So yesterday and today have been pretty quiet. Same old stuff just different days. It is routinley hitting 115. It's amazing how many people stop to look at my temp gauge.
Yesterday I was typing away. It was about 1800 and I know this.... well because well you will see. I had finished up my reports for the day and was checking the internet for whatever it isn't important here, when I hear the CRAM (Counter Rocket and Mortar) alarm go off. Now we haven't heard it very many times since we have been here so needless to say in about 3 seonds flat I'm in the Bunker. I am very close to the bunker there is only one trailer between the Bunker and I. You would be surprised at how much jumps through your head in 3 seconds.
What is that?
That's the CRAM Siren
Are you sure?
It's in the middle of the day they don't usually shoot at us in the middle of the day
OH S*&% I better go to the bunker
No one else is running to the bunker
Umm was that the CRAM siren?
Yes of course it was the Cram Siren
Now I'm inn the Bunker
Hmmm odd no onelse is here
Did they change the siren and not tell me?
Damn i bet I lost a lot of cool points
I wonder if I can get out of here without anyone seeing me
Damn Polish dude.... he doesnt count ..... made it
So I say to one of the guys as nonchalanty as I can so what was the siren for today... leaving it as ambigous as possible. He calmy replies you ran to the bunker didn't you.
It's at theis point I could A. say no or B. Fess up. I took option B and busted myself out. He admitted he started to run but didn't see anyone else moving for the bunkers so he played it off too.
Come to find out they had published an announcement on one of our 3 computer systems, just so happens it is the one I check the least lol.
Hope you got a decent laugh I did!!
Brent
Our Blimp with cool cameras and stuff on it
The snow piles up on it & pushes it down, so they can't fly it
Looking down the aisle of B huts, with the new latrines on the left
We can't use the latrines because they are broken now
Me on the airfield
That's a HIP in the background
Some hummers with snow on them
These were cleaned off before bedtime
Me in front of Polish HQ
Just outside our Tactical Ops Center
Me & the Boys
In Bagram when we first arrived in Afghanistan
Another picture of me
Shooting the SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon)
Just posing
Little old me
A day on the range
Me and some Poles and Bob of course
Damn it's hot
120.1 if you can't read it
Polish Patch
We work for the Polish so the general told us we needed to wear his patch
Table for our Fallen Comrades
We set this table in our dining facilty for our Fallen Comrades we gave a presentation to the Polish at the morning brief
A table setting for our fallens soldiers
We did a ceremony for our fallens soldiers at the morning brief
Memorial Day
Thsi is the Polish memorial for our Memorial Day
The workhorse
this is maybe a 1/6th of the wood we have used
Loren and I at the end of a long day
Only 5 more feet to go, no critics please!! Functionality is the key word here
Lots of progress
We have about 5 feet left to do
Just getting started
We were just getting started for the day, what was done in this picture happend the other day
Before Picture of the deck
This is the tops of our trailers wehre we are building the deck. You can see the piles of wood I have hauled up there
My race tag
Proof I did it
Ukranian, Romanian, Polish Oh my
These are some of the guys I work with
LTC P, Loren and I after the race
I know it doesn't look like it but I'm barely alive
Stars and stripes under helicopters
I caught this by pure chance
A couple of locals
Just my view of the natives
Me in the turrret
BAD BOYS BETTER WATCH OUT
You are getting warmer
thanks for the thermometer dad.... I think. It sotres the max temp and humidity
Me in my chariot
I feel pretty safe riding in this
This is Bob
The lowest ranking guy on our deployment but no one better to have my back
My guns
The bigger ones are SAWs if you look close you can see the AK and the smaller ones ar M4s they are sort of like M16s
My new thermometer
I'm betting you will see a few pictures of this
The Plants arrived
2 out of 3 isn't to bad
A little bit of dust
Diet Pepsi Arabic style
Woman power
Thought Micca might like this
My Bed got new clothes
Micca sent me some sheets like ours at home and a throw
The little black thing is my light
Look at the US army name tape it's attached to it
This is the DFAC Shake man is bottom left hand corner
Shakes cookies and cheesecake OH MY!!!
