The USMC’s Peter Munson — AKA “Pete the Pirate” — has heaved grapples and is boarding the USS Chickensh**!!! Breathalyzer tests, Irish pennants and the dish on “mediocre, bureaucratic cowards.”

Our friend in Pakistan returns to LoD with a guest post. The U.S. has given Islamabad a great deal of military aid over the past decade. Maybe we need to help stabilize Pakistan in other ways.

Ray Odierno’s reading list doesn’t blow goat! Line of Departure says nice things about the CSA. Psssssst! Don’t tell him or I’ll lose my street cred!

Our man in Pakistan returns to talk about Pasha. What’s the legacy of the Director General for ISI? Why Pakistanis and Americans should care today in LoD.

The Pentagon is taking another step to hurt the free press. The time has come to demand that the White House stop the move of Stars & Stripes to Fort Meade. A guest column in LoD today from the newspaper’s ombudsman.

Sean Parnell writes an important memoir about our war in Afghanistan. Courage, honor, dedication, love and loss as told by those at the far tip of the spear today in LoD.

Carl answers a reader. I dare the LoD blog software gremlins to eat this! The Hungry Ghosts, Mahamaudgalyayana, Garrett Hongo, GIs in Italy and the Dance of the Dead today.

Garrett Hongo publishes an important cycle of poems about war, loss, terror, imprisonment, love and the immigrant’s experience. Today in LoD, why you should read it .

Carl gives you five thoughts before Yon posts something about Red Cross helicopters and MEDEVAC and yada yada yada.

Have we consigned this man to death, America? What does his life mean to you? What will you do to save him?