Scanning My Sector
Best of luck.
Drop by if you are in Taipei.
M
No more B6?!
For selfish reasons I would like you to continue blogging because I liked reading Badgers Forward so much. But as usually, your writing shows presents and clear and convincing argument of a well reasoned thought. A lawyer to the end.
Good luck, best wishes to you, Mrs. B6 and the dogs.
At least let us know, some way, some how, if and when you resume blogging on any topic. I would love to read whatever blog you end up creating...
Even though you'll always be Badger 6 to me... 
Thank you for your blog, thank you for your service, Bravo Zulu.
Happy Birthday, B6! You'll be missed, and I thank you for the time you've spent blogging. I'll look for you at Mudville's Milblogs. I wish you & Mrs. B6 all the best.
Will really miss your posts. So where's mudville, would love to catch your occassional posts there. Sorry not real familiar with all the military blogs yet, but loved reading your posts.
Thank you for your service and happy birthday!
Happy birthday from one 40 year old to another. God bless and best of luck with returning to your career and "normal" life in the States.
In particular, thank you for your service and sacrifice during your deployment.
Thank you for all the information you gave, especially during your first deployment, and through Jim's death. I appreciate knowing what was going on more than you know.
You'll be missed, B6
Thank you
Thank you for writing and sharing...
See you in "the real world" someday.
B6,
Thank you for your service and your excellent work at providing a look into the lives of Team Badger.
This is sad news indeed, we will miss your ensight. Thanks for making history and thank you for your service. Hope to see you around MilBlogs (we're gonna hold you to it
).
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday, Big Badger!
I have so enjoyed your blog... and am sad to see it end; glad you will do the occasional blog by at Milblogs!
Best wishes to you and Mrs.B6
Keep your pecker up.
Both your blog, and Acute Politics were the starting off point for most of the Milblogs I currently frequent.
Your posts and dedication to your unit have given me inspiration I haven't felt since no longer being able to be there with people like you.
Wish you well in your future endevours, sir.
- Semper Fi
D Weaver
"Dedicated Reader"
Happy Birthday. May the coming year bring much happiness and contentment to your life. Thank you for your service. Thank you for being a thoughtful, intelligent and entertaining writer in the milblog world. Thank you for sharing your life with us. Your blog will be missed.
Happy Birthday, B6!! Thank you and MB6 for your service and sacrifice for our country. Thank you for the blogging you will be missed by many!! Best wishes to you, your family, and your dogs!
Happy Birthday, and Thanks!
Bravo Zulu, Captain.
I turned 40 2 months after 9/11, the day before the 226th Birthday of the United States Marine Corps. I was officially too old to reenter service.
Thank you for yours. Welcome home and congratulations on your accession. I had a feeling that was in the works when you elected to stay another tour in country.
From one lawyer to another, feel free to let me know if you (or any troop)ever need anything in Georgia.
Always ready to ride to the sound of gunfire.
Respects
OAM
Hate to see you go! Please feel free to post at Americansheepdogs.com, where pro-troop supporters reside and keep watch on the home front. God bless, Trish
Well dang it. I'm sorry for "us" but glad for you that you've got what sounds like a great opportunity both personally and professionally.
"Thank you" doesn't seem to cover it - not for the service, not for the sacrifice, and not for letting us into your world for such a long time. It will have to do for now, but if you're ever in the Atlanta area drop me a line and the drinks will be on me.
Take care and good luck.
Many thanks for the valuable time you took to help educate me about the important things in life.
Happy Birthday and wishing many more to come.
The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the blog post From the Front: 05/19/2008 News and Personal dispatches from the front lines..
Happy 40th Birthday.....I want to thank you for your service and for the information you provided from the ground in Ramadi, it really helped me understand the way things were when my husband arrived on the ground in the earliest days of this last deployment. I wish you nothing but luck and good fortune with MB6, your dogs and in the next chapter of your military service and look forward to a new blog should that ever arise. But you will be missed in the great world that is the blogsphere.
