Iraq is beautiful. Well, at least the weather is ( Read more... )

Five months down, seven to go.

I am sorry it has taken me so long to give an update.  I have been really busy since returning from R&R.  New responsibilities and new projects to work on have been occupying a lot of my time.

We had another fire last Wednesday.  We were in the middle of the final day of our annual hose testing when we were ( Read more... )

I am not going to give an update tonight.  Instead, I am going to stand on my soapbox for a moment.

I am going to start off by saying that many mistakes, both small and fatal, have been made by the US during this war in Iraq.  Innocent people will die, as in all wars.  It doesn't make it right, it is just a sad fact of life.  Things happen that ( Read more... )

I returned to my base from R&R last night. I had a great time, but it feels good to be back to work. I will write more when I have time.

Well, folks, in a couple of hours I will be leaving Abu Ghraib to begin processing for my first R&R. I will be spending 10 days in Italy with my mom and sister. I am really going to enjoy being able to walk around outside without a ballistic vest on, that's for sure ( Read more... )

This time next week I will be getting ready to head to the airport in Dubai to catch a flight to Italy for my first R&R.  While I am proud of myself for making it this far, I do not feel the sense of accomplishment that I thought I would.  I suppose I should... 1/5 of the group that I came into country with has quit already.  While I'm sure their ( Read more... )

Not too much going on this week. Three weeks from today I will be in Italy on my first R&R. I've been fighting a head/chest cold for a couple of days. We've been having some sand storms that aren't helping too much. Temps are still in the high 120s, low 130s. They are a little low for this time of year, from what I gather. Usually it should ( Read more... )

It was hovering around 130 degrees yesterday afternoon ( Read more... )

Let's just say that they aren't missing anymore.  They haven't been missing a lot in the past 3 days.

We've started to get into some technical rescue training this week.  Today was my day off, but I went to training anyway.  We ran a drill that improved on our ability to remove a patient from a guard tower.  We may do some repelling next week, ( Read more... )

Not too much going on... Today is my first day off in the past 2 1/2 weeks, so it was nice to sleep in this morning.  I'm on the Tanker half the week, on Engine 902 the other half.

To be honest, I really just wanted to take this opportunity to plug a show that I think everyone should watch.


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