For the first time in Iraq, I am wearing shorts! That's right, where I used to work, you could not wear shorts (except for PT). Here at Anaconda, you can wear shorts (different base, different rules). In fact, there are a lot of things you can't do and this is covered by General Order 1A to which as a civilian (puke) on a military base I am subject. These 'NOs' cover some of the following: no sex, no booze, no drugs, no protheylzing, no pets, no porn, no private ownership of vehicles, no entering a mosque, no 'disrespectful' t shirts and frankly a bunch of other rules that I just don't recall. General Order 1A is sort of a 'catch all'. Overall the Army is pretty laid back from what I was used to in the Navy though.


There aren't alot of critters here in Iraq but there are these gecko like lizards everywhere. They're very fast and rarely catch sitting still to even take a pic. This one is dead so the pic was prettty easy to take.