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Links to the previous adventures and series intro are at the bottom of the page. ----------------- Every time you fly a mission away from your home station you and your crew
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If you happen to read the Mere-O Abridged sidebar you’ll notice that we’ve highlighted the Telegraphs’s Top 50 Must Watch YouTube videos for some time now. The other day I sat down to review their picks, and was amazed at […]
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No preface, just a link to the series introduction and previous adventure. ---------------- You just got back from a long day of flying supplies into the military area of responsibility (AOR)
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The showroom was filled from floor to ceiling with hand-thrown and hand-painted ceramic works of art. Every piece approached perfection in form, in intricate detail, and in color
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I will be presenting, good reader, a weekly predicament, either actual or possible, that someone in my situation might be reasonably expected to face as a conservative Christian officer serving
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Western eyes tend to scrutinize Turkey as one of the few truly secular states in the Middle East; even though Turks themselves would like to think of themselves as more European than Middle Eastern—and certainly NOT Arab. With the recent […]
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“Alarm red, alarm red, alarm red. All aircraft and vehicles will hold their position until further notice. The airfield is currently under attack.” The radio crackled to life with the
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Outside the Turkish air base is a small community whose official name is hardly ever used, being known to everyone simply as “The Alley.” Consisting mostly of small shops, restaurants, and bars, it exists to provide goods and services to […]
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On the ground in Iraq. When I imagined myself being a position to say those words I never quite knew just what to picture. I knew that Iraq has a
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With only a week of down time between my return from Jordan and my trip to Turkey, I’ve only had enough time to break every rule in the book
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My camping trip to Wadi Rum and Petra in southern Jordan was a rather exhilarating change of pace after last weekend's rather plush accomodations on the Red Sea—
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Today the king of Saudi Arabia visited Jordan. Even if you didn't have access to television, radio, or any of the newspapers you knew he was in town;