Indians Attack Cavalry–100 Years Too Late Back when I was the commander of the Headquarters Troop of the Second Squadron of the 116th Armored Cavalry Regiment (HHT/2/116thACR), we had a run in with the Indians on the nearby reservation. NO JOKE. We always went to a clearing in a canyon near the Blackfoot River.  We [...]

PVT Joe Snuffy Goes to War – Camp Buehring, Kuwait Can food be a diversion?  It can be here.  Here at Camp Buehring besides the dining facilities (DFACs), we have a Baskin Robbins, a Burger King, a Taco Bell, a KFC, a donut shop, a pizza place and some other eateries.  The other camps have [...]

PVT Joe Snuffy Goes to War – SAND in the Middle East Everyday there is only sand.  Sand, sand, and more sand.  Everywhere, as far as the eye can see, is only more sand.  From here to there and everywhere in between, the land is all sand.  Lots of beach, but no water.  Just sand. [...]

PVT Joe Snuffy Goes to War – The HEAT (and the RAIN) in the Middle East Often the heat will fade out a T-Wall leaving it illegible.  Sometimes a wind storm will come along and the effects on the war art is the same as sandblasting a building to remove graffiti. The temperature got up [...]

PVT Joe Snuffy Goes to War – Painting the T-Walls Permission has been granted for us to paint a T-Wall.  There are two other artists, plus Robby, in the unit and that means we will have a good looking T-Wall. Wallace, the older soldier who has been here before, told us that we have to [...]