Final Word
There are two hours left before my Honorable Discharge paperwork takes effect and I officially leave Active Duty. No more paychecks. No more direct purpose in life. No more of anything Army. I'm back to being my own man. I offer as evidence of this, a beard I grew for the occasion.
Thanks to all my loyal readers, especially Lorraine who was probably the only person outside my immediate family to read all of my posts. For that reason alone, I wish her a lucky life and happy existence. Thanks to everyone who I served alongside. Thanks to those leaders who mentored me, and who showed faith and confidence in my ability to lead an Airborne Platoon (Michael Fenzel, Sean T. MacRae, Robert McChrystal) and a Mountain Infantry Company (Willard Burleson, Russ Lewis). Thanks to all my peers and battle buddies, but especially Justin Quisenberry, Dave Fedor, Marty Peters, Joe Corsi, James Krause, Wyatt Cooper, Brad Israel, Mike Taylor, John Principe, Matt Adkins, Steve Bartkowski, and Greg Ambrosia. I've already given Mike Carson and Brian Graham more than enough thanks in the earlier posts, and they go fishing without me all the time, so, I don't feel like rehashing that here, and it would only be insincere.
This will be the final post on The Satirist at War. I may begin a new blog to record and detail my life as the next chapter unfolds... but for the time being, that's all. A hell of a time. 2005-2012. The best of times, the worst of times.
Rest in peace, Jeremiah Pulaski. Rest in peace, David Boris.
Bonenberger out.
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posted by Charivarius at 10:08 PM
2 Comments:
Thank you for your service and your wishes for my life. I do hope you continue to write because I do love the way you see things and are able to put it into words. My son is a C-130 pilot but I don't find the Air Force very interesting to read about. The on the ground view is how I perceived this combination of wars, through the early blogs of the grunts, yours was different because it was real and yet you were an officer. My wishes for you are that you find your calling in this weird world and enjoy your freedom. I'm clicking on the email follow-up so if you do write somewhere you can let me know. I would appreciate it. I have managed to buy all of the books my bloggers have published so at least you have one customer in addition to your family. Take care of yourself and see ya in print (I hope).
Hi! I found your other blog. EXACTLY what I hoped you would do and the writing? what can I say? Brilliant. Thank you so much.
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