Hey all.
As Heather mentioned I made it over here safe and sound. I did find out once I got off the plane here that I wouldn't be working on the -53s. Instead I'm going to spend my tour making sure we keep gunships and refueling C-130s in the air. Good stuff either way! You can't have a much cooler mission.
As I mentioned in the subject, it is hot here - with highs in the mid 110s. However, and I hate to say it, it's a dry heat. So when you sweat at least it gets wicked off you and you feel a little cooler when a breeze comes through.
The lodging is ok - not as good as I had in Baghdad. There my trailer had its own bathroom to share between 4 guys. Here we have bathroom trailers where everyone does their business and takes their showers. The worst part is that I have to walk through the dust and the heat (and back!) just to get a shower.
The area is also a lot different from Baghdad. It's a lot more isolated and insulated. In Baghdad I would walk past Iraqis through metal detectors on their way in to work. I don't think I'll be seeing any Iraqis here at all.
I miss the family a lot. I brough some pictures with me, and it helps having the blog too!
If you would like to shoot me an email, I can still check my yahoo and google accounts. Also, Heather has mailing instructions for care packages and the such.
I don't have a lot else to add right now. I will try to update this fairly regularly with non-secure information and stories/musings from the desert. I won't be able to talk or write about the coolest stuff here until I get home though.
Take care.
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