Remember the postings of Kyle spending hours and hours on end in the gym and sleeping the hours away? Well those days are gone. Kyles platoon has moved on to the outpost I described earlier. From his recent notes on Facebook and texts to Mom, it appears that he and his team mates are more than busy. One message said that he was working on two hours sleep in the last two days. He had pulled guard tower duty at 2am in the middle of this marathon work session. His comment ... "I love it." Could there be a loose screw in this young mans head? :-)
Before heading out, however, Kyle received his training and license to drive the MRAP vehicle. His comment about them is that they are "not easy to drive." If you haven't researched these vehicles, you need to get a look at them on Youtube. His vehicle is called the "MRAP Cougar" and it is one impressive piece of engineering.
In a recent note he said that he had actually been out on a patrol. While this is less than thrilling from a parental perspective, it is exactly what he has trained for and is therefore tremendously exciting. Pictured in this post are some photos of some team mates as well as an up armored Humvee.
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