Latest Blog Posts for Soldier Z

• on Jun 28, 2010
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• Gods
  on Jun 7, 2010
  Maybe a week after we set up a base at the palace, we started to take in all kinds of strays.  There were chickens and cats and birds and even an emaciated water buffalo.  We also had vendors trying to sell us everything from trinkets to co...
• Dr Hirsch
  on Jun 6, 2010
  Bad night of sleep. Kept thinking about Dr Hirsch who had spent some time with us in the field.  He had been assigned as a stress assessor and was supposed to observe our interactions with each other and the civvies we'd encounter.  Basical...
• Postcard
  on Jun 5, 2010
  Carol called me back and said she hasn't gotten anything from Lewis since he left.  I read her what was on the postcard and she had no idea what i meant either.  She didn't seem particularly concerned about any of it, though.  Like the...
• Postcards from Elsewhen
  on Jun 5, 2010
  Just wanted to make an observation about the mail today Went to get mail but there was only a single postcard in my box.  I'll try to get a picture of it on here.  Anyway, it was from Lewis but the picture was from Florida and it looked lik...
• Lewis
  on Jun 4, 2010
  Lewis was supposed to be back from wherever it is that he has vanished to but now it seems like he's not due back for a few more days.  His girlfriend Carol says she got a call from him at like four in the morning and all he said was that he was...
• Chased By Dogs
  on Jun 3, 2010
  Chased by dogs today. Had gone for a walk downtown, get out of this quiet apt and out of my head.  Parked my truck by the hardware store and wandered along 4Th Ave.  A lot of the shops have closed and the ones that are still here are barely...
• Memorial Day 2010 p.II
  on Jun 1, 2010
  Felt like hell this morning,  Felt like an idiot for punching that guy and for getting thrown out of the bar and went back to apologize and at least pay the bill.  They were just opening for lunch when I got there and Laurie was workin...
• Memorial Day 2010
  on May 31, 2010
  Memorial Day......what a crock of shit.  Spent most of the day down at Risher's Bar, drinking 2 for 1's until some asshole started talking shit.  Kept saying how we weren't doing anything over in Iraq and Afgan and we shouldn't be celebrati...
• The Palace by the Lake
  on May 28, 2010
  We had been patrolling our little piece of desert for a while and had set up a camp at a bombed out palace that looked out at Bahr al-Mihl.  The place must have been disgustingly opulent before our pilots dropped some presents around it.  N...

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