Arrival at Last
Well, here I am, finally after, can I say, months of training (actually only since November, but it feels like forever) in Iraq. Will I really can't say where I am, and no operational issues will be discussed I will describe me life in the box.
I am posting some photos of Kuwait and I hope this works. I have made it like a small poster. Just click on it and it will enlarge. If it still isn't large enought to read, just right click on the photo and copy it and then use a paint program to enlarge it to read it. I will try to remember to use larger fonts next time! Let me know if it doesn't seem to be a good idea.
I really enjoy reading all the comments from friends and people I don't know. It is great to know so many people are out there praying and thinking of not only me, but all the soldiers over here. Thank you very much for your consideration.
The first thing I noticed coming over is the poverty. In the states when we convoy to annual training, the kids will run down to the road and wave and make that honk your horn sign. And we usually do and wave back and smile. Here in Iraq they stand by the road and wave towards their mouth wanting food. Or make gestures towards us that are not too nice. But some wave. But most are begging for food. We are not to throw food because the kids will run out infront of vehicles and get hit. It was hard on the heart to just drive by, but the consequence would be worse. What a contrast.
As we were driving, I was thinking that Sadam was not only a cruel leader , but a lousy one at that. People like say he was cunning and outfoxed the US. etc, etc. but looking at the condition of his country, I would say he did a vey lousy job. The roads are terrible, the houses look like the are going to fall down and it just looks dirty (a few places we went by really smelled too). And all that money on tanks and guns he wasted because when the rubber met the road it litterally went up in smoke.
The moral of this lesson? Our county may be a loud, obnoxious land, but we are a people that are really free. Free to do some strange things yes, but a land of the free. Our leaders come and go and the people keep on building. Don't knock down the ole USA, you don't know what you've got, until you don't have it.
I am posting some photos of Kuwait and I hope this works. I have made it like a small poster. Just click on it and it will enlarge. If it still isn't large enought to read, just right click on the photo and copy it and then use a paint program to enlarge it to read it. I will try to remember to use larger fonts next time! Let me know if it doesn't seem to be a good idea.
I really enjoy reading all the comments from friends and people I don't know. It is great to know so many people are out there praying and thinking of not only me, but all the soldiers over here. Thank you very much for your consideration.
The first thing I noticed coming over is the poverty. In the states when we convoy to annual training, the kids will run down to the road and wave and make that honk your horn sign. And we usually do and wave back and smile. Here in Iraq they stand by the road and wave towards their mouth wanting food. Or make gestures towards us that are not too nice. But some wave. But most are begging for food. We are not to throw food because the kids will run out infront of vehicles and get hit. It was hard on the heart to just drive by, but the consequence would be worse. What a contrast.
As we were driving, I was thinking that Sadam was not only a cruel leader , but a lousy one at that. People like say he was cunning and outfoxed the US. etc, etc. but looking at the condition of his country, I would say he did a vey lousy job. The roads are terrible, the houses look like the are going to fall down and it just looks dirty (a few places we went by really smelled too). And all that money on tanks and guns he wasted because when the rubber met the road it litterally went up in smoke.
The moral of this lesson? Our county may be a loud, obnoxious land, but we are a people that are really free. Free to do some strange things yes, but a land of the free. Our leaders come and go and the people keep on building. Don't knock down the ole USA, you don't know what you've got, until you don't have it.
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