Merry Christmas! Here we are again at the end of another year! I was a traveler for most of the year having deployed overseas to Qatar, returning back to North Carolina in July, to Tennessee in July and up to Connecticut, New York, and Canada in August, two weeks of Army business in September in …
Happy New Year 2017
Happy New Year! I was unable to prepare and send a Christmas letter last year so I hope that your 2015 was a blessed one. After serving ten months overseas last year, I was happy to return home where the privileges so many of us take for granted have been appreciated more than ever this …
The Order of the Oozlefinch
The Honorable Order of the Oozlefinch as only known by us Air Defense Artillery Officers. 10% truth and 90% hyperbole. Only those that serve with the fine individual know what is true and exaggerated. Farewell Honorable member, Major (P) Geib and congratulations on the reaffirmation of your good standing in the Honorable Order of the …
Merry Christmas 2014
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Again, I am utterly astounded by the fast flying passage of time. As well, if the past years I have written you to say I had learned a great deal, nothing compared to the lessons I was taught this year. The challenges were great, the lessons learned humbling. I …
Merry Christmas 2013
Merry Christmas! I write to you from Raeford, North Carolina where I have finally been able to settle down for what will be more than a few months’ time. In just fifteen months, I have circled the southeast moving from Tennessee to Fort Jackson, South Carolina for Basic Training; Fort Benning, Georgia to Officer Candidate …
Happy Spring 2013 (Christmas 2012 Replacement)
Happy Spring! I regret having been unable to send Christmas greetings this past holiday but do trust that you were in my thoughts and prayers. I hope 2012 was a happy year for you and that you’ve had a positive start to the new year. For me, 2012 was a year full of changes. I …
One Last Drink Between Brothers
Nobody can be sure when a single moment is going to change their life forever. Nobody can know how witnessing the pain of someone they love can hurt them as much as if they had been the one who was hurt. And nobody can know how lucky they were to have had something or someone …
Why I Want To Be An Officer OCS Essay
The United States was founded by people who believed in freedom–freedom from fear and persecution, freedom to seek opportunity, freedom to choose an independent life that ensures happiness. Protecting these rights comes with great responsibility. As an Army officer, I recognize that the accountability of strong leadership is necessary to sustain the rights of the …
Unanswerable Questions
~How are you supposed to feel sitting in a hospital in which your best friend is having cancer removed? ~How are you supposed to handle the news of someone close to you leaving–whether by death or simple separation of geography on Earth? ~How difficult is it to stand in front of a room full of …
Sam
Tonight I met a man named Sam. In what I thought was going to be an ordinary hour and a half class turned out to be the most extraordinary part of my day–an experience I will carry with me always. Sam and I were peer editing partners for papers we wrote. The prompt for the paper …