Ft. Dix and Kuwait

Me and Jess	Unit Stitched	Boonie Hat Shot for Jessica	Me During Commo Training
Getting ready for lunch	Gettin' my learnin' on	Us	Me
Me	Me getting pretzelled up combatives style	My team!	Well-armed
At the machine gun qual range	Grenade!	Figuring out how to hook up a Claymore	Urban Ops training
Urban Ops training	Urban Ops training - I'm helping lift	Urban Ops training - lifting again	Fanning out
Steno-guy	Watching the corner	Convoy Commander day	Convoy Commander day
Convoy Commander day	Convoy Commander day	From the gunner's seat	My Michael Dukakis shot
Putting gear together	Morning coffee	Helgren said this was me in "old man" mode...did I have some mode other than that?	Getting promoted to Sergeant - about to get my rank punched on!
Shaking hands with 1SG	Salute	About to board the busses to leave Ft. Dix	Waiting for the plane
It was an easier trek overseas than Granddad Bartow's...he probably didn't have ANY flight attendants...	Lovely Kuwait...	More lovely Kuwait...	It's kinda warm and dry...
Warm, dry...	Our tent - few enough folks that we don't have to use the cots in the middle!	A not-too-bad sandstorm...	First time I've seen a Starbucks behind hesco barriers...
Our lush accomodations in Kuwait, waiting on our ride...	Sleeping in Kuwait	More Kuwait sleeping...	Dufflebed
Duffle recliner!	Heading downrange	Duffle pillows!