thank you for the box of food aunt kristi, i dig into it every morning at about 3am or so to keep me awake. I guess it's the rainy season here, which doesn't mean it rains a whole lot, but it only takes a little bit to turn this whole freakin place into a neverending mud hole. There is no grass to walk on, so unless you are on pavement you are in ( Read more... )

So, I'm starting to run out of stuff to write in this journal. Lately I've been pretty much doing the same stuff, work 2 nights for about 12 hours a night, get a night off, work two, get one off... All I do on off days is sleep, watch movies, do laundry if I decide to get out of bed, stuff like that. Today I got in at about 7am and slept til 4: ( Read more... )

The last two nights in a row I had to drive for about 7 hours straight, and that was just one way, someone else drove the return trip. Both times I was driving the front vehicle, going about 60 in the dark on roads that I had only been on once. And when you are goin 60, concrete barriers that block off the entire lane jump out of the darkness ( Read more... )

So I guess we parked the truck next to a bomb the other night, I looked down and was like "hey, those wires arn't supposed to be sticking out of the dirt." It wasn't too bad though, the explosive ordnance disposal team (EOD) came out and blew it up, got a cool video clip of it cause it made a hell of an explosion. While we were waiting we had to ( Read more... )

Whats up everyone? I guess I've finally got somewhat settled in here, our living areas are pretty sweet now. Its amazing what happens when you give a bunch of rednecks an unlimited supply of lumber and power tools. Some people have pretty much built their own houses! Finally figured out some of the routes that we drive on, havn't got lost in about ( Read more... )

Finally made it to Iraq about 7 days ago, but I didn't get to move into my permanent residence til today. And damn has it been a hell of a week. Since everyone else was in country before me, I started going out on missions as soon as I got here. Oh, and I finally got a plane ride in the cargo area of a C-130, now I know why paratroopers use them ( Read more... )

So Saturday we were going to fly to Iraq, the company was split on 2 flights of about 75 each. My flight was to be the first to leave. We loaded all the duffle bags on a truck (thats the 1st time), about 200 total bags, and went to the airport. Unloaded the bags (2), strapped them down to pallets, and then sat at the airport for 6 hours. Then ( Read more... )

SO I finally rolled off my cot at about 11am this morning to take a shower and go get some lunch. I'm telling you all, this is the life, it's about 75 degrees out, i get all the sleep I want, and the rest of the time I play computer games, volleyball, hackysack, and watch movies. By the way, The Girl Next Door and Troy are both excellent movies ( Read more... )

Tody I got promoted to E-4 Specialist, which would be great if it showed up on my pay, which it hasn't yet. I did my first mission on the 30th, election day in Iraq. The whole mission was in Kuwait, but there was alot of crazy stuff happening in Kuwait to, troops getting shot at and stuff like that. yesterday we went to a different base to get ( Read more... )

I've been in Kuwait for 2 days now, I'll probably be here for at least another week. It's a hell of alot better than NJ, it's warm during the day and just a little cool at night. It's really flat here, just dirty sand and tents. The base isn't too bad, they have a store with a food court, a gym, basketball and volleyball, and a place to get on ( Read more... )