August 2005 - Posts

• Get to work!

  I've been working here over a week now and have found there is definetely a monotonous standard routine which gets interrupted on a consistent (almost hourly) basis. Part of my job is to keep informed on whats happening over the entire battlespace, so Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 30, 2005 12:42 PM by jganino | 7 Comments

• Baghdad!

  After three months of goofing off, we've finally made it to Baghdad. We took a packed military flight into Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) on a windy day... just enough wind to cover everything with a light haze of white powdered sand. It gave everything, Read More... Posted Friday, August 19, 2005 6:13 AM by jganino | 4 Comments

• In Transit - Kuwait

  What a trip... after about 24 hours on the plane, we've made it to Kuwait. We had a couple stops in America & Europe before making it here. The stop in Europe had a nice “waiting room” complete w/ a cantina, Duty Free Shop, arcade, TVs, Read More... Posted Sunday, August 14, 2005 11:01 PM by jganino | 6 Comments

• Blissful Training at Bliss

  One week into the Ft.Bliss CRC. We've received our full “Central Issue Facility” equipment Issue. They've provided three duffel bags worth of additional gear. The story is that when we get on the plane, we'll be allowed these three duffels, Read More... Posted Sunday, August 07, 2005 9:36 PM by jganino | 3 Comments

• Welcome to CRC!

  Finally made it to Ft. Bliss, TX to move through the “CONUS Replacement Center“ (CRC). After we lost some of our group to assignements to Afghanistan & elsewhere, the rest of us “Iraq-bound“ are finally at our CRC and, so far, Read More... Posted Monday, August 01, 2005 6:25 PM by jganino | 1 Comments