Kyle called today (12:30am his time). Not much to share from this call as he was pretty bushed from a long day of transporting soldiers back to their previous location. Allow me to explain.
A few days ago, his entire team was called to make a raid on a facility in their patrol area. After making forced entry, the team secured all male occupants of the facility. They then searched the premises and found several items of contraband. I'm not talking about anti-American literature or firecrackers. The items found were serious and dangerous.
Job well done! One would think that so anyway. Well, not so much ...
As a result of a couple of ill advised command decisions, the entire company has been sent back to their previous location. This is truly sad to Kyle as he has really enjoyed the smaller location. He describes their outpost as being about the size of a football field. It houses a much smaller contingency and the creature comforts for the individual soldier are much better. At the COB they have WiFi in their rooms as well as enough space to spread out a bit. Just a couple weeks ago the xBox 360 they had purchased in Colorado finally arrived. Now it all goes back in the box and gets shipped back to the Base with just enough room for a cot and ruck sack.
Okay, so this doesn't have much to do with "The War on Terror", or bringing democracy to Iraq. It does, however, have a lot to do with morale.
On a lighter note, some of the guys in his team have invented a "fun" new game. We didn't ask for the details, but the name of the activity was called "Pigeon Home Run Derby." I don't even want to know! More to come ...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment