Jed, move away from there...

Vanderhorn or Mustang. We'll let General Ali decide. It seems we may not be moving to Mustang ranch, aka PB Jedi, afterall.

Our MiTT supports the 55th IA Brigade. We go where they go. At the moment, Mustang Ranch is in the northernmost part of their AO, questionably not in their own AO at all. So it seems we may be moving to Vanderhorn instead. We'll know in a few days or so. Unfortunately we won't get to build up Vanderhorn from scratch since we will be taking over for a departing company. Vanderhorn is located within view of the Tigris River. Perhaps I'll get some better photos of the river over time.

Today, Monday, few of us had the heart to really work on our compound. Some part of us are disheartened by the thought of the work we put in only to have to move elsewhere. At first we weren't excited at all about moving to Mustang, but over time we became excited at the idea of being on our own without the Fobbit rules and attitudes. (Fobbit refers to those who spend all their deployment within the safe confines of the FOB)

I'm sad to say that my IA counterpart, Lt Ashraf may be leaving the Brigade to run the automations at the Division level. That's unfortunate for me because he and I usually have long talks, more often talking about subjects completely unrelated to military matters. Despite my poor Arabic and Lt Ashraf's relatively decent English, we still manage to get along. His replacements are the two old enlisted soldiers who each have the personality of a goldfish.

I decided to remove any of the photos of our interpreters. I think there is very little chance that the interpreters might be put in danger because of the photos that I post, but I would rather keep their best interest in mind. In the future I will blur the faces of our interpreters.

Also, Major Brott took the awsome photo above of myself on a T-wall in the fading light. Enjoy

Well, I thought I had posted this one before. Apparently most of what I wrote previously didn't get saved before I lost my internet connection.

Hold down the homefront for us.