Brasel
08-05-2005, 04:18 PM
No, no strippers in Baghdad.
Anyway, I know some of you like the occasional update, so whatever. I've been off of leave for about two months now. It was really hard leaving home again, saying goodbye again, but it had to be done. I played The Minish Cap to keep me from going nuts on the way back. I got back from leave and as soon as I walk in, they tell me to unpack, and repack because I had to take a trip up to Retrans Hill for a couple of weeks of secluded hell. Its boring, there isn't much to do other than play video games, and when you walk down the hill to get food or use the showers or whatever, you're sniper fodder. Luckily, I didn't get shot at, but there had been sniper fire on the hill about a week earlier. It gets a little stressful at times, knowing you might die, but whatever.
Well, during my stay on the hill, I got news that my brother broke his back, my wife is having problems getting dental insurance, and other normal at home bullshit that I can't do anything about or help with or whatever because I'm over here. To top it off, I forgot to shave one morning, and my platoon sergeant decides to show up. Remember, Retrans Hill is about a 40 minute drive through Baghdad to get to from my camp, so a visit from someone you know isn't expected. I got in trouble for not shaving, and then a couple days later, I got caught again. Serves me right for forgetting. I really shouldn't have forgotten, I mean, that was kind of a dumb ass thing for me to do.
Then the radios go down one night and the whole battalion loses communications with the HQ. Naturally, panic ensues. Thankfully, nothing bad came from it. I'm a computer guy, not a radio guy, so I didn't really know what I was doing when I tried to fix it. The radio guy was sleeping at the time, and I thought I could handle it. I didn't handle it very well.
But, a week or so later, everything settled down and I got to come back to the camp and my computer was waiting for me. I had to get it fixed when I was on leave and it wasn't ready for me before I went back to Iraq, so I had gone awhile without it.
Don't let this post fool you, I'm doing good for the most part. I'm looking at a promotion here in a month or so, so I'm pretty stoked about that. Anyways...The End.
Anyway, I know some of you like the occasional update, so whatever. I've been off of leave for about two months now. It was really hard leaving home again, saying goodbye again, but it had to be done. I played The Minish Cap to keep me from going nuts on the way back. I got back from leave and as soon as I walk in, they tell me to unpack, and repack because I had to take a trip up to Retrans Hill for a couple of weeks of secluded hell. Its boring, there isn't much to do other than play video games, and when you walk down the hill to get food or use the showers or whatever, you're sniper fodder. Luckily, I didn't get shot at, but there had been sniper fire on the hill about a week earlier. It gets a little stressful at times, knowing you might die, but whatever.
Well, during my stay on the hill, I got news that my brother broke his back, my wife is having problems getting dental insurance, and other normal at home bullshit that I can't do anything about or help with or whatever because I'm over here. To top it off, I forgot to shave one morning, and my platoon sergeant decides to show up. Remember, Retrans Hill is about a 40 minute drive through Baghdad to get to from my camp, so a visit from someone you know isn't expected. I got in trouble for not shaving, and then a couple days later, I got caught again. Serves me right for forgetting. I really shouldn't have forgotten, I mean, that was kind of a dumb ass thing for me to do.
Then the radios go down one night and the whole battalion loses communications with the HQ. Naturally, panic ensues. Thankfully, nothing bad came from it. I'm a computer guy, not a radio guy, so I didn't really know what I was doing when I tried to fix it. The radio guy was sleeping at the time, and I thought I could handle it. I didn't handle it very well.
But, a week or so later, everything settled down and I got to come back to the camp and my computer was waiting for me. I had to get it fixed when I was on leave and it wasn't ready for me before I went back to Iraq, so I had gone awhile without it.
Don't let this post fool you, I'm doing good for the most part. I'm looking at a promotion here in a month or so, so I'm pretty stoked about that. Anyways...The End.