Thanks to Jeff sending it to me, I can now encourage you to go check out our buddy Scott's AnySoldier page. Don't be frightened by the gruff guy chomping on a cigar and flashing a US flag that greets you when you follow the link. Sure, you could accurately call Scott "Sarge". And yes, he could kill you with his bare hands. But he's a nice guy, and a medic besides, so he'd probably be willing to resuscitate you if you asked nicely.

Although he's technically stationed in Italy, at the moment Scott's deployed to Afghanistan -- and writing about the experience whenever he can. It's fascinating reading, if occasionally unsettling.

And hey, if you've got a yen to mend your liberal America-hating ways and send some stuff overseas, Scott's got a list of stuff that the locals and the guys in his unit would appreciate receiving. I'm going to try to get a package together in the next couple of weeks if anyone wants to piggy-back with that. The slurpee machine thing is a particularly tempting engineering challenge...