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  • Like where Abraham was from. We’re there. Do a Google Maps search for “Ur, Iraq”, and we’re about 3 miles northeast of the spot that comes up. Work continues, more […]

    Ur

    Like where Abraham was from. We’re there. Do a Google Maps search for “Ur, Iraq”, and we’re about 3 miles northeast of the spot that comes up. Work continues, more […]

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  • Just a note to let you all know we’re moving. I’m typing this from my CHU at the new FOB, but we’ve still got to get settled and receive shipment […]

    On the road again..

    Just a note to let you all know we’re moving. I’m typing this from my CHU at the new FOB, but we’ve still got to get settled and receive shipment […]

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  • I can’t even begin to describe this experience. I’ll try, but words really suck at relating the awe. Being here and attached to an IA unit affords us access to […]

    Indomitable Beauty

    I can’t even begin to describe this experience. I’ll try, but words really suck at relating the awe. Being here and attached to an IA unit affords us access to […]

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  • I mentioned it was still dusty in my last post. Oops. (3-days worth of rain and no drainage) Video of the IA side and styrofoam-core door ‘surfing’ to follow later…

    Note to self… STFU about the weather.

    I mentioned it was still dusty in my last post. Oops. (3-days worth of rain and no drainage) Video of the IA side and styrofoam-core door ‘surfing’ to follow later…

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  • Okay, so I’ve been a dirtbag and haven’t written here in over a month. I will admit I have had some free time recently, but have been actively trying to […]

    4 mah peepz…

    Okay, so I’ve been a dirtbag and haven’t written here in over a month. I will admit I have had some free time recently, but have been actively trying to […]

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  • We’ve passed the halfway point in our deployment, so I thought I’d throw together another video with snapshots of what we’ve done and how things have progressed. It took a […]

    Mid-tour video

    We’ve passed the halfway point in our deployment, so I thought I’d throw together another video with snapshots of what we’ve done and how things have progressed. It took a […]

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  • In the world of internet forums, there is an acronym used when someone posts about anything they have recently acquired without the requisite pictures thereof. TTIWOP: This thread is worthless […]

    Events that never occurred

    In the world of internet forums, there is an acronym used when someone posts about anything they have recently acquired without the requisite pictures thereof. TTIWOP: This thread is worthless […]

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  • I’ve said since I got here that this assignment is completely bipolar, manic-depressive, or some other metaphor which juxtaposes completely opposite moods, events, emotions, and everything else. To add fuel […]

    Bipolarity strikes again

    I’ve said since I got here that this assignment is completely bipolar, manic-depressive, or some other metaphor which juxtaposes completely opposite moods, events, emotions, and everything else. To add fuel […]

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  • On my way back from lunch today: real, honest-to-God rain. Say it ain’t so. Like the last post, things happen which justify announcement to the world without the usual delay. […]

    … keep falling on my head.

    On my way back from lunch today: real, honest-to-God rain. Say it ain’t so. Like the last post, things happen which justify announcement to the world without the usual delay. […]

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  • For the guys on the team who won’t get this, sorry. I’m off to breakfast. Following which, I will be headed back to the CHU, ’cause it’s a wreck, and […]

    Mice Elf

    For the guys on the team who won’t get this, sorry. I’m off to breakfast. Following which, I will be headed back to the CHU, ’cause it’s a wreck, and […]

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