1st Lt Prifogle’s Blog

There is a sign as you walk outside one of the chow-halls on base, “complacency kills.”  It is engrained in our minds during training, “complacency kills.”  During staff meetings, “complacency kills.”  It is the signature of emails, “complacency kills.”  Everywhere you go you are reminded, “complacency kills.”  It is a fight.  Complacency sets in after […]

It’s easy to forget.  Forget why you are here.  Forget what you left behind.  Forget what left you behind.  It’s also easy to forget that you are here.  Here – in Iraq.  Habits, both good and bad, become routines and routines become a way of life.  Things that not too long ago felt like movements […]

“You married or single?” Ali asks me bluntly. I am in Iraq wearing a flak jacket and Kevlar helmet and do not feel feminine at all. I am not surprised when I am greeted as “sir” in all my gear so this question takes me off guard. I have just introduced […]

            Why run?  It’s a question normal people always ask runners.  To most people it seems insane that anyone would wake up at 5 in the morning to go run 11.5 miles, but to a runner not running seems insane.  To a runner, running is as essential as breathing and eating.
            Unlike football or […]