We’re reaching into the archives and digging up an article I wrote years ago but never published. Since I’m busy traveling and hoping to harvest a new rug, I thought now was a good time to polish this article up and toss it in front of your eyeballs. “The problem, as I see it, Lieutenant,Continue reading “WAR Stories: Tribal”
Category Archives: Qatar
WAR(?) Stories: Lyin’
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’”
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”