Bring it on...

So this is after one of the attacks. Haji is slang for "one of the locals."

Here is the stache








The bad guys missed and we were ok after the attack

This is my living area. I've got the bottom bunk. Nice accomidations for a $190 billion dollar a year war.

On my way to my new home

It's amazing, there is green in the Middle East.

I got a front seat! I sucked wind pretty hard right here though

Just about to load the helicopter

Shooting at the sand...

Here I am getting an IV (it was just for training)

Hailey is so Pretty!

Rolling around in our car

Home on Pass

Sushi eating outing






Us at Gardner Village

Convoy training

Getting ready in the morning for convoy ops training.







Here I am on live fire day up in the turret. It was super dusty!









Me just outside our trucks loaded up with 200 rounds in 10 magazines.

Here are my many colors






This is me after working out

Mike on the drums back in High School

Me

This is my M16.

Here I am on the firing line gettting ready to shoot.

More smiley photos of me.

Getting ready...

This is me just before I got sent into the gas chamber. This was nothing compared to the OC pepper spray.

After the pepper spray

This is a photo of my eyes after the OC pepper spray. I forgot about this one. This was about 2-3 hours after I was sprayed.

Hand to Hand Combat

Here I am doing some Hand to Hand combat training with my Buddy Spencer. Some of the guys have seen how crazy I can get so they have called me the "Chaplain Warrior."





It's all about maintaining a dominant position!

Salute

Mike's plane about to take off from the airport...these guys stood and saluted until all 3 planes were out of sight!

Army Style

I love Mike's glittery Army t-shirt and hair do in this photo. This picture was taken next to his bunk bed...I'm sending him some sheets soon.

Mike getting roughed up in a 5 on 1 defensive tactics training

The Chaplain

Can you believe what they did to the Chaplain?

My Buddy

This is my new buddy from Logan--see how I take care of my friends.

On line

Here we are from the firing position.

Too much fun

This is my group in a riot control formation. I am in the back on the right with a weapon that launches a soft ball or rubber ball rounds-- it is normally used to launch other things. The people in th civilian clothes threw rocks and bottles at us. It was an interesting experience.

Mike getting ready to bust in on the "prisoner"

More fun

The next few steps...They call this Pain Compliance

First station

This was the first station that we had to go to where we took someone down who was being "non-compliant"

Mike getting pepper spray

This is just after I got sprayed with pepper spray. Don't I look happy?