Awesome new Milblog...

OK, I don't know if it's really new, but it's new to me, at least... hat tip to LL for finding this guy!

Here's an excerpt...then follow the link to read the rest of his blog... it's a good one. Remember our troops serving far from home and in dangerous areas... dont' forget them, don't forget their families....

The whole of the 11 or 12 days we were out this time was pretty crazy. The bad vibe we had was set by the experiences that I wrote about below regarding our two engineers being wounded. It didn’t really ever pick up until about three days before we left.So what made this op so bad? Where does one begin? How about three members of my squad went down as heat casualties in the days that followed. Each on of them had core body temperatures that exceeded 103 degrees. If you aren’t aware, that’s high, and its really bad news if it’s 125 degrees outside. Those aren’t really ideal conditions to try and bring down a fever in. It goes without saying that we got some good practice at giving IV’s, and something called the "silver bullet", which, if you know how a core body temperature is taken, you shouldn’t have a hard time figuring out.....

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