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May 29 2009

Non-Deployment and College Majors

And Other Happenings

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Apparently, I am a Brett Harrison look-alike.

I am not deploying to Afghanistan after all. Well, as far as I know. We even received an official letter backdated three weeks prior to the announcement of the cancellation from the battalion commander. He assured us that although we were not deploying with the other units, we still were, indeed, as the Sergeant Major said we were, a big jar of whoop-ass labeled “USE ONLY IN DIRE EMERGENCIES.” Apparently.

I have my doubts, of course, because in my experience with the Marine Corps, nothing is ever certain until it is over and done with and you are on your way back.

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May 26 2009

Lake Lahontan

A Memorial Day Weekend

I got word from Benjamin that him and a couple of other guys I served with in Iraq are heading to Nevada to spend the Memorial Day weekend drinking, partying, and hitting on drunk girls. The destination was Lake Lahontan and we were not going to pass up this opportunity to spend some time together. Of the four of us, I was the only one still serving in the Marine Corps. Michael, Jesse, and Benjamin have been out for almost a year now, with Benjamin enjoying his new career in the Army.

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Jayel Aheram

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Jayel Aheram is a student journalist, Iraq War and Marine veteran, internationally-published photographer, artist, polymath, etc.

Aheram writes about foreign policy, antiwar issues, and the police state at Young Americans for Liberty. He is a longtime political blogger at RedStateEclectic, copyright wonk at Copyfascism Watch, and a sometimes contributor to RT International.

Also at Politics by Jayel Aheram and Tumblr.

Aheram is a journalism student at College of the Desert, former editor-in-chief of the student-run newspaper The Chaparral, and founder and former station manager of KCOD Radio and Television.

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