Remembering the Fallen

Note: I first wrote this post in 2008. I’ve made it a tradition to re-post this entry every Memorial Day, which is observed in the United States on the last Monday of May. The feelings, the emotions, are just as real today as they were then. Plus it seems that everyday I am reminded that […]

Crossing Your No-Mans-Land

I can feel the compression of my vertebre under the weight of body armor, gear, radios, ammo, and water. About 40 pounds, I think–but this is a short patrol and we aren’t taking packs, so at least that’s a bonus…

My Body Armor

I was suiting up for another day at the office. Unfortunately, this office was going to be flying about 50 feet above the Iraqi desert and dropping me off into some inhospitable terrain. So I paid a lot of attention to what I was putting on. My main piece of kit, besides my weapons, was […]

Battle Cry

There was a great passage read in chapel today, one that gives us here renewed strength, confidence, and security. I went back and took a look at The Message paraphrase version, it’s even better, a true battle cry. Psalms 118:5-16 Pushed to the wall, I called to God; from the wide open spaces, he answered. […]

Famous

The Air Force Space Command News ran an article about me. You can find the original here. Schriever Airman receives Bronze Star medal for Iraq tour SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Capt. David Hearn was awarded the Bronze Star medal. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Daniel Martinez) by Staff Sgt. Daniel Martinez 50th Space […]