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Fort Dix, Bldg 3452, Fort Dix, NJ 08640, USA
Basic Training
17 months ago
October 12, 1990 • Fort Dix, Bldg 3452, Fort Dix, NJ 08640, USA 2nd Platoon (MUSTANGS!) Charlie Company, 2/26 Infantry. Lots of tears. Segregation and synced cycles. Push-ups. Goose shit. Push-ups. Fraternization. Bitter cold. Push-ups. Cake and CS gas. Push-ups. A day chatting with the males across the street. Push-ups. Embezzlement. Push-ups. Pissing my pants. Losing most of my hand-to-hand fights (but still being the smartest soldier in the battalion). Push-ups.
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Killeen, TX, USA
Farewell Dinner
17 months ago
July 13, 2003 • Killeen, TX, USA It was at this Chinese buffet restaurant whose name I can't remember--and the whole damned battalion (and Sandor Maroszan) showed up. I was floored. And honored to serve with them. It was hard to say goodbye, especially when they were preparing to go to Iraq.
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Harford Memorial Hospital, 501 S Union Ave, Havre de Grace, MD 21078-3493, USA
Diabetes
17 months ago
December 28, 2002 • Harford Memorial Hospital, 501 S Union Ave, Havre de Grace, MD 21078-3493, USA I was diagnosed in a big way--ended up in the hospital for diabetic ketoacidosis. My blood sugar was at 1300mg/dL
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Fort Hood, TX, USA
When has your life taken an unpredictable turn?
17 months ago
October 24, 2001
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Fort Hood, TX, USA
My assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division. That's where my career went to die. Despite all of the nice people I worked for/with and it was a good unit, I was the most unhappy. It was right after 9/11, so the whole country took an unexpected turn. My relationship ended via answering machine. One of my friends ate his gun. I got fat, too. I also became a diabetic in a large way. My first opportunity to be directly involved in a major conflict, and I couldn't go.
Yet I'm a member of the 1st Cavalry Division Association. Go figure.
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Carteret General Hospital, 3500 Arendell St, Morehead City, NC 28557-2901, USA
Welcome, Baby Sister!
17 months ago
November 28, 1982 • Carteret General Hospital, 3500 Arendell St, Morehead City, NC 28557-2901, USA My baby sister Amanda was born. She was thisclose to being named Pia.
Tagged in this entry: Amanda Ackerson
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Anjung-ri, Anjung-eup, Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Korea--My First Tour
17 months ago
August 25, 1993 • Anjung-ri, Anjung-eup, Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea It was pretty good. Except for PLDC, but that's not supposed to be good (and I managed to alienate everyone. EVERYONE). However, I befriended a combat engineer out of that named Todd Pennington.
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Anjung-ri, Anjung-eup, Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Second Tour of Korea
17 months ago
September 25, 1996 • Anjung-ri, Anjung-eup, Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea Oddly, I can't remember much of this second tour. I think I had to stand in front of the Old Man for something.
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Goodfellow AFB, TX 76908, USA
Analysis School
17 months ago
January 13, 1992 • Goodfellow AFB, TX 76908, USA I remember at the time the location wasn't exactly diverse, and the Rodney King riots happened, so it was not exactly comfortable for me. I was rather immature and naive as well, which didn't help with the...politics (meaning that some of the instructors seemingly did not personally like me).
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Carteret General Hospital, 3500 Arendell St, Morehead City, NC 28557-2901, USA
Birth of a Brother Part II
17 months ago
August 4, 1976 • Carteret General Hospital, 3500 Arendell St, Morehead City, NC 28557-2901, USA My baby brother Anthony D. Carter entered the world.
Tagged in this entry: Cash Carter
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Carteret General Hospital, 3500 Arendell St, Morehead City, NC 28557-2901, USA
I was born!
