Home in April for Spring Game?
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:09 pm
Hey everyone,
Just want to check in with my Falcon Friends and give you a quck update.
I hope to be home in April sometime, for my 2 weeks of leave. Looking forward to getting away from the war zone for a while & to get home to see the baby for the first time. The hardest part is being away from the kids.
The weather has been really nice for the most part since I have been here (70's & sunny), but it is starting to warm up some. Probably only another month of decent weather before the heat sets in. The nice weather is a mixed blessing, as we are fighting a fair-weather insurgent. When it is nice, the AIF tend to increase their attacks on both Coalition Forces and ISF.
It has been a few tense days here, but overall we are holding up OK.
I have taken quite a bit of photos since I have been here & hope to post some if I can find some web-space or figure out where to put them. (any ideas?). My job takes me out more than I thought it would, but it proves to be interesting, and makes the days go faster.
The food situation is excellent , as KBR does a good job, almost anywhere you go in country, if they can truck in the supplies.
We are putting in some long hours & the pace has not really let up since we got here. Still looking at November/December 06 (hopefully back for the UT game) to be rotated out.
Morale is high and I can tell you first hand that the troops understand the mission. There are many things you won't see on the evening news that go on here. Yes, it is a dangerous place, but we are working side-by-side with the Iraqis to make it safer. I think everyone wants the same thing here.
Thanks for you support & maybe see some of you at the Spring Game (date?).
MajorFalcon92
Iraq
Just want to check in with my Falcon Friends and give you a quck update.
I hope to be home in April sometime, for my 2 weeks of leave. Looking forward to getting away from the war zone for a while & to get home to see the baby for the first time. The hardest part is being away from the kids.
The weather has been really nice for the most part since I have been here (70's & sunny), but it is starting to warm up some. Probably only another month of decent weather before the heat sets in. The nice weather is a mixed blessing, as we are fighting a fair-weather insurgent. When it is nice, the AIF tend to increase their attacks on both Coalition Forces and ISF.
It has been a few tense days here, but overall we are holding up OK.
I have taken quite a bit of photos since I have been here & hope to post some if I can find some web-space or figure out where to put them. (any ideas?). My job takes me out more than I thought it would, but it proves to be interesting, and makes the days go faster.
The food situation is excellent , as KBR does a good job, almost anywhere you go in country, if they can truck in the supplies.
We are putting in some long hours & the pace has not really let up since we got here. Still looking at November/December 06 (hopefully back for the UT game) to be rotated out.
Morale is high and I can tell you first hand that the troops understand the mission. There are many things you won't see on the evening news that go on here. Yes, it is a dangerous place, but we are working side-by-side with the Iraqis to make it safer. I think everyone wants the same thing here.
Thanks for you support & maybe see some of you at the Spring Game (date?).
MajorFalcon92
Iraq
Glad to hear our boys are kicking booty. I hope you'll be able to catch some spring football while your hear. Keep up the good work man! 
