Made it in this morning early am. We flew from Kuwait to Balad, did a combat landing at the airfield (corkscrew straight down, pull up at the last minute and land) it nearly made me throw up! Air Force C 130. Packed like sardines, hot, tired and that type of landing was just about my limit. We inprocessed and got in the rack at 330 am...moved into permananent housing at about 1 pm. I have a room by myself, short walk to nice showers and bathrooms. I got a TV from the guy leaving, Ill work on a microwave and fridge later this week. Ill post my address tomorrow, we will get inprocessed and get settled, tomorrow is a day off for us to get unpacked and settled. Lunch in the KBR mess hall today was complete with crablegs...cant say they dont take care of the troops.
I dont wan to make it sound all glory and easy, this base is in the middle of the insurgent territory and it didnt get the nickname "Mortaritaville" for no reason. Im about a 20 minute walk from the PX, gym ect. I am glad to be settled finally, this has been a long raod to get here. Im tired and a USO rep has offered to take me and my battle buddy back to our hooches in her car so I am taking her up on that, so I have to go for now.
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Hi Bryan,
ReplyDeleteBeen checking your blog every hour on the hour. Glad you are where you will be for awhile.
Thanks for your postcard. Let us know your address as soon as you can. Take care and remember we are all thinking of you.
Love, Mom
Hoorah man...that landing must have been kick butt! Quite sure that won't be your last adventure. Glad you have entered Sandman and getting settled. Write more soon..running the 10K in the morning..gonna be 34 degrees though
ReplyDeleteHey Bryan,
ReplyDeleteRead your update - glad that you are settleing in - I can't believe that you are so far away. It sounds like you are comfortable - except for the heat, and plane ride, etc It also sounds like they do feed you all well. J.R. and I are keeping up and reading your blog daily - it is nice to be able to write you and let you know we are thinking about you. You mean so much to us and we love you. Take care of yourself and be safe. We write tomorrow.
Love, Nancy & J.R.
Hi Bryan,
ReplyDeleteSounds like a hell of a landing! Glad you made it fine and have settled in. Drink lots of water and try not to stress. Take care.
p.s. Why do you need a microwave? You are in the desert. Just don't let the camel spiders run off with your snacks!