We woke up to our first sandstorm today. The sky went brown and you couldn't see 5 feet in front of you for hours. Despite the boonie hat, goggles, baclava....it gets in your hair, teeth and ears. its fine sand like baby powder, and it blows everywhere.
my sleep cycle is screwed up, I laid down today in our "hooch" at 9am after training for a "quick" nap and woke up at 5pm!!! Were 8 hours ahead and its hard to adjust after flying for 24 hours....we went and watched Quantum of Solace (James Bond) today at the post theater, a big tent, with comfy chairs and a big plastic movies screen, a classic war zone set up. The movie was awesome, a nice touch of civilization in a vast expanse of desert. All you can see in any direction is sand. It desolate out here...all you can see is sand beyond the perimeter.
We are hearing stories of being here for 2 weeks....thing is, is much better than Ft Hood, TX which is sad. Apparently the unit we are replacing hasn't left yet and there is no room for us at balad until they get out. The stars and stripes said that two Brigades (12,000 GI's) leaving this month will not be replaced..a definite sign of a draw down in Iraq. Ive been working out hard every day, running and weight lifting, its slow right now and might as well hit it while I can. Well I'm going to call home, Ill write more tomorrow.
Bryan
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