The Marathon Begins

Well today is the first day of a long year. I am now at Camp Buehring in Kuwait and will be moving north soon. I had wished to post more about what was going on at Fort Lewis but not much happened. Once we got done with training we just waited around for our flight. I will mention a couple of good things that happened there. We got a lot of praise from the command for being one of the most disciplined units to come through the mobilization center. We were also the only unit out of three there to validate on time. It really speaks volumes about the people that I am deployed with.

Things should start to pick up now that we have arrived in Kuwait. Getting off the plane this time really was a shock to the system. All of the previous times I have flown into Kuwait we always landed in the middle of the night which is a little easier. This time though we landed in the heat of the day during a sand storm. Not the best welcome to our new home. Though most all of the soldiers took it very well. The heat here really is amazing. It is not only the hot sun that you have to deal with but the blistering wind and sand coming off the desert. It will take some time to get used to it. While we are here we will be finishing out all of the training that is required to move into Iraq but there will be quite a bit of down time. That downtime is really time to get acclimatized to the area. One nice thing we have this time that we didn't have last time is wireless internet that is not outrageously expensive. Being able to get online makes everything better. I will try and put some pictures up when i get another chance. I hope everyone is well.