Hey all, sorry I have not written anything in a while we have been pretty busy. As always the days just seem to run together and you just try and keep your mind away from thoughts of home. The insurgents still hit us every once in awhile but they are never very effective, our batallion 1-89 Cav located at COS Cashe South got hit by 10 mortar rounds on new years day but luckily for them the insurgents were bad shots and no one was hurt. Yesterday we got hit by a pretty good sandstorm that lasted about 24hours (pictures below)  I am still coughing up sand. well anyway hi to all and I will try and write more as time goes on…..

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"Old Friend"

I saw this M109 Artillery Howitzer  today and had to take a picture. When I was here way back in 1991, these were the guns that my old unit the 3/20th F.A. used against the Iraqi Tanks.. quite effectively I may say from personal experience. It was kind of strange for me to see her today once again in Iraq almost twenty years later, oddly enough it was like running into an old friend…. 

Photo by Spc. Rebecca Schwab

Col. David Miller (right), of Evanston, Ill., commander of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, talks to one of the brigade command security team squads at Joint Security Station Loyalty while conducting a Christmas day battle field circulation in eastern Baghdad.

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Photo by Sgt. Jennie Burrett

Command Sgt. Maj. Joe Montour (right), of Amarillo, Texas, of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, dressed in an Army Combat Uniform Santa Claus suit, hands out candy to Lt. Col. Heyward Hutson, of Charleston, S.C., the battalion commander of 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, Christmas day as he pulls security at Joint Security Station Zafaraniya.

This is a quick video from when I first arrived in Iraq, we were at Camp Liberty waiting for our trip to my current home here at Firebase Hammer, I sure miss the easygoing days back at Camp Liberty, But anyway the palace in the background was one of Saddams hangouts before we moved in..This was just a couple of my friends acting like tourists.. while I videotaped it just like any good tourist would  

I made this video mostly for my family, Kind of obvious that I have been a little homesick, well anyway here it is…

Soldiers of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, walk through a local farm in search of a possible mortar impact site at Forward Operating Base Carver, Baghdad, Iraq.

A U.S. Soldier of B troop, 1-89th Cavalry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, prepares to take a picture with local children while assisting Iraqi Federal Police during a traffic control point search, at Taha Mosque, Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 13.