Happy Birthday (40 is SO young! You know!) and best wishes in all of your new ventures. You have done a great job telling the stories of the men you served with in Iraq. Your's is the first milblog we ever read as a family. We're rooting for you and Mrs. Badger and wish you both all the best!
Happy birthday and best wishes in the future.
Happy birthday! Thank you for your service to your county; thank you for your search for truth and willingness to share that search; thank you for your love of country, family, friends, and innocent strangers; thank you for letting us travel parts of this path with you, even if it was only as silent onlookers for most of us. We cannot find the truth if we don't look for it, and you made our search fruitful, mournful, and unforgettable. God Speed and keep you safe in the arms of those you love.
Don't forget to blow out the candles when you tun off the lights.
Happy Birthday Sir!!
I'm so sad to hear you will no longer be on the web. You will be missed by many. But, if it's time, then so be it. Take good care of Mrs.B6.
Thank you both for all you have given.
God Blessings upon you both.
Hey Happy Birthday, Badger 6. Have fun at school. I only just happened upon your blog, but I'll read through the archives whenever I have time. God Bless you guys for what you do out there keeping us safe. All my prayers,
Cat
I will sorely miss reading your posts, I had noticed they have been a little slim lately, but I chalked that up to you getting home and taking time to catch up with your family. I have enjoyed your blog along with many of the other milblogs. I rss quite a few of them, and track them regularly.
Thank you for your service and your families sacrifice.
At some point I hope you do decide to continue blogging just as http://midnight.hushedcasket.com/ has.
Good luck, and hope all goes well for you in your future endeavors SIR.
Thanks alot for your posts. Your blogging gave great insight in a war hard to understand. Please keep us readers posted about your future blog project(s).
Greetings from a history & Arabics student from switzerland who studies Iraq academically.
damn...
and welcome home
Thank You for all you and the Mrs. have done!
Happy Birthday!
Thank you for your service to our Country. You are a Great American and a member of the next Greatest Generation!
God bless you and your family. Take care and please continue to blog at Milblogs.
happy birthday. see you at SB.
LAW
Happy Birthday, congrats on home safe, and on return to AD. Wish we could have crossed paths over there, but such is life. Hopefully we will do so stateside...
Your pride in Team Badger is more than justified. You guys saw Anbar transition, and many of us saw that happen through your eyes. The importance of the events and your reports can't be overstated. Those were damn grim days when you guys first arrived. And the transition in Anbar was the key to success (now so tantalizingly close) in the entire endeavor.
If you hadn't shared that in this forum then few would have ever known. And I hope this site will stand forever as a document of that ground truth. The real story of the war in Iraq can be found on the pages of milblogs, from 2003 to the present, and yours is one of the finest.
Again, happy birthday. Welcome home, and hopefully we can continue this in depth in person some time.
With beer.
Cheers!
I wish I was 40!
I like reading your blogs and anticipated read the lastest blog each morning.
I will miss reading your blog. Thank you for your great writing and allowing me to see a part of this war through your eyes.
I wish you and your wife the best in the future. Thank you for your service.
Cheri Linehan
Happy Birthday to you and Mrs. B6.
It is sad to see you go. Reading your last entry brought back a lot of emotions for me. Thank you for helping give some perspective of my husbands time over there with you. You are all hero's in my eyes. Your blog will be missed.
Once again, Welcome Back!!
As I have said, it is about time the last of us came home.
I can only hope that when I am as old as you are...
B6,
I hope you never doubt what a terrific contribution you made with your blogging efforts! Thank you from a grateful American... and a grateful Soldiers' Angel whose adoptee was somewhere near you in Ramadi. It helped to know a little bit more about what was going on, so thanks. I realize how spoiled I am now when I hear a news report and I can't find a milblog to corroborate or clarify.
Thanks for the gift.
