27 July 2007

A couple of things

The FOB is on a commo blackout - someone on the FOB died (I have no idea who, just that their not in my BDE). That means no phone calls out - which sucks, because I've been wanting to call a lot of people, and can't. Shitty. More on this later.

My platoon had an Iraqi photographer tailing us on a mission recently, and we got a lot of photos on the AP wire. That was cool. I'll get those photos up when I get better internet.

I got a lot of letters and care packages from people lately - Manny and Eliz most recently - and they were all awesome. I appreciate them all - they're great, really. That said, stop. Yeah, we'll be moving away from this FOB soon enough that if you don't send me something, by let's say, 01 August, I probably won't get it. It'll get lost somewhere in Iraq. Thank you all the stuff, and if I stay in one place long enough I'll get you all my new address.

Finally, I will not be getting back to Lewis until early/mid October. The rest of my Battalion will be getting back mid September, but I get to stay in Kuwait for about an extra month doing paperwork. Sucks, but I'm the new guy and I've only been here a couple months instead of fifteen. C'est la vie.

posted by Interested Soldier @ 13:34