Coming home soon (R&R leave) |
Yeppers, just as it sounds I'm coming home on R&R leave. YAY! Finally a bit of respit from this place! I am coming home MUCH sooner than I might have liked *March instead of June/July* BUT March i...
Posted by Daniel on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:46:00 PST |
New Year's Resolutions |
HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Hard to beleive it's 2007 already! Soon enough we'll be flying in hover cars and traveling to far away planets and galaxies on starships and there will be an academy in San Fran.........
Posted by Daniel on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 03:11:00 PST |
Missing home! |
Yeah...not really much to say here that the title doesn't cover. I miss my family and friends in DC and VA. I miss home. I miss my wife, Melissa, like there's no tomorrow. ...
Posted by Daniel on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 03:04:00 PST |
Playing chicken on the hiways of Iraq |
Yep....just as it sounds. We play games on roadways here in the city of Baghdad. We win, no contest. Any time we move, we move in convoys, usually with the BIGGEST vehicle on point. Like an Abrams tan...
Posted by Daniel on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 02:30:00 PST |
It's a sad, sad day... |
OK, so here I am...trying to make my life here a little more confortable while I'm deployed. It's not really hard here but some comforts of home are always nice to have, if you can. I bought a cell ph...
Posted by Daniel on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:04:00 PST |
Just another day... |
Well, it started out like any other day....NOT. Most days here I haven't been woken up at 0430 in the morning and told I'm supposed to be going on a mission. Yes, that was the start of my "lazy" sunda...
Posted by Daniel on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:52:00 PST |
Another day in Babylon |
Yes, yes....here I am in babylon. Missing home like crazy. Going crazy.....wishing I could speed up the process of everything...get the shit done and go home! My contract will not be up soo...
Posted by Daniel on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 06:57:00 PST |
Finally Arrived! |
Wow! What a trip it was from Kuwait to Baghdad! Imagine yourself on the fastest, loopy-est, darkest roller coaster ever....then take it up 100X. That is what a "combat landing" in a C-17 cargo jet fee...
Posted by Daniel on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 04:32:00 PST |
Fire Departments from Around the World! |
OK, I realize this will probably make me look like a dork, as if I don't do that already. However, I just got my FIRST international fire department t-shirt while here in Kuwait. HA HA! Love it!...
Posted by Daniel on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 09:55:00 PST |
Welcome to the Desert: Brought to you by SAND, It's everywhere!! |
Yay Kuwait. Not really much to say except there's lots of sand. I got to see some camels while on the way out to a rifle range. I can say this though, while the area I am currently in is not really my...
Posted by Daniel on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 12:59:00 PST |
