Kids
Let me tell you about yesterday of what I can tell...
We get to this IP check point and start working and they are staring at us like we are from Mars-"What you doing?" I guess the word doesn't get passed around in their army either. We explain "Good, good!" Talk to some kinda of officer-"you captain?" Nonono! There is my lietenant over there."good, good"
Then the kids "hey mister!" hands out and palms upturn. "candy?" no, no candy. Parental type voice GET OUT OF HERE! reason-they walk right up to the equipment we are using! Watch out and get out of here (before you get hurt ) kid takes off runng, but just like flies come right back. "Mister candy? " No candy, no!
Not very many kids just a few. No shoes, barefoot. Mostly little boys. One little boy, hard to tell age, they are so small...turn around and he is just standing there. Reaches out to touch my binos-"can have" slap hand away-NO! NOW GIT (tough cowboy tone here, reading too many westerns).
My gunner hands out some MRE's. "You are not handing my meal are you?" "No Sarge" and we share a laugh.
We have some toys we are planning to give out on last day of job to kids. They live in squalor and I see no house nearby so don't know where they come from. I figure they hang there all day just waiting for US GI's to show up.
Well that is a taste of life outside the wire. Stay alert, sweat a whole bunch, keep the kids out of your work area, hope nothing happens to anyone and you get back to the fob in time for chow. Then to bed, up, and do it again.
We get to this IP check point and start working and they are staring at us like we are from Mars-"What you doing?" I guess the word doesn't get passed around in their army either. We explain "Good, good!" Talk to some kinda of officer-"you captain?" Nonono! There is my lietenant over there."good, good"
Then the kids "hey mister!" hands out and palms upturn. "candy?" no, no candy. Parental type voice GET OUT OF HERE! reason-they walk right up to the equipment we are using! Watch out and get out of here (before you get hurt ) kid takes off runng, but just like flies come right back. "Mister candy? " No candy, no!
Not very many kids just a few. No shoes, barefoot. Mostly little boys. One little boy, hard to tell age, they are so small...turn around and he is just standing there. Reaches out to touch my binos-"can have" slap hand away-NO! NOW GIT (tough cowboy tone here, reading too many westerns).
My gunner hands out some MRE's. "You are not handing my meal are you?" "No Sarge" and we share a laugh.
We have some toys we are planning to give out on last day of job to kids. They live in squalor and I see no house nearby so don't know where they come from. I figure they hang there all day just waiting for US GI's to show up.
Well that is a taste of life outside the wire. Stay alert, sweat a whole bunch, keep the kids out of your work area, hope nothing happens to anyone and you get back to the fob in time for chow. Then to bed, up, and do it again.
posted by our family | 1:29 AM
1 Comments:
Dear Don, I hadn't had time to read your comments since we had moved & helping Jay's to move but did today. I enjoy what you write. Thanks for taking the time. Jay's moved in yesterday & were exhausted. We can somewhat understand your heat. It is around 100 most of the time in Texas now. Still praying for you. Janet & Hubert
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