Desert Storm Diaries

Hey to all my Peeps, Tweeps, and stalkers -
Please, PLEASE go check out the wonderful work being done by
eMail Our Military. If you know me or are familiar with my book, you know how important this work is to the troops. Please help, by donating, or sharing the word on your own networks and blogs. Specifically, eMail Our Military needs help keeping the website running. More info is on that site, so go check it out.

When I saw this post I knew I HAD to help them out. Instead of donating from each book sale, I just made a donation. I could say how much, but that takes out the fun of making a donation, right?

Now, if lots of books sell, I’ll make a bigger donation

I actually included eMail Our Military in the book, because they are taking up the slack, so to speak, for an older program that had to be discontinued for security reasons.

When I was serving in Desert Storm, any person “back home” could write a letter, and mail it to “Any Service Member”, and that letter or package would be delivered to the soldiers or sailors at the front. From there, if the person who received the mail wanted a pen pal, they could then write back, with their address, and then mail was delivered directly to them.

As I mentioned in my book, I wrote back to 100 people, and had at least 50 of those people then write back to me. Let me tell you, getting mail is a GOOD THING when you’re “over there”.

So, maybe this is just kind of my way of helping to pay back those people who wrote me.

Thanks for reading, and as always, thanks for supporting the troops.

To help out, please go to eMail Our Military and you can make a donation there.

And if you’d like to get an idea of how much the troops enjoy getting mail, you could buy my book.
Buy Desert Storm Diaries for only $17.95
Carlin.

And as always, thanks for your support!

Email me! Carlin@carlincomm.com

Follow Me on Twitter! @carlincomm

www.createspace.com/3381952

After burning through most of my first printing already, I’m shifting my book distribution to CreateSpace.com which will handle my order fulfillment, at least until I come up with the next plan!

The price will still be $17.95, and you can either order it from the link above, or through Amazon.com.

I made the change because I realized I was almost losing money before, because I paid shipping to get the books from the printer to me, then I had to turn around and repackage, and pay shipping again from me to you. Not that I minded so much, it was very exciting to see a box with all of my books in it, but now that I’ve tripped over that box 3 times this week, I think the fun is wearing thin!

If you’re interested in having your own book published, be sure to drop me a line and lets talk! I’ve learned a few things on this project, and not so much that I’d do things much differently the second time, but I could do things quicker at least! And I think I was pretty lucky to have met some very good contacts in the last year or so, just when I needed them.

And as always, thanks for your support!

Email me! Carlin@carlincomm.com

Follow Me on Twitter! @carlincomm

These are Available NOW!

Wow, cool huh? Or you can Buy direct from me at this link instead:
http://carlincomm.com/desertstormdiaries/?p=67

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Can you tell that I’m happy with these??!

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From the back cover…
From mind numbing boredom one moment to being absolutely scared to death the next…

Life at sea is always interesting!

The men and women of the Navy’s HC-5 “Providers”, Detachment 4, while deployed on the T-AE-26 Kilauea, set records, got awards, and had some fun too!

Start with helicopters hovering with explosive cargo, mix in some truly lunatic fork lift drivers, maybe grab a couple hours of sleep, if you’re lucky, have some great food and terrible coffee, grab your Walkman and your gas mask, we’ll enjoy surreal sunsets, and oh yeah, don’t forget we’re in a War Zone!

Its an Adventure, just like the Navy promised!

Told from the perspective of an aircraft mechanic who was just doing his best to hold things together, you’ll feel the salt spray on your face as the rotor wash threatens to blow you over the edge.

If you’ve ever wondered what its really like, this just might save you a 4 year enlistment!

This book is dedicated to all the people back home, who wrote the letters and let us know they hadn’t forgotten us.

Thank you. You have no idea how much it meant to get mail.

AMS2 (E-5) Carlin Comm, US Navy Veteran of Desert Shield / Desert Storm