Finally we have started working with our Iraqi Counterparts. Our MTR (Motorized Transportation Regiment) has just stood up so they are not fully manned. This means that people keep changing positions and they don't have any supplies yet to include desks, chairs, and pens! It is tough to try to advise a unit that is not ready to function on their own. I am lucky with the transportation company that I am advising because they have assigned a commander to the company already. As far as the S1 that I am supposed to be advising they have not yet filled that position so I am working with a Lieutenant that will be replaced at some point, hopefully in near future. I have enjoyed my interaction with my counterparts so far and my Company Commander makes some amazing Chai!! Actually he doesn't make it the "Chai boys" do......they are pictured below!!
I am hoping that everyone is well and I am looking forward to being home in JUNE!!
Take Care- Mickey
P.S. OH man I almost forgot.....we had a BBQ with our interpreters on Monday that was AMAZING! we ate, we drank (COKE) and the interpreters danced.....I also made kabob! (pics coming soon..... )
Here is one of the LT's on the left CPT Mohammad in the middle and the Sergeant Major on the end!
Here is a Pic of me and my Iraqi counterpart CPT Mohammad!
Did you ever see that Yahoo news article that Micah and I were talking about on Facebook? It referred to a suicide bomber at an Iraqi Military base in Kirkuk where they were paying the Sahwa-- about 10 days ago. I assume this was somewhere else, because Ali didnt really know what I was talking about. Seems like stuff is a bit diceyier (that is horribly spelled wrong) though... come on gangsters- stop slacking and whip up some security around that mo-fo.
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