September 29, 2008


Lower Stories: Brandon in Baghdad

Brandon had a troubled adolescence. He was always in trouble and partied too much. He fought with his bipolar stepfather, and his mother would stop the ruckus by calling the police. Brandon barely graduated from high school.

He joined the Marines and was assigned to a mortar squad. Brandon carried the mortar. When he got to Iraq his job was changed to military intelligence, where he worked on encryption.

Brandon came home this summer and can’t wait for his next deployment. It will be in Afghanistan. He’s looking forward to killing someone there.

posted by Michael Grant Smith in anecdotes, observations, war 

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4 Responses to “Lower Stories: Brandon in Baghdad”

  1. Cindy Scroggins on September 29th, 2008 at 10:09 am

    I’m really enjoying these, MGS. Please keep it up.

  2. Deron Bauman on September 29th, 2008 at 10:15 am

    she said ‘keep it up’.

  3. Cindy Scroggins on September 29th, 2008 at 10:20 am

    Cut it out, Butthead.

  4. Michael Grant Smith on September 29th, 2008 at 4:31 pm

    Cindy, you are as sweet and kind as Sarah Palin is not. Your sweetness can be measured in negative Sarah units.

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