should be heavily plugged as it is an amazing idea, I wish I would have been able to contribute, being an artist myself. (or at least a wannabe artist) That is one exhibit I would love to be able to see in person. Maybe by the time I get back home, it will be making the rounds touring the country.

Maybe I should work on getting back into drawing while I'm here. I feel like I'm missing out.

Meanwhile, I've found another project I might consider getting into, if I had something to write about that is.

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