Soldier Found Dead After Land Nav Exercise I have so many questions on this one. I have not only participated in numerous land navigation exercises myself while on active duty, but I had also conducted them for years with Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts, so how in the world can a 40-year-old man, well enough… Continue reading Soldier Found Dead After Land Nav Exercise
Author: Average Joe
Welcome to the Average Joe Weekly blog. This is basically my place on the web where I can help spread some of the knowledge that I have accumulated over the years. I served 10+ years in the Marine Corps on Active Duty, but that was some 25 years ago.
Who In The Hell Is Eric Jones?
Who In the Hell Is Eric Jones? There is a crap ton of SPAM going around by the pseudonym of “Eric Jones”. His spam messages usually attack web forms like contact us and can bypass Google Captcha. Below is an example of what it looks like: Hey there, I just found your site, quick question…… Continue reading Who In The Hell Is Eric Jones?
Pentagon Cancels Drag Show on Air Force Base
Pentagon Cancels Drag Show on Air Force Base And the hits just keep on coming. Get this, Air Force officials earlier had approved a drag show at Nellis Air Force Base in celebration of Pride Month. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, told the Air… Continue reading Pentagon Cancels Drag Show on Air Force Base
Irresponsible Insurance Companies and Hospitals
Irresponsible Insurance Companies and Hospitals I received a letter from my insurance provider, Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) Federal, yesterday stating that the local hospital (Mary Washington Hospital) will no longer be accepting BCBS Federal, which is part of BCBS Anthem. A little background here, BCBS is the second largest healthcare insurance provider in the… Continue reading Irresponsible Insurance Companies and Hospitals
Dear Pharmacy
Dear Pharmacy Not every patient that is trying to get high, maybe they actually use the medication as prescribed and just needs a refill of a medication that they are taking as prescribed. Let me explain a little further. I take Gabapentin for pain caused by my Fibro and RA. I’m prescribed to take 600mg… Continue reading Dear Pharmacy
Loose Lips Sink Ships
Loose Lips Sink Ships “Loose lips might sink ships” was a security phrase created by the War Advertising Council and used by the United States Office of War Information in World War II. The slogan was very short and to the point. If you are talking about anything that is related to a warship, then… Continue reading Loose Lips Sink Ships
Fort Bragg Soldier Arrested For Selling Underaged Porn
Fort Bragg Soldier Arrested for Selling Underaged Porn A U.S. Army soldier, got himself arrested because this POS was selling underage porn while he was stationed at Fort Bragg. He was secretly filming himself and his underaged girlfriend having sex, and then selling the videos. If the name Andrew Nathaniel Gomez doesn’t sound familiar to… Continue reading Fort Bragg Soldier Arrested For Selling Underaged Porn
Renaming Fort Bragg
Renaming Fort Bragg I really hope that the people that push to have things like this done are having a much better life now. I mean, how many people knew that Fort Bragg was named after Braxton Bragg, a former U.S. Army artillery commander and West Point graduate who later fought for the Confederacy during… Continue reading Renaming Fort Bragg
Tooth Extraction #2
Tooth Extraction #2 This past Friday, I had my second tooth extraction as a result of my RA and Fibro and, the associated medications. Many of us that suffer from Rheumatoid Arthritis and/or Fibromyalgia often have the lovely side effect of rotting teeth. As my dentist had once told me, there isn’t much that can… Continue reading Tooth Extraction #2
Your PII Is At Risk – Another Breach
Your PII Is At Risk If the damn Office of Personnel Management (OPM) data breach in 2015 where 22.1 million records were breached wasn’t bad enough, It looks like 39,000 records from I Marine Expeditionary Force were compromised in May. It looks like, on May 9, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, part of the 1st Marine… Continue reading Your PII Is At Risk – Another Breach