Happy Birthday!
Lisa
May you and yours be blessed with health and happiness in your future endeavors.
Captain Colson,
Well I am not really the crying type but this is the second time in a month I've been moved to tears--The other was APril 25 when I welcomed my Marine home from Ramadi. I cannot tell you how much your blog meant to me while I waited for my son. Your blog and Reflon Don and many others gave me a window which gave me hope. You showed me his world; the good, the bad, the ugly so I could have peace.
Thank you so much. We all are really going to miss you.
Happy Birthday!
God's bleesings to you and Mrs 6.
mamaworecombatboots
Wishing you a happy birthday...and thank you - for your service and for your blogging. It has helped give those of us back home an "insider's view" of what's really going on...
God bless!
As much as I hate to see the end of Badgers Forward, understand why it is coming to an end.
All the best as you readjust, and I will miss you. Thank you for the time you spent writing about your experiences, and thank you for serving. But also thank you for showing the next generation a pattern of military behaviour.
May you and the Misses have many a happy and enjoyable day, take care, and again thanks.
Thanks for your service, and thanks for your great posts. As a former engineer company commander in both the reserves and active duty I especially appreciated your views and insights. Now I have a son who is a sapper LT (just returned from Baghdad) and another son who is an infantry LT. Your great posts gave me much needed information on what was really going on in my Army. Good luck in your future endeavors.
Well all things must come to an end
can't say I like this one.You were a
breath of fresh air and along with
B-5 and MA Duce Gunner you told it
like it is. now 2 of the 3 are gone
Good Luck Amigo!!!!!!
Badgers Forward
Say it isn't so!!!
It was great getting to know you in Ramadi, and I have always enjoyed your perspective on the story. Take care and get home soon for some Mama Badger TLC!!!
With great regard
DF
Going to miss you, but certainly understand. Glad to have you back on US soil. Thank you again for your service.
Happy birthday and a sincere thanks for all you and Mrs B6 did- more than you know. Take care and best wishes!
Above my computer is a picture taken near Fallujah by Teflon Don. It's the one with the Marine dismount patrolling in front of that massive Gator the Marines use.
Between the two of you we lived vicariously in that most vital tour of Al-Anbar. You and all of Team Badger, indeed all who volunteered to serve in this time of war are indeed part of the next Greatest Generation.
We have learned so very much from you about the nature of this war. More importantly we have learned about the great heart and character that makes up the majority of American Soldiers.
I've ceased to be amazed by the courage, compassion, ingenuity and talent of the American Soldier. I'm merely in awe.
I look forward to reading your contributions over at Milblogs.
I want thank you and Mrs B6 and all of Team Badger for your great service not only to your country but to the Western World.
It's fitting that this blog will remain here as a tribute to the fallen, the wounded and the ones who made it through that deployment.
This blog is work of well recorded history.
Oh, and by the way, a belated Happy Birthday SONNY
I understand, I hope, but I sure don't like it. Thank you for wonderful insights into what was happening, as well as good stories. Your writing will be missed. (Book!, hint, hint!)
Happy belated birthday, too, and a thank you to the Mrs for sharing you with us.
Best wishes in all of your future.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I will truly miss your blog.
Glad to hear you are home sir, thank you for staying with the blog so I could keep up with you and the situation in Iraq. Drop me a line when you get a chance. Good luck with JAG.
Badger2-2 out
Fair winds and following seas. Best wishes as you re-embark on an Army career. And, Happy Birthday.
Let me add my thanks to the chours! Glad to have you home. I am sure this will not be the last we hear from you...you write so well.
Happy Birthday!
Best wishes in all your endeavors...
thank you for your service and for sharing your thoughts and hopes. Regards,
A.Whitner
B.C.S.O.
Otis ANG
Badger 6 & Mrs Badger 6
Good Luck with the new focus in your life and we'll miss your insights on this blog. Please don't forget to occasionally drop in at Mudville or at CJ's a Soldier's Perspective, or someother blogplace. See you around!
