Chuck Ziengenfuss

Holly Aho will present a podcast interview with Chuck Ziengenfuss, his wife Carren, and his mom Alice sometime soon.

For new readers, some background info is in order.

Army Captain Chuck Ziengenfuss was one of the finest milbloggers in Iraq. His reports on the mission were uncensored and gritty, his sense of humor unquenchable, and his frustration with an American media that tended to quote him for their own purposes was real.

Then one day in June, this:

This is Carren writing to tell Chuck's faithful readers that he has been injured, but is in stable condition. I won't give details for fear of misinformation (and the fact that this can be accessed by millions of people).

In general... Chuck sustained shrapnel wounds to his legs and arms from an IED. He and an Iraqi civilian were the only ones injured. The Good Lord above was looking out for him in a BIG way! He is probably in Landstuhl (sp?), Germany by now and will be back in the states in the next week to 10 days (as far as I know right now). He still has his eyesite and has not sustained internal injuries that I know of. I have not talked to him yet... they have kept him sedated for his trip to Germany, as well as for pain management. He also has some injuries to his face, but I think it is just bruised/scratched up quite a bit.

Holly, (who will soon offer that podcast interview) is a member of the group Soldier's Angels. Stick around here and you'll hear a lot about them. They do incredible work for the troops - wounded and otherwise. In Chuck's case they have arranged for him to have a laptop computer with voice software, and now he's blogging again. That Soldier's Angels effort has since grown into Project Valour-IT a campaign to do the same for as many wounded as possible. (Read fellow MilBlogger Sgt B's excellent post on the subject here.)

And follow Chuck, Carren, and Alice's ongoing adventures here.