Well all the gear we could send by boat is packed and gone. I sealed the last container on Monday. It left for the port right after. This week hasn't been quite as busy. I have had a little time to get some other work caught up. I have been preparing to go to the mock up of a Forward Operations Base (FOB). It is a camp for training how life will be over in Iraq. We will learn about Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) and how to try and avoid them. We will also learn about how to operate a convoy. IEDs are one of the biggest killers over there. Hopefully it will help. Got my ruck sack packed, individual ballistic armor put together, and my weapons cleaned. We will spend 8 days and nights out there. I won't have access to Internet until after we get back from the FOB. It will be difficult to communicate back home without it.
The weather has been strange here. It has been raining every day for the past week and a half. Today being one of the worst. I guess this time of year it is usually dry. They have flash flood warnings up for a good portion of Oklahoma. I might get a little wet in the FOB. We stay in tents and have dirt floors. Doesn't mix well with water.
25 days and counting until I get to come home. I can't wait. Peggy sent me a video of our son Joel (13 months old). At that age he sure changes allot. It has been since April 9 that I saw him last. I really miss my family. Todd
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I have served in the Army Reserves since 1987 as a Blackhawk Helicopter Crewchief. I'm assigned to A Company of the 2/147th Assault Helicopter Battalion based in St. Paul, Minnesota. I was called up in March of this year and I'm currently undergoing training at Ft. Sill in Oklahoma, getting ready for a July 2007 deployment to Iraq with my unit
2 comments:
Hi Todd,
Wow, that was very unexpected, and very thoughtful of you and the rest of the cookie eaters to send the wonderful "Thank you". I laughed so hard at some of their writings. It is amazing what a little cookie can do. I'm sure there will be future cookie shipments. Hopefully, we will be lucky with the timing again. How long does it take to send items to Iraq? Do you know if there is some special paperwork we need to fill out? Your Ft. Sills newspaper was great to see. Those were great action pictures of you. When will they let you know your address for Iraq? After your leave, do you go directly to Iraq or regroup stateside first for awhile? Anyway good luck on those 8 days and 8 nites. We are all thinking of you and your guys. Also, are excited for you and your family to be under the same roof again.
Resectfully,
Rita
Good post.
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