Jumping in the Way Back machine to tell you a story from a long time ago, in the BC (Before COVID) times. This might be the start of a new series I’m calling “WAR(?)” but I haven’t decided yet. So this is either number one of a couple or this is a flash in theContinueContinue reading “WAR(?) Stories: Lyin’”
Category Archives: Qatar
A Decade in the Rearview//First Deployment Retrospective
Welcome to another installment at Norseman Creative! I hope you enjoy this look back on an extremely formative experience I had, my first deployment in 2016. Check out the shop for merch, as the low-effort meme campaign on the Norseman Creative Instagram page will continue until the last copies of all my books are shippedContinueContinue reading “A Decade in the Rearview//First Deployment Retrospective”
Check Your Hubris at the Door: Runways
As the Construction Flight Commander at arguably one of the busiest Air Bases in the entire world, Al Udeid Air Base, my flight did surprisingly little with actual runway construction or maintenance. Most of our involvement with the runway was to purchase raw materials for the Air Force Engineers to go out and repair damagedContinueContinue reading “Check Your Hubris at the Door: Runways”
Check Your Hubris at the Door: The Return
As soon as I stepped off the sweat and body odor soaked Boeing 747 I started to question whether or not this was the best decision I could have made. With my trusty, well-traveled rucksack hoisted over my shoulders, and my sunglasses covering my blinking eyes, I strode out onto the familiar, sun-blasted tarmac ofContinueContinue reading “Check Your Hubris at the Door: The Return”
Check Your Hubris at the Door: Masirah
An hour’s ferry ride from the small port of Shannah on the Eastern coast of Oman lies the island of Masirah. There isn’t much on the island except for a resort, a couple gas stations, and Royal Air Forces Oman (RAFO) Masirah Island Air Base (MIAB). The little air base is the site of aContinueContinue reading “Check Your Hubris at the Door: Masirah”