*A short story to kick this Friday off. Went through the chow line yesterday and the people checking ID’s weren’t the normal Ugandan guards; they were American contractors. Seemed kind of strange since that is the first time I can remember this happening. Later in the day we get an e-mail saying they (the Ugandans) had gone [...]
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Day 5 – Iraq – The First 100 Days in Pictures/Videos (July 29th – Just a small sandstorm)
In my first attempt to post a video, here goes! Let me know if it works. This was yesterday by the way.
dust storm_0001 (it may take a while to [...]
U.S. Defense Secretary, Robert Gates, arrived in Iraq yesterday as you may have heard. He flew into Tallil Air Base, which is located in An Nasariyah (I know on the map it is spelled differently, but every city over here has 3 different spellings, don’t know why), south of us. Supposedly the mission was designed for him to [...]
Day 4 – Iraq – The First 100 Days in Pictures (Interpreters Part II + roommate)
Today, as promised, I have followed up with closer shots of our interpreters. The top one is me and Claude. The middle one is me and Majeed (whom by the way I look gigantic next to!). Both, very well educated and able to speak [...]
*Alright, I finally figured out how to obtain supporter status on this website. I won’t have to worry about space constraints anymore. So from here on out all pictures will remain! And no more ads I believe. yeah It only took 4 months for me to figure it out. Not bad.
*Quick story: Tim Regel owner of [...]
Day 1 – Iraq – The First 100 Days in Pictures (Sandstorms)
Some photos of the beauty of sandstorms. The one on the top are the units where we live on a night of a sandstorm. The one on the bottom is what it looked like during the day. JK I threw that one in here so you [...]
I am going to postpone “Iraq – The First 100 Days” one day to share a story that happened to me yesterday.
Coming back from a mission outside the wire, my roommate and I, along with our interpreter Majeed (never leave home without one) stopped off at a place called the “French Village”. Named so because it [...]
*Starting tomorrow I am going to be posting a picture every day with a little caption underneath; the blog will become “Iraq – The First 100 Days in Pictures” (everyone loves pictures)
*I am up to Season 8 in MASH. For those of you who have watched, many changes have taken place. Trapper is gone replaced [...]
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