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Chief Wiggles-Home from Iraq  The Online Journal of Chief Wiggles Monday, 22 March 2004 Sharing Joys with Toys 03/21/04   Sunday, March 21, 2004 Sharing Joys with ToysOn a beautiful spring like day, when the sun was glistening off the not too distant snow capped mountains, while the now greening grass is starting to recover from a long snowy winter, and the warmth of the sun signals all living things to begin rearing their heads from their winter hibernation, I had an experience of a life time. It was another one of those magical days, not unlike the continual...

.Rise of the MilblogsSome of the best sources of information on the war are from the people actually fighting it--and their blogs.by Hugh Hewitt 03/12/2004 12:00:00 AM AS THE WAR enters a phase where most of the fighting is far removed from the networks' cameras, it gets harder and harder to find reliable news on the conflict's many fronts.Unless you read the milblogs, that is. "Milblogs" is short for "military blogs"--online journals run by active duty military or reservists who have returned to civilian life for the time being. These first person accounts of the world and the nation through...

Wesley Clark, Chief Wiggles, and moreFrom the February 16, 2004 issue: Remembering Sergeant First Class Curtis "Paco" Mancini02/16/2004, Volume 009, Issue 22 Remembering PacoIn his reporting during the war in Iraq, our colleague Stephen F. Hayes frequently called on Sergeant First Class Curtis "Paco" Mancini, a 17-year veteran of the Davie, Florida, police department who had been recruited to train Iraqi Americans working with U.S. soldiers to liberate their native country. Hayes described Mancini as a "soldier's soldier"--a cliché, perhaps, but nonetheless an apt description of the burly 43-year-old with a shimmering Mr. Clean head.Mancini and his hand-picked colleagues...

Thursday, 5 February 2004   President Bush recognizes Chief Wiggles!!!!!At this mornings National Prayer Breakfast, President Bush recognized the work of Chief Wiggles.We are currently awaiting the transcript and, unfortunately, CSPAN2 did not broadcast it as per schedule. I phoned CSPAN and they said they had technical difficulties.Any help finding these materials would be greatly appreciated.This has been one of the hardest secrets to keep, having spoken with one of the President's speech writers about this a couple of days ago. They asked that it not be advertised ahead of time and we respected this.CONGRATS TO THE CHIEF!UPDATE: Chuck Simmons...

Chief Wiggles-Straight from Iraq The Online Journal of Chief Wiggles Monday, 29 December 2003 Help! People sending items, Soldier's Widow wants to help, Corrupt officials nailed, other... 12/28/03 Sunday, December 28, 2003Help?Does anyone know where these 50 plus boxes of clothes came from? A few days ago FedEx pulled into the parking lot of the CPA with an entire flat bed truck full of clothes, in 25-pound FedEx boxes. I have no idea where they came from or who sent them. Please, if any of you have any idea about these boxes please let me know, so I can...

<p>BAGHDAD, Iraq — Life for the children of Iraq hasn't always been full of fun and games. Forty percent of the Iraqi population is under 18, children who were born under the oppressive rule of Saddam Hussein.</p> <p>The dictator's priorities were clearly not focused on children. The schools are dilapidated and ill-equipped.</p>

Call Him WigglesIn a story in last week's Newsweek online about Iraqi reconstruction, there was a glancing mention of an important grassroots effort to reach out to Iraqi children. The article talks about safety improvements in parts of Baghdad: "There are motor pools, and Internet cafes, cafeterias and video lounges." And in an almost dismissive manner, it continues: "There's even a blog from inside the Green Zone, put out by someone who says he's a military intelligence soldier using the pseudonym Chief Wiggles (http://chiefwiggles.blog-city.com). Lately the boosterish Chief Wiggles has been using his blog to find donors to give...

Chief Wiggles will be on Joe Scarborough next.

  Soldier Conducts Toy Drive for Iraqi Children By U.S. Army Cpl. Todd Pruden, 372nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment   BAGHDAD, Iraq – Being in a hospital can be a miserable and frightening experience for children. It can be difficult to bring joy to children in these places. But, with the help of a soldier in Iraq and generous Americans in the States, smiles were abundant at a children’s hospital in Baghdad Oct. 19.Chief Warrant Officer Paul Holton, an interrogator with the 141st Military Intelligence Battalion, a Utah Army National Guard unit from Salt Lake City, has spearheaded a...

For those of you who have been following this, here is the new info from Plunge for mailing packages to the Chief. WE ARE BACK IN BUSINESS BABY!!!! Here is the new shipping address!!!! Operation Give 7155 Columbia Gateway Drive Columbia, MD 21046 We'll go through the list of things to send again: You should definitely not send: NO Guns of any kind NO Violent action hereos NO Violent toys NO Barbie dolls or dolls scantily dressed NO Toys that shoot something, no projectiles NO Water guns NO Makeup Also, please be careful with anything that requires electricty. Electricity...

A Utah soldier's instinctive reaction to help a child in Iraq has blossomed into a national toy donation drive for the children of that war-torn country. Operationgive.org began last month, after "Chief Wiggles" — a member of the Utah National Guard stationed in Iraq, who maintains a Web-based journal, chiefwiggles.blog-city.com/; posted a description of his touching encounter with an Iraqi girl. He said he saw a little girl crying outside the barbed wire fence by the front gate of the former palace where he works. Her mother, who had only one leg, had hobbled inside to talk to someone. "She...

Please note: We have just been given word that the military can no longer handle our shipping to Chief Wiggles. The volume has far exceeded what they are able to do. We are currently working on alternative shipping options. As soon as we have them in place, we will let you. You may still make cash donations at OperationGive.org. This means, DO NOT SHIP ANYMORE PACKAGES TO CHIEF WIGGLES AT THIS TIME. I used my emergency number to call Chief Wiggles and discuss the situation with him. He understands and is working on his end to keep this going. Plunge...