Wisconsin Soldiers you should know.....

First off, SGT Nickolas Mueller. 26 year old veteran of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR). 

These are the guys theat provide air support for Special Forces. When you hear about the AC-130 Spectre gunship, you're hearing about these boys. When you hear about an insane Chinook pilot hovering an inch off the top of an Afghanistan mountain, in a blizzard, while a platoon of Rangers goes charging off the ramp into the line of fire, you're hearing about these guys getting those Rangers there.

These guys are responsible for getting the tip of the spear to the fight and watching over them like fully armed deadly guardian angels and getting them back out and home in time for dinner.

These guys are among the best of the best.

But on October 26th, one of our Chinook's went down in Afghanistan; killing two SF operators from 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group and all five soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Regiment.

SGT Mueller was one of those from the 160th and he was from Little Chute, WI.

His funeral was November 7th. 


The next two were victims in the Ft. Hood shooting.


SGT Amy Krueger, 29, of Kiel, and Russell Seager, 51, from Mount Pleasant.

SGT Krueger graduated from high school in 1998 (the year I enlisted!) and was moved to enlist herself after the 9-11 attacks stating that she would take on Osama Bin Laden herself if she got the chance.  

Her mother; Jeri Krueger, recalled telling her daughter she could not take on bin Laden by herself.

"Watch me," her daughter replied.


 Amy arrived at Fort Hood Tuesday of last week and was scheduled to be sent to Afghanistan in December. 


MAJ Russell Seager joined the Army Reserve about four years ago and had pushed officials for deployment. 

Seager led a mental health team at the VA center in Milwaukee,who treated veterans suffering from mental health problems related to their war experience. His patients ranged from those in their twenties just back from Iraq and Afghanistan, to veterans in their 80s and 90s.

In Iraq, he was to work to address those kinds of problems when they first appear.

Amy and Russell will unfortunately not get the chance to live their dreams.

These three soldiers are missed and will be remembered as the heros they are.

God speed SGT Mueller, SGT Krueger and MAJ Seager.

Fratricide? Again?

My initial reaction was to blog about this immediately. But everything just seemed too hasty.....

"He's dead..... no wait..... he's still alive...... his name is Malik Nidal Hasan.... no wait.... it's Nidal Malik Hasan..... he has PTSD (even though he's never deployed)..... he was disgruntled..... he was scarred to deploy.... he was a Muslim convert...... now wait, he was born Muslim....."

Everyone was understandably firing from the hip but in the initial frenzy it seemed that all the mainstream media wanted to do was get a body count out there.

Now that the dust has settled, so to speak, a clearer picture is beginning to develop.

Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a 39-year-old doctor of psychiatry who completed his education and internship to become a doctor in May and was PCS'd to Ft. Hood shortly there after.

Once he got his Dr. title, he was automatically promoted to the rank of Major and began enjoying that fat six figure salary.

Now there is another bit of confusion (at least on my part) in whether or not he was converted to Islam or a Muslim from birth. I have found both statements and am not able to draw up any conclusion of my own at this time.

He was argumentative with his fellow troops in regards to the GWOT and had been under investigation for statements that were troubling to say the least.

"At least six months ago, Hasan came to the attention of law enforcement officials because of Internet postings about suicide bombings and other threats, including posts that equated suicide bombers to soldiers who throw themselves on a grenade to save the lives of their comrades. " - AP via Yahoo News

I also came across this bit of S-2, courtesy of reader "Storm" over at Blackfive.net.

"He joined the Army for the benefits. According to his family, he never deployed before, just completed his education and internship to become a doctor in May. Along with the Dr. tag came the rank of Major and a 6 figure salary. He has always hated the war on terror and has supported Iraqis as victims of US aggression. When he got word of his deployment, he hired a lawyer and tried to get either his deployment dropped or be let out of the Army. He even offered to pay back the money spent on his education. He saw no reason not to stay in the land of milk and honey, making 6 figures and not have to earn it. According to his cousin he was born Muslim, not converted and even did poorly on the firing range. Also, he is reported to have done poorly on his most recent proficiency report on his work at the hospital. It is believed that this morning, his lawyer had bad news for him... So he had some bad news of his own to deliver."

