The IED was called a pressure plate…a thing where once there is weight put on it, it will cause it to detonate. My driver and I saw a little pot hole in the road at the last second. My driver swerved to the left to miss it and we both saw something black in it. I was about to call it up on the radio but my side front tire hit it. The IED went off under me, which is where the fuel tanks are.
Tasha Got Blown Up
May 16th, 2007
Ashely and Tasha’s mother sends the the following from May 10:
I am OK!
Just wanted everyone to hear my story before it gets blown way out of proportion.
Yes…I did get hit with a roadside bomb (IED)
Yes…I am ok. I only have a few little cuts and bruises
Yes…I do have some hearing loss in my right ear
No…I [...]
Interview With Ashley and Tasha
Apr 24th, 2007
You may recall that I featured a set of twins in my on-going series titled Our Best: Babe Edition.
Ashley and Tasha Gerken are two young women serving you and I, in the United States Army. They’re stationed in Kuwait but were able to respond to my interview request on a recent leave. Anything in italics [...]
Our Best: Babe Edition TWINS!
Apr 5th, 2007
Yes, today we feature good looking twins. Female type military personnel. Twins, dammit!
Picking on old media, even.
Twin sisters Sgt. Tasha Gerken, right, and Sgt. Ashley Gerken look through a “Stars and Stripes” newspaper, changing words of the headlines into humourous phrases. It’s a hobby the two picked up while deployed to Kuwait. Photographer: Staff Sgt. [...]
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