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About Me

I graduated from Baylor University back in December '06 with a very pretty, but useless BA in History. Not really much you can do with a degree like that, I decided that in the end the Army really was the route for me to follow (the Navy was taking too long and the Air Force told me to blow off, which is funny because they can't really even do their job these days...). I got to waste away 10 weeks in Ft. Jackson for Basic Training and and another 19 for OCS and BOLC II at Fort Benning. I'm melting away here in South Carolina at Fort Jackson for AGBOLC. That's Adjutant General Basic Officer Leadership Course for the 99.9% of the nation who are clueless to the acronyms (that includes the Army population too, what gives, c'mon!?)I was supposed to go to Camp Casey, Korea. Not so much anymore. I'm at Fort Wainwright, the eternal frozen wastelands of the Alaska interior. I guess I must've accidentally spilt something on a colonel somewhere and he remembered my name and sent me far, far away. Well... I'm getting kind of used to the place, though I still like leaving asmuch as possible.I want to go to Texas again, there are some people there I like being around. It's only a matter of when I have the time, a commodity I've learned to cherish more than gold or Cinnabon.Questions, comments, concerns? Leave me a message, I like messages.

My Interests

Not Powerpoint or stupid papers or practical exercises 1-3.

I'd like to meet:

I think I met that person already. Maybe also, MG Horatio Gates and ask him how to properly fill out a DA Form 31 to include HRAP, Permissive TDY and OCONUS travel. I bet he'll know for sure.

Music:

Good assortment of everything, I got that Keane album, Under the Iron Sea and it's pretty fantastic, but that's just one example for now.

Movies:

Good stuff with blowing up and aliens and robots and the future and history with knights and pirates and dinosaurs and i like comedy and blah blah blah. I really like a lot of Tim Burton movies as well, they're just, you know, there.

Television:

Adult Swim, yes. Oh and Headline News or MSNBC or CNN, I'm a news freak.

Books:

I like history books, I was a history major, it almost makes perfect sense! Global, regional, military, they're all pretty good as long as I can easily stop reading them and pick again where I left without feeling completely lost. The Economist is a fantastic periodical that I've been reading since college.

Heroes:

That guy that stares back at me in the mirror every day! He's so amazing!

My Blog

If you want to get ahold of me in the next 12 months...

You might want to take note of this address I'm about to type below:2LT Martin, CaseyHHC, 1-24INFOB WarhorseAPO AE 09336Yeah, it's in Iraq, pretty obvious, eh? By all means feel free to write me or s...
Posted by Casey on Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:39:00 PST

Yeah, Im going to Iraq this year...

Pentagon announces troop deploymentsThe Pentagon on Monday announced upcoming deployments of more than 42,000 troops, including 25,000 active duty Army soldiers who would be sent to Iraq beginning in ...
Posted by Casey on Tue, 20 May 2008 09:18:00 PST

Join the Army!

Join the Army today! Free exotic trips await you, see the frozen wonders of Alaska, experience the historic Southeast of the United States and culminate your travels with the grand vacation to the sh...
Posted by Casey on Sun, 04 May 2008 06:32:00 PST

Army Officer Branch

I found out my branch this morning, ADJUTANT GENERAL. I'll let you find out what it is if you are interested, go to www.branchorientation.com, I'm kind of lazy to type it all out.&...
Posted by Casey on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:37:00 PST

Holiday Leave!

So this is my first time back home since I went far far away to the other side of America to learn how to be an Army man. How do I like it? Honestly, people have ticke me off since I got back of...
Posted by Casey on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 12:36:00 PST

Quick Adjustment

I'm actually physically leaving San Diego on August 31, like going on an airplane to South Carolina. I was neglected in the reminder of reception batallion for a fun week of inprocessing to wher...
Posted by Casey on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:32:00 PST

A change in lifestyle

Well, I am happy to say, that I am officially sworn in and set to leave. Sadly I won't get to go until the 7th of September, but Officer Candidate School dates that lead directly from Basic Trai...
Posted by Casey on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 11:03:00 PST

Soon maybe

My Army OCS packet is almost complete! Hopefully... I'll be able to leave as soon as possible, let's see if they'll have me.
Posted by Casey on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 02:10:00 PST

A few odd things as of late

I'll start on the magic journey to find green beer on St. Patrick's Day. You see, here in Rancho Penasquitos, the bars decided it wouldn't be prudent to serve green beer on the greenest beer hol...
Posted by Casey on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:43:00 PST

Creepy, for reals.

Well... I was browsing through myspace for no reason other than boredom and in a particular network of associates that is in absolutely no way connected with me (nor would they e...
Posted by Casey on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:43:00 PST