Winter Soldier Bloggers, and Why Iraq Is Destroying The Army(Pt1)

"First of all, I'd like to say thank you to the veteran bloggers who've been responding to the invitation for bloggers to attend Winter Soldier. Everyone who's emailed has been highly courteous, and one of you (who will be identified only at his own request) has actually sent in his DD214 way ahead of schedule and made my life infinitely easier. Remember: while active duty military and veterans will have preference, we are offering opportunities to ordinary military-related bloggers as well-we're just not assisting with travel for them.

Also, I'd like to identify and thank the following bloggers who have linked to or otherwise mentioned the offer. Castle Argghhh!, Obiter Dictum (who even has updated, thank you), Another Voice, Fuzzilicious Thinking, This Fucking War, This Ain't Hell and several others that I'll track down and put up tomorrow, or I'll never get this post started. While these obviously may have their own thoughts or feelings about the event itself, they are at least passing the invitation on so that everyone can get the chance to go, instead of hoarding it.

Remember, active duty, get those leave forms in soon! There's a little less than two months left, and you don't want to be left out by the S1 or your company orderly room's cutoff.

And now for a little clarification on Iraq.

There are a lot of reasons to dislike the Iraq War. Just because I post about one today doesn't mean it's the only one. It means that it's the only one I'm going to talk about today.

Why the Iraq War is Destroying the Army"
Active Duty Patriot