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I spent some of my innovation time today writing a JavaScript bookmarklet for those who need an easy, one-click method of accessing the SUSS URL Shortening Service (CAC and .mil access only). The purpose of this bookmarklet is to submit the URL of the page currently being viewed automatically to SUSS, providing a 35 character SUSS branded link that redirects to the original hyperlink.

Brandon Morris, a colleague of mine on the Army's 53 Listserv inspired me to write a JavaScript bookmarklet to enhance the functionality of Army Knowledge Online (AKO) Webmail.

Well, I'm counting down the days (less than a month now) until I get back home to visit my family for two weeks of "R and R" leave.

The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of life here for others who may be assigned to Camp Arifjan for the first time.

As a veteran of a previous 155th Separate Armored Brigade (MS ARNG) mobilization, I am keenly interested in the potential second-order effects from the stateside military mobilizations for Katrina relief on operations in Iraq.

I wrote this short piece after seeing the topic get a lot of press recently.

Here's two statistics that I find quite compelling.

This weekend, our web team (myself and two civilian techs) were able to accomplish a major goal -- we stood up a development server running Windows Sharepoint Services.

There have been some bad sandstorms over the last few days, reducing visibility down to a few hundred meters.

I've now been in Kuwait for a little over a month. This morning I ran the Kuwait edition of the Atlanta Peachtree 10K road race.

It has been a while since I've posted. I'm just starting to get into a daily routine, but I'm staying very busy as I try to balance my job duties and ongoing graduate courses.

Well, I made it here after without too many problems.

Only three more days left, and I'm feeling like a chicken with his head cut off.

Here is some more information on my pending assignment to Kuwait, including my mailing address.

It's as official as anything in the military gets -- as requested, I'll be deploying to Kuwait this summer for a one-year assignment in an Information Systems Management (53A) position.

This is a list of points I've maintained for many years for occasional reference as my "professional azimuth".

I read of the recent deaths of Nepalese and Sri Lankan peacekeepers in Haiti. As I was deployed there at a platoon leader for 5 months as part of the UN mission in 1995, I have continued to follow the events there over the years. These are a few notes I've made to a junior officer mailing list over the last year.