One of the very first milbloggers (and my personal favorite), died in Iraq. He left a note behind in case of his death here. There will be tears.
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Yes there were, and will probably be more. I didn’t read him that much lately, but he was one of the ones I used to read every day when I still read blogs every day. I wish I could write like that.
Comment by Timmer — 20080105 @ 1403
He was one of my occassional reads, too.. until I was decoyed into the wilds of the 19th century frontier.
Dulce et decorum… even for someone elses’ country. Not surprised he was a Babylon 5 fan - in a wierd way that’s a show that speaks to us military and military veterans.
What a pity that Hollywierd can’t bring itself to do justice to people like him, except thickly disguised as science fiction.
Comment by Sgt. Mom — 20080105 @ 1856
Major Andrew Olmsted
This post is unforgivably late, due to technical problems, but no less important.
Major Andrew Olmsted, the blogger and columnist, was killed in action January 3 in As Sadiyah (via Marginal Revolution). Maj. Olmsted, 37, was from Colorado Springs, Col…
Trackback by Zeal and Activity — 20080129 @ 1317