Mission Counter 9

Two and one, deja vu.

Haha...Oh Wow.

Boss asks to use my clippers to trim his sideburns...fine, weirdo, okay.

He proceeds to plug the 120V appliance into the 240V outlet.

Durrrrrrr...

Distilling the Deployment

"Sorry, there's not enough room on the trucks. You'll have to stay back today."

In other words, "We don't need you."

Mission Counter 8

2 missions, one I was on. And all I did was drive.

This is getting ridiculous.

What an Eventful Day

• Went out as a team for the first time in a month.
  
• Broke one of the 2x4s that holds up the PVC "wire mitigation system" on our truck.
• Climbed around on top of the truck making field expedient repairs on said system, with just my 9mm.
  
• Went manual on a turret that insisted on slowly turning clockwise.
• Blew up an allegedly un-blow-uppable battery. (Huffing acid fumes for 4 hours for the lose.)
  
• Saw my first Iraqi fire truck.
• NAPTIME!
  

Soldiers are Dumb

Seriously. A Peep-eating contest? How could you possibly imagine that would turn out well?

Mission Counter 7

3 and 1. Of course things must grind to a halt again. It's the natural order. Whatevs.

Mission Counter 6

4/2. And wow, that's a right proper sandstorm that just rolled in.

Facepalm

No, guys, that's not how rule of law works. Just because everybody thinks they're insurgents, and you're an ex-insurgent that we're paying to provide security, doesn't mean you get to shoot them.

For serious.

What the hell.

Jackasses.