Yesterday, I posted a blog entry about the mole cricket. I found my new knowledge of entomology interesting and thought that I would share with readers. One reader, however, did not find the entry interesting. Instead, he wrote to me, "Aren't you supposed to be doing real work over there?" Read more »
I recently received a request from a kind lady named Jo Ann for a list of items to be sent to my team and I. Things like international calling cards, DVDs or CDs. Jo Ann had a budget of $600. Below is my response. Read more »
Recently, an Iraqi Soldier asked about my wife and children. These are very common questions. Iraqis have a hard time understanding how Americans can settle for only one wife, and very much do not understand single Soldiers. "Is something wrong with your manhood?" is perhaps a proper way of wording their questions for the single Soldiers. Read more »
I recently received a message from an anonymous reader, who was concerned about my recent writings. This individual felt that I was divulging too much information, worrying that the enemy could use it against his/her deployed family member. I promised a response to this concern and the following is just that.
Mrs. Patsy Porterfield recently wrote to me sending me her prayers. She also used my blog to pass along her support for the troops but simultaneous unsupportive feelings of the war itself, saying: “This war is so needless.” The following is my response:
Ed Summers of Roanoke recently wrote asking, "What is the general feeling you get from the Kuwaitis regarding the American (and other) troops and Iraq?" The following is my response.
Julie Drewry, a Roanoke City math teacher, recently wrote me asking "Can you include how you use math in your work or how your company uses math so that I can share it with the students of Roanoke City?" The following is my response:
I am so very grateful when I hear that I am in the prayers of so many across Roanoke. The outpouring of support helps more than you might realize. I rest a little easier with the prayers of Denise Bailey, Trey Whitehead, Evelyn Powers, Rita Jennings (her son David is deployed too), Debra Croy, Michelle Sobieski, Debbie Holler, Sharon Caps and her entire church, and Doretta and Sandra Winter, to name a few.
Rich Connaroe graduated from Northside High School in 2000 and VMI in 2004. Now a Captain in the U.S. Army, Connaroe begins a one-year deployment to Iraq in August. During that time, he plans to make regular blog posts that he hopes will connect readers of the The Roanoke Times to U.S. soldiers who are deployed in Iraq.
