The Mission

For the past 10 months, I've been deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn. Since my arrival, people back home have asked me, "What's Iraq like?", "What do you do there?", "Is it scary?", "Are you bored?", etc. By my ninth month here, I finally figured out that the best way to answer these questions was to not answer them at all. Instead, I would show everyone the answers. One picture, taken every hour, to show what I am doing here. If a picture is truly worth a thousand words, then hopefully this blog can explain what is happening in Iraq better than any news article can.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Day 5: Helicopter Hijinks!

2300: The most comfortable slippers ever....

0000: Our AC was blowing considerably warm air for being on the coldest setting... thats def not a good sign..

0800: Oh look who's finally going out on a mission... lucky for him i told him about the US ARMY tape covering his rank... someone might have seen him, taken a picture, and posted it online!

0900: Bringing a little morning cheer over to the CP.... liquid gold!

1000: Finishing up some breakfast and admiring the John Willy picture hanging in front of my desk.

1100: So out of nowhere, the building starts shaking from helicopter rotor wash... I take two steps outside and this is what I see...  Sooo coool.

1200: This was definitely not a meeting to discuss how to make a funny powerpoint of a certain Troop XO... Definitely not.

1300: I needed a little early afternoon energy boost.. 

1400: I am not comfortable with this picture, but alas it must go up.

1500: The XO rocking his fresh "I'm new to the Army" haircut...


1600: The pesky pilots are up to it again!! I have to admit this picture does look pretty sweet... 

1700: As per Matt's idea, "We should make it look like the hot sauces are fighting each other, to see who's the best one..."





























1800: CPT White is under the impression that he is going bald and wanted me to take a picture, so I could show him that he wasn't...

1900: BROWNIESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!





2000: The XO being pissed off about having to go back into work.... I laughed until I had to do the same thing 5 minutes later..








































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