Archive for June, 2009

June 29th

Monday, June 29th, 2009

KBR (Kellogg Brown & Root) is a private contractor over here that must be making a ton of money.  They are in charge of the laundry, the food, trucking service, etc.  Everything the military no longer does themselves, they contract out.  Anyway, they do the laundry here with a 2 or 3 day turnover rate.  [...]

June 27th

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

I have to throw two more dates out there that Mrs. Costello and my nephew Tim brought up.  They are good.  The first one, I don’t remember what I was doing exactly, think I know where I was at though; the second one, crystal clear.
March 30,1981 – I know I am at school (or that might have [...]

June 26th

Friday, June 26th, 2009

June 26, 2009 (0550 Baghdad time), running on a tread mill in Iraq.  Insignificant by all accounts, but now distinctly etched in my recall.  The place I was when I heard about Michael Jackson.  Abbreviated my run and moved up to the bicycles in the front row by the TV’s.  And now of course, that scene will be imprinted in my [...]

June 25th

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

My second profession! (careful)

June 24th

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Where’s Waldo? (can anyone spot him?)
 
A different angle!

June 23rd

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

A week from today, there will be a major shift of control from the cities in Iraq. Iraqi forces will take the lead on security. One thing to keep in mind about this, if you haven’t followed it real close, is, they have been working together for some time in preparation for June [...]

June 20th

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

One thing I discovered thanks to Wuchy, was Camp Victory has a driving range.  For golf that is.  Check out the link.  http://www.blackanthem.com/News/sports/Driving-Range-Helps-Soldiers-Relax_printer.shtml
 
Professional golfer Tom Watson tees off during the dedication ceremonies of the Command Sgt. Maj. Jonathan Lankford Memorial Driving Range on Camp Victory, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 25.  Lankford, who passed away after suffering [...]

June 18th

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

 
 
 
 
(To whomever it may apply)

June 17th

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

 
 ***My spotter has done it again.  The picture lies!
 

What is the highest
 
temperature ever
 
recorded in Iraq?
 

 

The response to this question is simple and complicated. I like many other people have seen thermometers displaying absurdly high readings right here in Iraq. The problem is that the measuring system used is grossly inacurate. Most thermometers are Bimetallic strips, [...]

June 15th

Monday, June 15th, 2009

 
Sunrise over Lost Lake on Camp Victory Iraq (we run our 3 miles around Lost Lake each morning, not this early though)
http://www.thejump.net/id/asp.htm
Jim has provided a link to what may have been the real duck culprit!  All the carp lovers can now rest a little bit easier. 
Another species of asp (Aspius vorax) are found in abundance [...]