17 months ago
March 15, 1972 • Carteret General Hospital, 3500 Arendell St, Morehead City, NC 28557-2901, USA Carteret General Hospital, Morehead City, NC
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Carteret General Hospital, 3500 Arendell St, Morehead City, NC 28557-2901, USA
Birth of a Brother
17 months ago
March 25, 1974 • Carteret General Hospital, 3500 Arendell St, Morehead City, NC 28557-2901, USA My brother Joseph P. Carter was born.
Tagged in this entry: Joseph Carter
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Anjung-ri, Anjung-eup, Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Team Spirit!
17 months ago
February 14, 1993 • Anjung-ri, Anjung-eup, Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea Went to Korea for the first time as part of the last Team Spirit multi-force exercise. It was quite an eventful month. I had my first alcoholic drink there a month before my 21st birthday.
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Presidio of Monterey, Monterey, CA 93944, USA
Language School
17 months ago
January 20, 1991 • Presidio of Monterey, Monterey, CA 93944, USA I went to the Defense Language Institute--Foreign Language Center to learn Korean. Still rather rubbish at it.
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East Carteret High School, 3263 US Highway 70 E, Beaufort, NC 28516-7897, USA
Who were your best friends in high school & what were they like?
17 months ago
East Carteret High School, 3263 US Highway 70 E, Beaufort, NC 28516-7897, USA
Melody Conner (RIP) and Shelly Berner. Melody was every bit a country girl--outspoken, daring, and went for what she wanted despite any limitations people told her she had. And she was loyal to me to the end, something I took for granted at times. I have found no truer friend as of yet.
Shelly is one of the kindest people I know. She would give you the shirt off her back if you needed it, and is selfless, giving most of her time to the care of her late father, her mother, and her sister as well as her friends. She tends Melody's resting place. I am forever grateful that I was a part of her life because I feel that she made both me and Melody better people knowing her.
Tagged in this entry: Shelly Berner
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East Carteret High School, 3263 US Highway 70 E, Beaufort, NC 28516-7897, USA
Where was your prom and who was your date?
17 months ago
East Carteret High School, 3263 US Highway 70 E, Beaufort, NC 28516-7897, USA My senior prom date was Lemuel Murray. He was (and is) a very nice guy. I cannot say the same for myself at that time. AND I wore a repurposed strapless dress with poor foundation garments. Not pretty.
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Anjung-ri, Anjung-eup, Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Korea--Last Tour
18 months ago
September 25, 1999 • Anjung-ri, Anjung-eup, Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea I got promoted to Staff Sergeant there, ran a platoon, and almost lost my mind with all the jobs they gave me there.
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Fort George G. Meade, Laurel, MD 20724, USA
The Golden Years
18 months ago
September 20, 1997 • Fort George G. Meade, Laurel, MD 20724, USA I'd say the best times of my Army career--and my life.
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Vancouver, BC, Canada
Where would you most like to live?
18 months ago
Vancouver, BC, Canada ...With Edinburgh and San Francisco running not too far behind. My best bet's Seattle, though.
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112 Legion Dr, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA
Where did you grow up?
18 months ago
112 Legion Dr, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA Beaufort, NC. The trees weren't that big, ours was on the left, and I'm sure there wasn't a Madonna statue there.
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Edinburgh, Midlothian, UK
Birthday in Edinburgh
18 months ago
March 15, 2004 • Edinburgh, Midlothian, UK I fell in love with a city, walked the Royal Mile. I was happy.
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112 Legion Dr, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA
Describe your childhood home.
18 months ago
112 Legion Dr, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA It was a semi-detached 3 bedroom brick house with a big front and back yard, part of a housing project. (This is Carteret County, NC, so don't think Cabrini-Green here).
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Fort Bragg, NC, USA
Sergeant Carter!
18 months ago
December 10, 1995 • Fort Bragg, NC, USA I entered the time-honored tradition of the Noncommissioned Officer Corps--"the Backbone of the Army."
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Linthicum, MD, USA
Baltimore, MD, USA
Rupert enters the Family
18 months ago
March 18, 2011 • Baltimore, MD, USA I adopted a shy but very sweet Beagle from the Maryland SPCA. Rather, Rupert adopted me.
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