Goodbye, Iraq

I should be sleeping, but this is a post that can not wait. Early this morning, the last U.S. Convoy arrived from COB Adder at K-Crossing. I wish so much that I could have been there for it, been a part of it...ESPECIALLY since the 1st Cav got a lot of recognition for it...but they didn't even convoy this year! MY brigade did! We pulled almost every last piece of equipment out of Iraq. But, bitterness aside for the 1st Cav, it was truely a job well-done....for the cav, for the 230th Sustainment Brigade, but most of all, for the U.S. Army. Now that we are back with our mission complete, I feel okay with discussing our mission as we have been stationed here in Kuwait. My Brigade's job has been to organize the drawdown of Iraq, the largest retrograde of equipment since WWII, something my grandfather was a part of. We organized the convoys, managed the bases and their support for our convoys, supplied food, water and fuel to these places in Iraq, kept our TCNs mostly safe (aside from the occassional high-jacking) and most of all, did not have 1 KIA from the roads. This year, other units and brigades may have, but within every unit of the 230th Sustainment Brigade, each Soldier will be returning home alive. At the beginning, I was stuck behind a desk. These last 2 months, I have seen the roads and the threats firsthand. And what we have accomplished is unreal. I wish I could have been a gunner on this last mission...over 500 Soldiers and 100 vehicles came back, but you know what? I was still there. I watched over my battle buddies, I looked for possible dangerous things, I unloaded my 240B ammo at that testfire pit...hell, I scouted and set up that testfire pit! All never to be seen again...hopefully. Will they open the boarder for good? What will become of Iraq? I have no idea, I hope for the best...but as I saw Soldiers standing outside, waiting for their battle buddies to arrive at the motorpool today, I was filled with an over-whelming sense of pride...I too, was a part of this. Lucky me =)

Happy Almost Holidays? =)

Hello all. I apologize for being MIA. Because I'm sure what I have to say is SO interesting and its SO important to the function of the world...NOT. I don't have much to say, was just going to do a real-world update and not a book review, which I finished another one today but I'm not sure I want to review it...I'll decide by the end of this post, I'm sure. I packed all my stuff up to move into the tents! I feel really bad, 2 girls from my section has to move it =( We couldn't move it ourselves because, well, I'm in Iraq again. I love being on the road and not in the office. We've missed a lot of bullshit stuff, drama, etc. Of course, on the road we have our own drama but you can always stay in the truck and avoid everyone =) Its really REALLY not bad though. I have 2 boxes to mail home and then everything else should be able to fit in my duffle and ruck, which we can take on the plane. I'm ready to be home, but if we kept running missions, I could do a few more months and be fine. Aside from being on the road, I've been reading and getting on Pinterest a lot. Pinterest might possibly be the coolest thing...like EVER. Its a website made up of "boards" that you "pin" pictures onto. You pin pictures that inspire you, of things you want, things you want to try, etc. For example, I have a "Things for cooking" and a "DIY" board. I pin pics of yummy food and in the bottom corner of the "pin" there is a link with the recipie posted! Same goes for the "DIY" board, I have a pic of something I really like and I click the link and Viola! There's instructions on how to make the item shown. Yep, I be lovin it. Can't wait to get home and put some of the stuff to use. I am excited for New Year's Eve, hoping all my plans work out for that =) For now, I leave you with a pic from one of our missions! It is of Sadaam's