Caught one
FYI the tails don't break off
Just a sign on the wall
Multinational Division Central South (MND-CS)
The Dining Facility
This is where I eat
My workplace
Pretty well fortified, its a concrete building too
Even God needs some protection in this environment
This building is right next to mine :)
The card Dawn sent me
This instantly brought a smile to my face.
The Iraqi Army getting some goods
The polish are turning over some Hummers to the Iraqis
My transportation
This is my little polaris that I drive around on.
Bunker Friends
We have some little friends that share our bunker wanna help name them?
Hinds in formation
Very cool pic IMO
Waiting waiting waiting waiting
War Faces
Loren and I at Ft Benning getting ready to head out on our 57 hour journey to Camp Echo
About Me
My MI-24 HIND Ride
I managed to score a ride on this bad boy
Me in my new High speed shirt
It is suppose to be worn under the new body armor and be more comfortable. I think it is
One of the balconies
Saddams Palace
Me in Saddam's chair
This has got to be one of the most photographed spots
The Post office
You cant really see the post office since the T walls are in the way but the mural is what I wanted to show
This is my desk
# monitors for 2 computers. My 3rd computer is not shown.
Can you guess what this is
It's not a death ray
My starter corn set
Just me
Notice the gloves? I wouldn't dare touch the metal without them
I figured Micca would like this picture she can tell you why
Running from those mean mean targets
little ole me on the helicopter
Just another shot from up high
I was really amazed at how you go from desert to fertile land
Shadow of the helicopter
It's sort of cool!!
Outside of Najaf is really beautiful
My Polish Helicopter ride
These are fruit snacks..... err globs
This is what the heat does to fruit snacks lol
Half Staff on Memorial Day
Old Glory on Memorial Day
Memorial Day Fallen Soldier items meaning
Made this a bigger picture so you could see the meaning of the items
Mista Mista
This was the most annoying of the kids
In the city right outside the wall of the school
Bob and a couple of the Iraqi kids
Polish Mortars
Putting the mortar in the tube
More polish mortars
Hanging the mortar in the tube
Water buffalo
This is the river that runs nearby and is what the city is centered around
Turret gunning again
Was a little bored so it became self portrait time :)
The range
This is where I practice shooting
A bigger shot of the helicopters over old glory
sometimes you are the right place at the right time
This was a V-8 can
This was my small target I used for practice.
Say Hello To My Little Friend
This was one of the targets I was shooting at, head shots are authorized
IN the hummer ready to roll
It's hard to see but we have headsets on to talk to each other
Me all geared up
It might not look like it but the stuff im wearing plus my guns is about 65 lbs
Bigger picture of guns
See above for the caption lol
Old Glory
Flying high above Camp Echo
A little dust storm
The bunker
Nothing Special but it will do!!
Follow the light
Maybe not such a good title but out the door left and another left and I'm at the bunker
Very cool Hind helicopter!!
This is how the Polish roll.... err I mean fly
On the airfield Bunker
This is probably the nicest looking spot on the camp
Camp Echo Airfield
I'm waiting for the cool helicopters and got bored hence the self portrait
Ashtyn and I
Ashtyn and me going for a stroll in the Pacific
Drake and Ashtyn
Summer 2006 getting ready for a parade
Micca and I
Port of Miami getting ready to cruise
2 comments:
Hi Brent, I want you to know that we are very proud of the job you are doing for us all. I have never read a blog before let alone tried to respond to it. In fact it is a fairly new term for me. I guess at B-PC 4th grade we didn't even know it existed. I enjoy reading all your notes. I know it must be hard for you to be away from your family, but your job is very important to us all. I'll look forward to reading all your comments.
Thanks,
Judy Myers
Hi Brent, I decided it'd about time I start responding to your blogs. I look forward to reading them and I do faithfully everyday. Your dad and I talk about it alot of days when he comes in the office. This one we will definitely talk about. I am still laughing. I hope you know that you have this community's full support in this most important time in your life. We hope you continue to carry on with vigor and effectiveness your great service to the life of our country and know that our country will rally to your support. You follow in the footsteps of fine men and women who have served our country to keep the freedoms many of us take for granted.
God Bless our soldiers.
Thank you and stay safe.
Donna
p.s. Your April Fool's joke was awesome. Wish I would have thought of something like that. Ha!
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