With half the combat tour over with, I am looking forward to finishing the second half strong and getting home. With that in mind, things have been a little bit slower around here than what we’re used to. For the past couple weeks, we have spent most of the time here at the dam running short missions nearby. This has allowed me to get a good amount of rest. Meanwhile, my platoon is staying here at the dam while the rest of the company is conducting a long op out West. So that leaves us doing these short missions around the dam, which can last from a few hours to 24 hours. The best part is, there currently is a shamal, a sand storm, running around here for the last few days. With that going on, helo flights are grounded so that means our missions are also cancelled, most of them anyways. With that being said, there hasn’t been too much going on so that’s why I haven’t posted anything lately.
I have been in contact with a buddy of mine, who was injured in Ubaydi during Operation Matador. His name is Lance Corporal Scott Bunker. He is doing alright healing and being honored by the city of Kettering by calling June 14th Scott Bunker day. I think that is fantastic to hear people back home are treating him like a hero that he is.
Here is one interesting picture that I took while conducting one of our many patrols out into the open desert, surrounding the dam. This missile is like 8 or 9 feet long! Don’t worry, it appears to have been there for a long time and it is hollow on the inside.
2 comments:
Glad to hear you guys are getting rested. My buddy Chris must be fairly close to you guys. He is a tank commander with the Marines. Unfortunately they just lost a guy, but other than that, things are going well on his part. It's good to get non-media news from Iraq. I'll keep praying for you guys! :)
g'day mate ....glad u are getting a bit of a rest after all the action last month.
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