Hi everyone,
Life here at Anaconda is still busy. I did get two days off this week. I had exceeded my crew rest time by over 20 hours so I had mandatory time off. I spent the two days getting various things done like cleaning my trailer, a hair cut, unpacking some bags I hadn't gotten to earlier,
dropping off laundry, and going to the Post exchange.
I'm getting used to living here. There are some things that are tough to get used to. One of the toughest is the alarms for incoming mortar rounds that happen on a daily basis. Sometimes the alarms sound in the middle of the night and I jump out of bed pretty quickly. If the alarm doesn't wake me the phalinx gun does. It is designed to shoot down incoming mortars and is pretty accurate but makes one heck of a noise. Our trailers we sleep in and the aircraft are surrounded by 10 foot walls and sand bags to help protect us. The major buildings like the mess hall and post exchange have reinforced mortar resistant roofs that are about three feet thick.
The mortars do make on to the base, but haven't done much damage. A truck driver was killed a couple of weeks ago by a mortar. These are things that seem surreal. I would never be worried at home about dealing with mortars on a daily basis. My life here isn't that bad. The housing and food are OK. 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
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Todd
Thanks for updating us on things. It sounds like you are indeed busy. The TV shows about the army's motto of "hurry up and wait" must not be to valid today. We have had very warm weather for Minnesota that past week or so. In the 80's. Pretty cool compared to your temps but as you know pretty warm for fall in Minnesota. Not sure how much of a sports fan you are and how much you get updated on Minnesota sports but the Twins are done and the Vikings are 1 and 3 as of today. Not much good to say for pro sports. The Wild had there first game last night and won. Hopefully they will have a good year.
Todd, keep your head down and please take care of yourself. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you over there.
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