Blackfive, Uncle Jimbo and the guys over there, to include the majority of their readers, are notoriously accurate and hit center mass 99.75% of the time.

But keep in mind that there are still going to be inaccuracies for a little while long as investigations are conducted and evidence is collected.

And this assbag of an officer is questioned as it seems that he is still alive and in stable condition.

But initial reports stated that he only had a couple handguns which makes me wonder how he managed to kill and wound so many.

I mean, let's think about this for a few shall we?

The two most common types of semi-auto pistol (for military types) are 9mm (Beretta M-9 style) and a .45 ala Colt 1911.

They carry around 10 - 15 rounds in the clip with one in the chamber.

2 pistols with 2 mags loaded and probably another 2 -4 loaded mags in his pockets, coupled with the fact that this douchefag is obviously a coward, firing most likely from the hip added to the fact that he was a poor marksman.

I feel that it is very likely that in all the confusion and fear that the some of the police officers responding, and there were quite a few from my understanding, probably shot a few innocents themselves by accident.

There is just no way that I believe that this pathetic excuse for an officer, Muslim, human could have done, please excuse the term, this well on his mission.

So the two of you talk it over..... let me know what you think.

Was this just some shit gob acting out of fear and cowardice over the thought of having to deploy or was this a Muslim extremist committing and act of terrorism on U.S. soil?

Personally I feel it's a combination of the two.

I'm also interested how the MSM spins this. We wouldn't want to be sued by CAIR or anyone for hurting their feelings now, would we?

No comment will be rejected. Unless you're just spamming or trolling or being a shit snapper.

I'm the world's WORST blogger!

So after much waffle-ing..... and back and forth and back and forth...... and thinking about it no too much.....

I'm re-reenlisting in the Army.

Active duty baby!

Paperwork's all signed and I leave for MEPS early to mid next week.

So all two of you can expect to see some minor format changes in this vastly empty blog.....

But I will try to keep it as honest and me as I can, just have to make sure that the disclaimer at the top emphasises that this is all me and has nothing to do with the US Gov't, DoD, Dept. of the Army and other such nonsence to cover my ass.

You two know my opinions and where I stand on most issues so they won't need to be repeated.

JB2D is back kids!

But out for now......

So here we are..... yet again.....

So I've finally gotten my act together and logged back into ole' JB2D land, and boy have things changed!

1. After 11+ years, I'm finally and fully out of the Army. Feels very uncomfortable and I'm not sure I like it. But that's for another day.....

2. I've been trying to find a good paying job so that I can support my family, but it's kinda hard when you don't have a degree.

3. So I'm trying to get back into school and get that precious little piece of paper that tells the world that I'm smart!

4. Since I'm no longer in the Army, it feels kinda phony for my to continue this blog, which is titled after my call sign when I was in Baghdad. I'm on the fence about keeping this going or starting a new and improved JB2D. What do you think? I'd like to see all two of my admitted readers comment on this. Please. As you have already gathered from my few previous posts, I thrive on the acceptance of others. And since I have all sorts of free time, I'll be posting a lot more than just once a month.

5. I've also decided to grow a beard. It itches like all get out but it's going to be the most beautiful beard since Chuck Norris's.

Screw it, I'm inpatient. I'm starting a new blog, so you two can get all the new and improved JB2D you can handle.

I'll post the new address here ASAP.

Catch you on the flip side!

JB2D out.....

They're back!

My old unit, the 432nd Civil Affairs Battalion returned from Iraq via Ft. Bragg earlier today, and I couldn't be happier to have my old friends back in town.

But I feel depressed.

They went and I didn't.

They lost one over there. Sure he was from New Jersey, and I never met him, but we, they, us lost him to a senseless act that killed more civilians than military.

