Soldiers' Angels supports our deployed military with care packages and letters as well as support for the wounded, families and veterans. 

Over the weekend I received an email from Kathleen, who is a volunteer for Soldier's Angels from the KC area .

"Scott" you've caused quite a stir of late.  I really don't care who you are but I spent a little time around Falcon and think I know how to find you. 

I'm guessing you are a member of 1-18 Infantry.  They are the primary unit out of Falcon with Brads.

I met Jeff Emanuel at FOB Falcon in Baghdad last May.  I was on my third three-mont trip.  He was on his first trip and he only had the ability to operate for a little more than a week.

I like to think I convinced him that he needed to spend weeks if not months in Iraq to understand it--but that would be giving myself too much credit.

He's set to embark again.  Hopefully we will cross paths again when I head back to Iraq in a few weeks.

Matt Sanchez is in Afghanistan now.

Before he left Iraq he spent some time with the Marines who train Iraqi Soldiers and Police Officers marksmanship skills.

As my blog-father says:  Read the whole thing.

My TCS article is up

How Al Qaeda is Winning Even as it is Losing

In late May of this year I guess I was having trouble keeping up with events in Iraq's Al Anbar province. 

At least Glenn Greenwald would say I was having trouble keeping up on events in Al Anbar province. 

The source of my difficulty keeping up on events in Al Anbar province?  The fact that I was in Al Anbar province.