I was in a hurry to get to the chow hall for lunch.
Ours is pretty good. I read your page real quick and I see 2004 Iraq and then various dates all down the page...Have you been there that long? Not sure if you can answer the question (if not no problem), but thanks for your service just the same. That is some truly incredible sacrifice regardless of the time over there.
Yep. January 18, 2009 will make five years. I was going to do one year when I came in January 2004. LOL
I kept getting talked into coming back and have now been here in a variety of capacities - everything from participating in building coalition and Iraqi bases, mentoring and advising Iraqi government officials at the Ministry of Interior to infrastructure reconstruction which is what I'm mixed up in now.
But what's cool is that I've seen the worst of the war when it was at its highest escalation and now I'm seeing peace and a return to normality.
I see you're in bella Italia. Can you say where? I lived in Napoli (Pozzuoli) as an adolcscent Navy brat.
Thank you for your service. :)