I've been at a maintenance company for a year now, and about two months ago they assigned me to the training section. I love it there and I'm really doing some good work for the company. My NCOIC (Non-commissioned Officer In Charge) asked me to input some APFT (Army Physical Fitness Test) data into ATRRS (Can't remember this acronym, but it's how we track individual soldier info. Everything from their job to their height/weight to their dental status.) while he met with the 1SG (First Sergeant, Top, the Big Cheese, The senior most enlisted soldier at the company level, you get the picture).

After I did that I decided to look myself up on ATRRS. Now, keep in mind that the only thing that has prevented me from deploying is a few seconds on my 2-mile run that I'm having a hard time overcoming since my knee surgery after my first deployment.

I was just a couple key strokes away from changing my deployablity status.

It would have been an act completely devoid of integrity and honor but I would have been able to go and fight not just for my country, but I would be able to fight for my fellow soldiers. And for the Iraqi people.

Now, that last statement throws alot of people off.

"You WANT to fight for IRAQIS?!?"

Some people just don't get it. This war is more than a talking point for some bloated, over paid network talking jowl on your nightly news.

America has a responsibility to ensure that we not only finish what we started, but finish it the best possible way we can. And I want to contribute to that effort. For myself, my children, those who served before me and those that will serve after me. I feel that as a soldier, I have a responsibility to fight until I can fight no longer.

And I am a long way from that point.

So, now that I've bounced all over the place and completely gone off the tracks as to the reason I originally began typing this up....

I guess I just needed to get this off my chest.

I mean, all I want to do is get deployed. I thought the Army was looking for folks like me.

So I extended my contract by six months so that I can get over this running thing and get deployed.

But I'm still job hunting for a full time job till that deployment comes.

Just a few thoughts from ole' JB2D....

So I've been listening to talk radio more frequently over the last year and a half. It has been mostly Rush, Sean and the occasional Dr. Savage when I was able to catch him.

And there is one thing that I've noticed since the beginning of the "Joe the Plumber" event, and it is this:

But when he was questioned by "Joe the Plumber", Obama was quoted as saying, ""It's not that I want to punish your success. I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they've got a chance for success too..... My attitude is that if the economy's good for folks from the bottom up, it's gonna be good for everybody ... I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody."

Now, I'm no economics professor from Harvard/Yale, I never even finished college! But something about this statement bothers me.

Now, hang in there with me as this will be a little on the long side.

We (America, the beautiful) practice what I guess is called "Free-Market Capitalism" or something like that. From my understanding, that means if you have an idea, and turn that into a successful business, you DON'T NEED THE GOVERNMENT TO SPREAD MONEY AROUND TO YOU. YOU ALSO DON'T NEED THE GOV'T TO GIVE YOU ANY OF SOMEONE ELSE'S MONEY AS YOU ARE MAKING YOUR OWN! Right?

Say I'm Joe the Plumber. I'm putting a bathroom in a new home. I go to XYZ Plumbing retailer and look at the merch. Their stuff is good quality and fairly priced. I go to ABC Plumbing retailer. Their stuff is crap that is 3xs the price as XYZ.

Who am I going to go with?

XYZ, right.

What happens to XYZ?

They get MY MONEY THROUGH MY BUSINESS. NO gov't interference needed.

What happens to ABC Plumbing?

They don't run a good business, they fail.

Now, here's where Obamas plan bothers me. He wants to take money from Joe the Plumber and XYZ Plumbing and you and me and give it to ABC when ABC didn't earn it, doesn't deserve it and will use it to prop up their failing business.

And where I come from, which is Southwest Wisconsin, right on the Mississippi, that is the textbook definition of socialism/Communism. The gov't taking what is created/earned by the people and redistributing it to the general population regardless of their participation.

I also have enough common sense to know that America was founded by the successes of people who took the risk AND SUCCEEDED. Not those who took the risk and failed.

It's economic natural selection.

The weak fall and the strong go on to create a new generation of success. By keeping the weak businesses on life support as it is, you are basically creating a form of business well fare.

