My Bad

I can't believe I haven't written in such a long time. It seems to me that I wrote something just the other day, but I can't really remember what I wrote about. So my bad. My fault for not taking the time to relax and write about things here in the middle of the Sunni Triangle.

Things are getting interesting as the Iraqis approach the vote for their constitution. The insurgents have increased their attacks on our military as well as the civilian population. I find that the people of Iraq are eventually gonna get fed up with the insurgents killing innocent people and fight back themselves more. We have been training the Iraqi Police and Military at a fast pace, in fact there are approximately 300,000 Iraqi trained to protect and fight for their country. This number is getting bigger by the day, but they still need our help to help them stabilize their country. We are definitely doing that but it's a tough and difficult task. It took our country a long time to approve our constitution but people are expecting them to approve their constitution within a year. The fight for their country and how we help is accurately recorded in The Stars and Stripes. This newspaper is available overseas including here for free. In the US you can subscribe to it at www.stripes.com. I have read it more than a few times and can tell you it is accurate and non-biased.

I've heard from my replacement and he says that he'll be leaving his home in St Louis on 26 Sep. So a few days later and he'll be here. I'll give him 2 or 3 days spin-up and then I'll head on the Freedom Bird. So somewhere in the first week of Oct I'll leave Iraq for good. I have had the opportunity to see old friends since I've been here. I just surprised my buddy from 10 years ago who is flying in the Homestead Reserve unit. They just arrived here a few days ago. Boy has he gotten grey headed. haha... Not me. I look like I'm 28 years old. And that is really that.