Just Another Day Here...

Another update from me... I haven't gotten into the middle of things yet, it seems the Army spent 7 months training us in the U.S., only to send us here and put us through more training on the same things we learned before... this training is better, though, because we're learning straight from people who've just done these things in real-world situations...

Oh, and in case I didn't mention it, or even if I did and I forgot, what we're going to be doing here is driving trucks from Kuwait into Iraq, and all over Iraq, and back down into Kuwait, delivering vehicles and equipment to the troops that need them, and bringing back "blown-up busted crap" (a direct quote from someone that's done it for a year) that's straight out of the middle of the war... we are not actually a truck-driving unit, but we've been cross-trained to do it for the next year, so...

And, for anyone that doesn't think driving a truck can be very dangerous, just read the paper and turn on the news... IED's are always targeting, what? (did they say, convoys? I think they did...)

SO, I have no illusions about what the next year has in store for us... it's going to be dangerous in quite a few ways, BUT at the same time, we're trained about as well as we're gonna be, until we get some real experience under our asses... all in all, it's looking to be a VERY interesting year...

Well, that's enough of that...

My family is doing well, at least, as well as possible, and I'm looking at possibly getting leave some time about halfways through next year, so... I'm going to get through all this with my head held high, and a very calm, professional attitude...

I mean, hell, what else can I do?

Peace...