Hello Everyone!

It's been almost two months since arriving overseas now. Time is moving along fairly well. When on missions, time flys by; when not, time drags! I did take a trip up to Northern Iraq a week ago; it was a lot different than Central and Sourthern Iraq. We went to a small town called Kirkut. The FOB (forward operating base) that we were going to was located just inside the town so we had to go through it. It's interesting, the people were waving at us and giving us the upmost respect, not the same as in the south by any means. Not sure home many people live in the town, but there are a TON of oil fields up there. The Kurds mainly populate the area, and it seems they take care of their property a little bit better. It might have looked nicer because there were actually trees and grass growing, something you don't see down in Kuwait.

Not much else is going on right now. Our internet works slowly, so it's a pain to load pictures into. I am still working on loading pictures from that last trip into Shutterfly to send out to everyone. Once I do, I think I've got some good ones for you to see. I hope this post finds everyone in great health!

All of you take care and I'll see you in about 10 months and 1 week!

Jake