Business crack, these failures will have no reason to actually become successful, profitable, or productive as they are on the business crack.

And there is just something DAMN WRONG with the gov't taking MY money and "spreading it around".

My money will spread itself around by me spending it at businesses that EARN MY DAMN BUSINESS. You don't need to spread a liquid around, it spreads itself.

So, the way that I figure it, the gov't doesn't need to take Joe the Plumber's money and spread it around. He will spread it around himself by spending it on businesses that earn his business.

Doesn't it make more sense to lower taxes across the board?

Think about it, the rich are the ones who own businesses, right? And who are the customers of these businesses?

The middle/lower classes.

Cut ALL taxes; the middle class have more money to spend (and spend it they will) and the rich/upper class will have more money to pump into their successful business. They will hire more of the middle/lower class and probably be able to get a substantial number of people off well fare.

Consumer spending goes up, jobs are created, the poor become un-poor. The middle class grows. People buy homes with loans they CAN AFFORD. The American Dream is taken off life support and is moved into the recovery room with basic cable and a cup of jello with lunch.

Rich people own the businesses. That's just a fact. They will stay rich. That too is a fact. It doesn't matter how much you have the gov't tax them. They will fire you in a heart beat to keep there profits. And they will, you watch. The way I see it, the economy is a symbiosis between the upper and middle classes.

The rich get their riches from us (SURPRISE! I'm middle class!) and our spending habits. We buy their products. The business gets revenue and they use that to either offer a better product or hire more people to make that product. Who do they hire for that job? The middle class guy who wants his "piece of the pie". Middle class makes money. Middle class spends money.

And the circle of money life goes round.

And maybe, just maybe, Average Joe Six-pack/the Plumber gets an idea. He makes that idea into a business. That business becomes successful and a new circle begins.

The rich and successful are not baby punching monsters that you hear about. They hire us, they train us, they contribute to our 401Ks, they hold our company picnics where we win the three-legged race and pie eating contest.

I know, no one likes to give the rich a break. Who wants to say, "Cut taxes for those who can wipe their butt with $100 bills." Let's be honest, if I could wipe my butt with a Franklin, you bet your ass I would and so would you don't you dare lie to me.

The American dream is to make a metric butt load of money.

Thus end the sermon.

JB2D out.

SITREP follows.....

Here's a sitrep of where I'm at right now....

1. Still unemployed (full time). I've got a part-time gig a a four radio station cluster in the next town over. Hoping I can squeeze more hours out of it.

2. The Omni-potent gas company, WE Energies has royally screwed me and my family over and shut our gas off. This means no heat for me, my wife and my two kids in our 110 year old house. We dress warm during the day and all sleep in the same bed with a single space heater going. We've ordered a new wood pellet boiler and I moved eight tons of wood pellets into the basement as we are waiting for out new boiler to arrive later this month.

3. And finally, I'm still waiting to hear back from the Dept. of Homeland Security / US Border Patrol about my application, physical fitness test and review board.

So for now, I'm in a holding pattern awaiting further instructions. I just want to provide for my family and am feeling a little down in the dumps that I can't right now.

So, to fill the dead space on my little corner of this interweb thingy, I'd like to post a link to a cool website that interviewed me a little over a year ago.

They are UCV, or United Conservatives of Virgina.

At the time, I was looking forward to another deployment to Iraq. Sadly, that deployment was not to be for me. I've moved on to another unit and am trying to get deployed thru them.

So without further ado.....

"Thanks to the guys at Centcom, UCV was hooked up with a great Warrior Blogger for an interview. He is JawBreaker 2 Delta, one of America's finest, a good writer and funny as hell. JB2D will be deployed again soon and with everything he's got going on in his life, we truly appreciate the time he took to answer our questions." - United Conservatives of Virgina -

http://unitedconservatives.blogspot.com/2007/05/interview-with-warrior-jawbreaker-2.html

Read on thru the above link!

JB2D out!