Camels and .50 CAL's.....

Sorry it has been a while since my last blog BUT we were "out in the field".....yup I said it....."out in the field!!" I didn't know that when you are deployed you actually go "out in the field" cause technically you are in the field!! 

SO we finished up with MRAP training earlier this week and I got a BUNCH of pics of the camels....even a pic WITH the camels!! I learned a lot from the MRAP training and feel much better about the vehicle that I will be driving in Iraq. Then we were given Humvee's (yea I dont get it either) for our range and convoy training. I zeroed in my M4 (the updated M16) and shot the 240B (Machine Gun). We did not have a medic on the range therefore we could not fire the .50cal....BOO!!! We stayed "out in the field" over night and got up early this am for our simulation training. We were doing convoy training with simulated enemy contact and IED's (Improvised Explosive Devices). I was a driver which meant I didn't get to be a gunner and shoot up everything but I had a very important job of searching for disturbances in the terrain that could be IED's and of course driving. I took the liberty of going off road in my Humvee when we were finished so that I could "get used to driving in the sand". My TC did not think this training was necessary and promptly told me to pull over. Now I am back and in my cot getting prepared for ONE last day of training here in KUWAIT!!  YEAH!! next stop IRAQ.....we shall see what kind of adventures await me there!!!

Take care everyone and I will write again soon.

Mickey

Oh and I will add pics tommorrow.....