One month down…

   Good morning!  As we start April, I realized that I’ve been in theater for 1 month already.  The time has really flown by and this past week has been incredibly fast with all the “excitement” going on around us.  Luckily everyone here is safe and secure and we continue about our days.   You’ve probably [...]

My view from the bleachers….

I hope all is well fro everyone reading this.  The last few days have flown by and unfortunately the internet was down so I was unable to recount my stories.   Here are just a few of the highlights.
Lorraine, a friend who works at the Baghdad Police College, invited to attend a graduation for about 450 Iraqi Police [...]

What a great day….

Today just reminded of the things I love about being an officer in the military!!!  I had a meeting to discuss Fire prevention, fire safety, and the employment/positioning of a fire department on a Forward Operating Base in Iraq.  In order to do this type of work in the US, they would expect that you [...]

Tomorrow is the day…

Well…2 months, almost to the day, after returning to active duty I am finally starting a permanent job. For those of you I’ve been in rountine contact with you know my ups and downs in getting to this point..so I’m not going to rehash the sordid affair. But that’s all behind me now [...]

It’s like peeling an onion…

As I continue my “right seat ride” with the current Mayor, my duties and responsibilities become clearer.  Today, I found out that I will be a retailer, responsible for oversight of a volunteer run store that does about $1.5M in revenue a year…. yes I said VOLUNTEERS.  I think it’s absolutely terrific!  A group of [...]

Settling into my new home…

It’s been a few days here at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Shield and I’m getting settled pretty well.  I’ve spent the last two days touring the camp and taking a look at all the improvements that have been made. 
The living conditions are really a mix of hard stand buildings and trailers that are double stacked, reinforced [...]

One week on the ground and all’s well…

Well it’s been one week since I left Fort Benning and traveled to Kuwait and then on to Baghdad.  So far things are going very well.  We all had a great welcome here by the our unit.  I’ve managed to make quite a few friends since arriving, including those of us involved in what we [...]