a word from our PHILADELPHIA ASSOCIATE .. BIG EARN'

So as most of you have seen from earlier posts I moved out to Philly to do volunteer work at a middle school, but I kid you not that the southside scumbaggery has yet to leave my system. I've been out here four months and work 50 hours a week at a middle school that doesnt even have hot running water but still find time to do my thing and have mad fun. Im staying at the crest of North Philly around Girard (none of that Northern Liberties bullshit though), and this city moves just at my pace. Public transportation, loosies, graffiti, grime, project housing, prostitution, murals,rowhouses, stickers, abandon cars, dutchies filled with gritty fifty, skateboarding, biking, fighting, thuggery, stickup kids, pot holes, people from all over the world, cop sirens, random gunshots and everything else you can think of surrounds me every day and I FUCKING LOVE IT! I'm not gonna lie the first few weeks was hard, until some BPC associates came through and blew it down. But overall I can honestly say that what I got myself into is forsure a step up from smoking bongs on my moms porch all day and bussing tables. Definitely more flicks to come though! 
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A trip to the worst place, with the best folks. Brothers In Arms.

"...I was a soldier, age 21; in a war, not sure what I was fighting for..." - Mike Ness "Ballad Of A Lonely Man"

     Now, this is not quite true for Mr. Ness, but such is the tale of so many of our country's young men and women, and I am one of them.  This isn't a topic I usually like to speak on, an occasional tale here or there, but kept in the background for the most part.  

    One of the main reasons for that is upon returning home, I wasn't really ready in any way for civilian life. I blew through my combat pay in a hazy daze of drunken nights and slow afternoons. It was a blessing of sorts when I ran out of.money and had to take a job at Copies at Carson, Inc. Working there got me back on a structured schedule and trust, if that hadn't happened this story was going to end unhappily. Thank God that is not the case. 


     I didn't understand it at the time but what I experienced in war changed me. All those things I just described were part of that metamorphisis. And its still a work in progress. With that said I wanted to show everyone some of the road I walked to get here today.

-"Haec Protegimus" 
SPC Joseph Mirt, US Army Engineer 

ESSAYONS

 

     I am extremely proud of myself and my brothers and sisters across the country and that's why I decided to post some photos that I collected from my vault as well as from some of my brothers that i had the honor to serve with in OIF III, FOB Summerall, Bayji, Iraq. Thank yinz all for the continued support!

ENGINEERS LEAD THE WAY! C Co. 1 / 103rd ENG . my brothers forever!

Have a blessed Veteran's day. Keep in mind that there are people fighting for your freedoms. Forever.
this goes out to every generation of Vets. Every branch. Every MOS. It's all the same fight!
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