[PsyOp]

Sounds to me like the Boys From Bama are going to be doing some desert training in Iraq. DOD often call troops up on one pretense or another and then sends them elsewhere.

I got on a Chinook one time thinking I was going to train with some Rangers in Georgia. When we got there, the Rangers were in Granada and our new orders were to stand by for further deployment.

I got real nervous. Not because I was worried about going in harm way, but because we thought we were going on a training exercise, myself and others left some of our combat gear behind in favor of comfort items. Last time I ever went anywhere without everything I might need - just in case!

As it turned out, the marines and Rangers had everything well in hand and we spent two weeks camping at fort Hunter-Ligget and seeing if Dominoes could deliver to a 10-digit grid coordinate in 30 minutes or less.

[2Trievers]

" myself and others left some of our combat gear behind in favor of comfort items"

I can't imagine how you must have felt! &;-)

Thanks for serving, BTW &;-)