A little R&R

Well, for all of you fans of my blog out there, just to let you know that I am doing ok and have not dropped off the face of the planet, I am home on some much needed R&R with my family. It has been so nice to see my little ones and hang out with them and my lovely wife. We have gone to the beautiful Oregon coast and had great weather while we were there. I will be able to have Halloween here with the kids as well so that is great. For all of you that have been sending the care packages, Thanks a bunch! We (all of my soldiers) do enjoy getting the boxes and appreciate it greatly. I am sure there will be a huge pile of mail waiting for me when I return. Oh, on that note, If you do send mail, there is a new zip code to ensure the mail arrives a little sooner. It is 09310. The rest of the address is the same, but just put in the new zip code. If you use the old one, no worries as it it still make it's way to us.

Schools in

A big thanks to all who have sent us school supplies over here to pass out. School is back in session and just about every time we go out, we take at least a small box of stuff for the kids. Just thought I would post some pics for you all to see and tell you that the kids and us all get a big kick out of it. This was just a small portion of the kids, but we got busy and forgot to take more pics. Just to let you all know, I will be on R&R later on in October, so it might be a while in between posts. Thanks again to all who send us stuff. Peace from the SWA...Russ

Fresh coffee care of my Dad

So, as it has cooled off here a bit, down to the low 70's at night, I have started drinking more coffee again. I know, cooled off to the 70's?? Well from being over 100 to 110, it is a big change. We are starting to get used to it. Anyway, I got some of my guys hooked on fresh ground coffee. They really like the grinder and filter set up my dad gave me before I deployed. We tried to give the locals some, but they wanted nothing to do with it. They were drinking their tea instead. It was good coffee, being freshly ground and brewed. Just wanted to let you all know that we are all doing good here and appreciate all the support and love you all send. Well, I am trying to play catch up on all kinds of work and posts, so more to come. Russ