The last CH47 lifted off from Camp Taji. Everyone pressed to a window could see the nearly three miles that once separated the airfield from the river was now expanding as an organism, streaked with red and purple splotches and endless texture of turbulent churning debris.
Category: Philosophy
Kiowa vs the beetle
The pilot brought his Kiowa Warrior helicopter to a hover 100 feet above the desert landscape, from the higher orbits, it looked like there was a cave entrance to the south of a rock formation. Peeling away for another orbit he grabbed a grenade from his chest pouch and this time at about 30 feet …
Departure of the Vultures – JOTL
The Vultures departed in the final moments of the cities existence. The high cliff mesa that had guarded for thousands of years now left them only one option as the wall of water rushed towards them. A long fall along their former enemies; their home scrubbed clean. #wtrf #jotl
The Seventh human awakening – JOTL
It was unknown how many people perished globally in the first hour of the Seventh Human Awakening, those that made it barely started to comprehend what had changed before the veil of darkness was thrown over the world. The gifts never are far from their demanding price. #jotl
New writing account on Twitter
https://twitter.com/JOTLbook So I have made a new Twitter account, @JOTLbook This is where I am throwing my thoughts and snippets as I work through my Journal of the Lost book. As it gains traction I will be posting less of the material on my WarPhil account just to avoid too much of my typical bipolar …
JOTL – Bradley and the Ants.
As the Bradley Fighting Vehicle sat on the hill, it seemed like hours went by as the 25mm bushmaster auto cannon spit out shells that tore through the advancing stream of ants. But it could not have been hours, the ammo in the chamber boxes ran out and the gun silenced. The smaller machine gun …
Photo Story – Ambush from the Sky – JOTL
The sky sentries head swiveled and locked into a fix and instantly several flying creatures were running an intercept course. One target became two and suddenly the sky darkened, fuck, ambush. There were too many. The sentry screamed the alarm, fleeing was the only option. #jotl https://t.co/rQ54fU0W6M
