someone just brought in a couple of photos that they'd taken of me in iraq. this was one of them, was trying to figure out when and where. well, okay, with the date stamp i didn't try TOO hard to figure out the when, but i guess it was on a trip up north when were scouting for a site to conduct weapons training for some guys we wanted to educate quickly. i think i was pulling security here while we were halted. that was a weird day. everything was alot more laid back up in the northern part of the country because the violence was so much less. it took us awhile to calm down and relax. and of course, the minute we relaxed because everyone said we were safe up there, someone tried to kill us on the way home.

it was a good day though. a good crew of guys on the trip if i remember correctly, we made it through all the badstuff okay, we saw some of our guys that we hadn't seen in months and it's always nice to be able to see your friends with your own eyes and know they're okay.