I will admit to being a bit sad. I felt re-connected with the military thru your blog and as a result every day i ask myself whether I (a 35+ yr old attny with 2 kids) should come back.
Anyway, I wish you the best of luck, health and wealth in your endeavors. Once again, thanks to you (and your wife) and your fellow Soldiers. I dont know what this country would be like without you all!
Happy birthday and many more! Thanks for providing a glimpse at the Iraq conflict through lenses not fogged with BDS or anti-Americanism. Here's hoping you take up the pen again in the future.
A salute, Sir....from BC-MSN, Ret U. S. Coast Guard Aux......and, a former news director (radio & TV from 30 years ago).
The "New Media"....blogs, are providing such a volume of actual news...not the desperate cloying attempts at "directing" the news of the MSM. This is a marvelous new thing which allows those who wish to view them the openness of a media accountable at all times, and open to critique!
I Love it, and you, Sir, are the personification of this new media.
A salute to you from an old Coastie. Semper Par, my friend!
Duke
Happy (belated) birthday! Although I will certainly miss starting my mornings by reading your insightful and extremely informative words, it is so good to know you are home with your wife and dogs beginning the next chapter of your life. Thank you for taking us all along for the ride and for the sacrifices, time and devotion you gave to our wonderful country and to the people of Iraq. Have a beautiful life, Captain! Peace.
Badger 6 This is Pathfinder 6
Job Well Done. Pathfinder 6 Out
You'll be missed. Thank you sharing your perspectives and wisdom. You opened a window on Iraq and war for many--a priceless gift over and above your military service. Best of luck to you and yours, and happy birthday.
B6, thank you much for the time you have taken to keep us informed. The best of luck and happiness to you and Mrs. B6.
Thank you sir.
It's been and honor and a pleasure having your aquaintance. You helped keep things in focus for us back home.
That's huge!
Take care, I wish the best of everything for you and Mrs B6.
And the dogs,too!
Happy belated birthday! Thank you and Mrs B6 for all you do. I'll miss you. God bless you both...and of course the doggies. I've got two myself, so I know their importance.
Happy Birthday!
Best of luck in the future.
Thanks for what you did write.
Will miss the insight, behind the scenes data and great stories. Thanks for all the contributions to our radio.
I can't thank you enough for your service to your country. You've been a tremendous asset in more ways than you can imagine, too.
I hope you appreciate just how important your blog was to the war effort. I strongly believe it was your effort (and similar efforts by other milbloggers) that kept the population back home engaged and informed enough about the situation in Iraq to successfully counter the inaccurate and agenda-driven mainstream media, not to mention some defeatist members of Congress.
Not only did you do an incredible job on the battlefield, but on the homefront as well. IMHO, you are a major reason our military has been allowed to finish the job properly.
You are also a perfect representative of our incredibly professional and capable military today. I proudly served years ago, but as good as we were, you men and women in the service today are second to none in my opinion. I thrills my heart to read that you are continuing your Army career, too; best wishes in that endeavor.
Finally, I appreciate the sacrifice and support of your wife. How incredibly mature and selfless of both of you to serve as you are. I hope to hear from you again some day.
See Ya, Captain:
You sir, were my first read every day,(during both tours), and I will surely miss you. The presentation of the facts made mostly by you and Teflon Don have caused me to find new ways to "support the troops". I am once again active, this time as a "Swamp Ranger", supporting the US Army 6th RANGER training bn. here at Eglin AFB.
Please Sir, allow me to offer this advice: Enjoy Life- This is not a dress rehearsal!
nuf sed
Thank you for sharing your experiences of what is really going on in your area of Iraq, sir. It is blogs like yours that helped keep Iraq from falling into the abyss of the terrorists by informing the public back home of what is at stake in that country. Good luck to you, and those who served with you.
You will be missed.....
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