well, I'm back, safe and sound. the mission was absolutely miserable... i showered twice the whole week and forgot to pack a pillow. on the upside we had a pick-up at a camp in baghdad that my old roommate from west point lives at... we got to hang out for a few hours. it turns out he got married by proxy to his girlfriend while he was deployed ( Read more... )

I'm going back on mission to Iraq tomorrow morning. Yep, even though I said I was done, I've decided to roll out one more time. Just about my whole platoon is going and I really want to be out there with them. Even though I already mailed home some of my Army equipment. Ooops.

Ok, ya know how my unit is supposed to leave on 26 February? Well, about five months ago, one of my soldiers allegedly raped another soldier. It was a horrible event, to be sure, but apparently it was not the first time these two soldiers had been intimate. I'm really not sure if he's guilty or not, but that doesn't matter ( Read more... )

according to my calculations, i'll be heading home on February 26th. My return schedule looks like this ( Read more... )

I had this vivid dream the other day... and since you're always trying to get me to post here, Brian, well, here ya go ( Read more... )

holy frijoles! i've been off of work for four hours now and they haven't called me back in yet! no, I'm not kidding... i have worked long hours every single *uckin* day since I arrived on tuesday of last week.... including twelve hours on saturday followed by a twenty four hour shift on sunday followed by all monday evening until two thirty am ( Read more... )

is this thing on? today was a good day... i started my live journal today! in the past 4 days i have driven over 1,600 miles.... not all of it was alone. my father tried to speak pakistani to a native american today. i was recognized by a total stranger in a barber shop. I drove the girl I love to the airport so she could return to her ( Read more... )