I will get to the breaking news at the end of the blog, but first - a few updates. Kyle called Saturday morning and is doing well. He was beginning a break of two days off. He exclaimed to his mother with some animation in his voice ... "Mom - we are in the desert! I mean the REAL desert complete with camels walking by. For a young man who didn't know that camels existed outside the zoo, this has been an amazing adventure.
As I mentioned in the last post, his platoon is back on the FOB. Their departure from the COB, however, was not without incident. As a part of typical company pride, some of the guys in his company wrote some welcoming phrases around the COB to help the incoming company feel at home. The slogan "Delta sucks" was apparently the most popular graffiti that was penned on various surfaces of the COB. But when someone from Kyle's platoon left a brown steamy greeting in the shower, the brass said enough. For that reason, several of the guys in his company (and platoon) are currently under investigation. He is frustrated by both the stupidity exhibited by some of his platoon mates, as well as the increased scrutiny of the subsequent investigation.
He also shared of the ongoing fascination with desert pigeons. Young military men are so creative and intrigued by nature. If you are face to face with Kyle's mother, she can fill you in concerning their research and development. One discovery that sounded particularly interesting was the discovery of a luminescent pigeon (disclaimer - no pigeons were harmed in any way as a result of this experiment). A glow in the dark pigeon, however, gives new meaning to the term "rare bird."
Now for the lead story ... apparently Kyle's team has interest in archeology as well as taxonomy. Last week they were on patrol and spotted a very old looking wooden structure on the top of a hill. They decided to investigate the structure to see if it might be a weapons cache. What they discovered was amazing! They found Noah's Ark. That's right - Kyle heard it right from a couple of his team mates. I didn't realize that he had so many biblical scholars on his team. They discovered some old pottery and made the determination that it came from the Ark era. Wait until the scientific community gets word of this. To think that, after all the centuries of exploration and research by the biblical, historical and archaeological communities, the Ark would be discovered by some soldiers looking for IED's ... its just mind boggling (disclaimer - anyone who believes they actually found Noah's Ark ... contact me for details concerning a bridge I'm auctioning on eBay). Kyle knew better, but why spoil the fella's fun ;-)
More to come ...
As I mentioned in the last post, his platoon is back on the FOB. Their departure from the COB, however, was not without incident. As a part of typical company pride, some of the guys in his company wrote some welcoming phrases around the COB to help the incoming company feel at home. The slogan "Delta sucks" was apparently the most popular graffiti that was penned on various surfaces of the COB. But when someone from Kyle's platoon left a brown steamy greeting in the shower, the brass said enough. For that reason, several of the guys in his company (and platoon) are currently under investigation. He is frustrated by both the stupidity exhibited by some of his platoon mates, as well as the increased scrutiny of the subsequent investigation.
He also shared of the ongoing fascination with desert pigeons. Young military men are so creative and intrigued by nature. If you are face to face with Kyle's mother, she can fill you in concerning their research and development. One discovery that sounded particularly interesting was the discovery of a luminescent pigeon (disclaimer - no pigeons were harmed in any way as a result of this experiment). A glow in the dark pigeon, however, gives new meaning to the term "rare bird."
Now for the lead story ... apparently Kyle's team has interest in archeology as well as taxonomy. Last week they were on patrol and spotted a very old looking wooden structure on the top of a hill. They decided to investigate the structure to see if it might be a weapons cache. What they discovered was amazing! They found Noah's Ark. That's right - Kyle heard it right from a couple of his team mates. I didn't realize that he had so many biblical scholars on his team. They discovered some old pottery and made the determination that it came from the Ark era. Wait until the scientific community gets word of this. To think that, after all the centuries of exploration and research by the biblical, historical and archaeological communities, the Ark would be discovered by some soldiers looking for IED's ... its just mind boggling (disclaimer - anyone who believes they actually found Noah's Ark ... contact me for details concerning a bridge I'm auctioning on eBay). Kyle knew better, but why spoil the fella's fun ;-)
More to come ...
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