Limb Socks

Description: Broken Foot Aww Snap bone medicine broken ankle is the perfect gift for surgery, injury, fractures, orthopedic surgeon fans. Just in time for birthday, B-Day, Christmas, St. Patricks Day. For grandma, grandpa, mom, dad, sister, brother.

Description: Amputee Prosthetic Leg Arm

Description: Amputation Prothesis Amputate Surgery Amputee Survivor

Description: It must be true because this was one of the very first thing Sun Tzu wrote when he started his blog.

Description: Onefoot Prosthetic Leg Bigfoot One Leg makes a great post-amputation present for those recovering from leg amputation, including diabetic patients, veterans, soldiers, and survivors. Perfect for dads, fathers, and grandpas in surgery recovery.

Description: While in Iraq even a fact-finding mission could end up resulting in a grenade attack. True story.

Description: "...but it will cost you a dollar!"

Description: U.S. Army soldiers do pee tests even in the middle of empty deserts... because that's how we roll the cup.

Description: Over the last few years it has been a real grab-bag as to what kind of movers you get when you have a permanent change of station.

Description: Staying at South Camp outside of Sharm el-Sheikh had advantages over North Camp and El Gorah. Aside from having casinos, hotels, a Planet Hollywood, a bowling alley. etc. they also had motor scooter takeout for McDonald's to the front gate.

Description: Scooters are easier and cheaper than getting a car in South Korea... although there is NO "cool factor" in riding a "scoot."

Description: Military Surprise can either be in startegy... or humor. Depends on the circumstances.

Description: Sometimes you don't even have to be conscious to earn a Purple Heart.

Description: In the early days of OIF language barriers were a problem, so some soldiers were issued laminated cards with pictures to help facilitate communication. It didn't always work out, though...

Description: During Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom the PX would give you change in "pogs", plastic tokens worth 5-25 cents. They didn't do pennies, so...

Description: Tattoos are a relatively cheap alternative to accomplishments and personality.... thus becoming a magnet for E1-E4s!

Description: The new Army Combat Fitness Test is a marvel... if carried to extremes it will have everyone equally fit. They won't have time to do any actual SOLDIERING (or have a family, or get an education, etc.) but they'll be fit.

Description: When the Coalition began the Surge we had the Islamofascists on the run. It was quite entertaining.

Description: Occasionally mistaken for Clara Barton, T.H. Limb tries to make sure there are no forgotten soldiers stories.

Description: Beaker will have to see how far his family tree goes after this one...

Description: Appropriate medals for appropriate achievements, I always say. Well, no I don't ALWAYs say that. In fact, I think I've only said that once. No, wait... I only wrote it down....

Description: Meals Ready to Eat have been an important part of the U.S. Army's meal plan since the 1980s.... although some of the recipes go back further.

Description: If you ever report a UFO while in the military they will very carefully listen to you, get all the details, and come to the right conclusion.

Description: I saw this in a museum in Hanau. It seems that witches really made a pest of themselves to the point where a local gunmaker named stuck came up with a way to get rid of them. Soon, those broom-riding vermin emigrated France, where that sort of thing was more tolerated. Or at least that's what the Germans told me.

Description: You really have to wonder about the people who "decorate" these dummies!

Description: Someone seems to think marriage is a competition...

Description: Fort Leavenworth has all kinds of history plaques and markers. Every Army officer of any consequence has been here at one time or another, including one pretty intense tank major...

Description: This certainly shows where the priorities lay with the post when we had the Big Flood.

Description: Thank God for the Post Exchange! Where else could you get the little luxuries of life?

Description: Eating in a DFAC could be an adventure, but "adventure eating" isn't one of my favorite things.

Description: It goes well with the Bedouin iPad case and Bedouin Woke Beads.

Description: Back when Bubba Clinton was in charge someone got the bright idea to take away the traditional headgear of the U.S. Army, the patrol cap, and replace it with a beret. And not just any beret, but a BLACK beret. Rather than pick a color not in use they picked the color used by the Rangers... and Lewinsky.

Description: I always wondered if you could get away with throwing a brick through a fortune teller's window... after all, couldn't they call the police in advance?

Description: Military signs sometime lay it out precise detail...

Description: The Multinational Force and Observers is the peacekeeping operation which has been in the Sinai since 1982. During my time there in 2007 I did a lot of cartoons but this has always kind of been my favorite.

Description: While stationed in the Sinai as a peacekeeper I saw all kinds of moneymaking schemes: in Sharm el-Sheikh there was a MAS Bowling Center, in al-Arish there was a decent beach on the Mediterranean," and in Ismailia they have the Izakaya Restaurant where they serve a mean Double Chicken Hamburger. I'm surprised that no one started doing tours of the desert...