Mail Call!!!

So, we get mail delivered by helicopters most of the time here. It is pretty exciting when we hear the choppers coming. We all run out to the HLZ (helicopter landing zone) after they touch down. The birds are usually Chinooks, so they kick up lots of dust and the blast from the engines is terrible. They have two engines that blow right out the back, so when you approach the rear ramp, it is like a super sized hair dryer. But it is defiantly worth it to get mail and such. As you can see, we just got a load of packages from a great bunch of people from a Portland Oregon law firm. I put the boxes out and the stuff went fast. My troops send out a big thanks to all of you who help contribute to the packages. As you can see, my gunner was excited about the fudge stripes. We all enjoy the little pieces of home that everyone sends in the mail to us. You forget about the little comforts in life, and it makes you appreciate them more being deployed. Don't be confused though, there are good chunk of those we like to call "fobbits". These are the people who never go outside the wire and run missions, live and work in air conditioning, and have no idea what we who run missions do. I know they take care of stuff like chow and pay, but some of them live way to nice for a deployment. There are still troops over here who have it worse then us too. They only shower about every 3 days and eat worse food.

Well, there is also a pic of a little traffic jam in one of the bazaars. It is not to bad, as we actually have sirens on our HMMWV's like our patrol cars back at Lewis. They are quite nice for clearing traffic, camels, donkeys, and kids. I like to play different music through some of the areas over the PA system. They locals like it, and clap and smile and wave to us. It is pretty cool to see them enjoy some good music. If I can ever get this site to upload my videos, I will post them. Well, it is getting late here and I should sleep. Was driving for about 4 hours today. Stay cool and more later.