Right Color, Wrong Team

The Gang with the Minnesota Viking Cheerleaders. Raven agreed to the photo only because they were wearing the colors of the Baltimore Ravens…..yeah right.

Dog Gone it

This is me with the Combat Stress Team and one of their team members. I forgot the dogs name but she cheered me up. I think they roam from unit to unit and attempt to gauge the environment of Soldiers and make recommendations to the command.

I said, Do I Really Have to Run?

Another IFGAR pre-race photo…..again look at Flipper and 808.

Let's Do this Thing

Another IFGAR pre-race photo. Raven did really well, especially since he hadn’t run in almost nine months. He was waaaaaaaaay ahead of me.

Do I have to Run?

Every year the island of Oahu has the Great Aloha Run (GAR). An 8 mile run through the city of Honolulu which the US Military proudly supports. In honor of that tradition, we had the Iraqi Freedom Great Aloha Run (IFGAR). This is a pre-race photo….take a look at “Flipper” and “808” and you know why I titled the picture.

Parole

The guy in the middle finally got his release from prison. Actually, he was moving to a MiTT (Military Transition Team = Train Iraqis) and we had a small going away function. All the best, Jo.

A Change of Seasons

OK, OK, I got the hint already. Between my wife, mom, and the spouse of someone who works with me, I have received ALLOT of subtle hints to update my BLOG….so here it is.

Four months down and number five is halfway over. Time has been flying by here and we have been extremely busy due to all the activity happening in our AO. Easter is right around the corner and someone asked me what I was giving up for Lent and I responded that I had already given up many things while deployed to Iraq…not seeing my family, not wearing civilian clothes, eating out, drinking, etc….I think I’m good for several Lents. What do you think?

The temperatures are not as cold in the evening and we don’t even need jackets anymore. We have had several severe sandstorms (like a very thick fog, but only with sand in the air). I think this is the changing of the seasons and is an indicator of the sweltering heat that is coming in about a month….we are not looking forward to this. As I end this post, I would like to make a special request this month for everyone that reads my BLOG. If you could take one minute out of your day sometime and pray for the Soldiers who have made the ultimate sacrifice and their families. Thank You.

And now for the real reason everyone looks at this BLOG…photos.