Monroe Cty 911 :.Chuck Simmins | December 31, 2006
ISAF
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (30 December) – Over the past week, Afghan National Police (ANP) and IASF forces have successfully defeated a variety of insurgent attacks in Regional Command-East (RC-E), and delivered humanitarian assistance despite a series of indiscriminate insurgent assaults leading to civilian deaths and damage to property.
The indiscriminate insurgent assault on civilian lives and [...]
Chuck Simmins | December 30, 2006
Just in case anyone has been waiting for my announcement, the old monster is dead.
Michelle Malkin covers all the bases.
I’m in the middle of a twelve hour ambulance shift with limited access to the Internet. Also, lost my job yesterday. Happy New Year to all.
Chuck Simmins | December 29, 2006
Special Iraqi Army Forces detained 13 suspects during operations Dec. 29 in Salman Pak, southeast of Baghdad, to capture the alleged commander of illegal armed group elements responsible for sectarian violence and attacks against Iraqi civilians in the area.
Chuck Simmins | December 29, 2006
Updated before work:
Six more terrorists killed, 12/26 and 12/29. See Terrorist Death Watch.
Chuck Simmins | December 28, 2006
The terrorists won the war. They did.
How do you figure that, you ask?
The terrorists attacked the United States to effect change through violence. That has happened.
Flying on an airline has become an exercise in patience and intrusive personal invasion of our privacy. Because one visibly crazed man had a bomb in his sneakers, our security [...]
Chuck Simmins | December 28, 2006
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq – It was in Frank Capra’s 1946 classic,
“It’s A Wonderful Life” that the saying, “Every time a bell rings, an angel gets their
wings” was popularized.
During this holiday season, the saying could be, “Every time someone sends a
letter to a FOB Falcon Soldier, an angel gets their [...]
Chuck Simmins | December 28, 2006
By Sgt. 1st Class Clinton Wood 1/34 BCT PAO
CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq — In just a couple of minutes, Soldiers of Company B,
2nd Battalion, 136th Combined Arms Battalion, can make the enemy have a bad day.
That is the time it takes four Soldiers working as a team to set the fuse on the
round, set the deflection [...]
Chuck Simmins | December 27, 2006
RAF Distinguished Flying Cross
Chuck Simmins | December 27, 2006
Silver Star
Chuck Simmins | December 26, 2006
This is Colonel John E. Theimer, who assumed command of my father’s unit on December 12, 1944, just in time for the Battle of the Bulge. He later commanded the 25th Infantry Division and retired from the Office of Civil Affairs as a two star. Dad never knew this but I’m certain he would [...]
Chuck Simmins | December 26, 2006
This is the most curious of the photos of my dad in World War Two. It was taken in Sicily in, I believe, 1943. It’s been cropped before being put into our family album so I don’t know what was at either end of the pic.
My father is holding the baby, on the left. The [...]
Chuck Simmins | December 26, 2006
Pvt. Charles Simmins, Cpl. James S. Hebb, soldier identified as Adams
Field radio ops, Dad at keyDad at some old Spanish ruinsDad with one of several boa constrictors he kept, also had iguanas
Chuck Simmins | December 26, 2006
Available for preorder: the 2006-2007 Saddam Hussein ornament. Suitable for hanging on a Christmas tree or on a car mirror.
