Out with the old and in with the new. The outgoing team seems really eager to leave. Quite hard to find them most of the time.
The past two days have been filled with what we call "battlefield circulation," basically familiarizing ourselves with the area that we are taking over and that our IA counterparts are responsible for. On that note, I spent the day driving the new MRAP, only 1088 miles on that puppy. I am a fan of it and prefer it to the up armored, 1151 Humvee.
We did meet our IA counterparts, and initially it's a little alarming. They are very accommodating despite the little that they have. The biggest challenge that they face is their logistical system, which works very poorly. So we are basically not to give them anything, even though we wish to give them tokens of good will and such. The goal for us is to turn over every thing to the IA... Not to do things for them or to supply them, but to advice them how to do things and force them to rectify their own supply system. If things go as planned, we will be the people out going...
There are ruins on our route past COP Meade that LTC Kundel, the outgoing Team Chief says are from the Greeks. I intend to do some research and post some pictures later.
We are thinking of names for our trucks. The outgoing teams name, or callsign is "Warpig." So they named their trucks "hog 1" thru 3. We are trying to come up with names for our trucks, based on our call sign theme, "jedi." "Deathstar" is the best we can come up with now, but doesn't seem to fit. "Wookie" comes close, but "mount up the wookies" sounds obscene. "Millenium Falcon," nah. "Ty fighter"... nah. Any suggestions?
Posting new pictures on the picasa thingy, I believe if you click on the album they will open up.
Hold down the home front for us.
The past two days have been filled with what we call "battlefield circulation," basically familiarizing ourselves with the area that we are taking over and that our IA counterparts are responsible for. On that note, I spent the day driving the new MRAP, only 1088 miles on that puppy. I am a fan of it and prefer it to the up armored, 1151 Humvee.
We did meet our IA counterparts, and initially it's a little alarming. They are very accommodating despite the little that they have. The biggest challenge that they face is their logistical system, which works very poorly. So we are basically not to give them anything, even though we wish to give them tokens of good will and such. The goal for us is to turn over every thing to the IA... Not to do things for them or to supply them, but to advice them how to do things and force them to rectify their own supply system. If things go as planned, we will be the people out going...
There are ruins on our route past COP Meade that LTC Kundel, the outgoing Team Chief says are from the Greeks. I intend to do some research and post some pictures later.
We are thinking of names for our trucks. The outgoing teams name, or callsign is "Warpig." So they named their trucks "hog 1" thru 3. We are trying to come up with names for our trucks, based on our call sign theme, "jedi." "Deathstar" is the best we can come up with now, but doesn't seem to fit. "Wookie" comes close, but "mount up the wookies" sounds obscene. "Millenium Falcon," nah. "Ty fighter"... nah. Any suggestions?
Posting new pictures on the picasa thingy, I believe if you click on the album they will open up.
Hold down the home front for us.
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5 comments:
After viewing the pictures of your new diggs, I'm glad that I'm here and not there. No green. One can get used to most anything though. Keep cool and keep writing.
What was the name of that pig-like alien at, I believe the cantina scene in the first STAR WARS? Might help to google characters from the movies. Jabba seems like a good name for one of your trucks.
Grandma's here...I'm trying to get her to leave you a message.
Love you. Stay safe.
Hi Greg. Read your blog and I loved it. You're a very good writer. The guys look like they're great and can be friends of yours. Please stay safe and I love you.
Grandma.
Hey there, it's good to see that you're doing well over there. I've been reading your blog all the time (it's on my RSS reader so I see whenever you make a post)
Hang in there, and let me know if I can help you in any way.
So long for now,
dB
Sorry baby, wish I could help you out with the names. You are funny though. I laughed. The kids and I are going with Natascha to Six Flags tomorrow. Stay safe and talk with you soon.
Love you.
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