030108 Hey! I made it into the Army Times (er, at least a 1/2 pic of me did)
March is spring in Iraq and a coat isn't really needed at night anymore. The first 'hot' day probably won't come for another month or so but by June every day will be a 'hot' day (here in HELL!) The Combat Lifesaving Course I took made it to the Army.mil web site and there's a partial pic of me (I'm the one in jeans). The link is below.
http://www.army.mil/-news/2008/02/29/7694-1-402nd-afsb-civilians-in-iraq-become-combat-lifesavers/index.html
The article says that the mix of mil to civ is 1-1 but when I'm in the DFAC at lunch, it sure looks like the ratio is more like 3-1 (mil to civ).
Many who wear uniforms here are actually Army civilians. So if you see no insignia on someone wearing a uniform it's not SGT or Major X but rather 'Mr.' or 'Ms.' There are quite a few Army female civlians. With insignia rank I know whose ass I need to kiss but not so much so with Army civilians. With them I have to note their name and then do some research should I ever meet them again (and kiss their ass). The pics below are general pics of the farewell of the old Deputy Commander (DCO) (top Army Civilian) here at this command (and whose ass I kiss alot!) I called him 'Mr. Gallagher' but the new DCO I call him 'Mike'! Ahh, less ass kissing there!
Also today we received an 'UPDATED' General Order 1A. It now SPECIFICALLY says there'll be no male/female cohabitation with the exception of legally married husband wife. This was done since after the last housing inspection (aka 5 AM wake up surprise) there were many 'sleepovers' and evidently someone who wasn't getting any thought those who were getting some should not get any like they we're getting any (did you follow that?) SO....no male/female cohabitation. This of course has made us ponder the following questions:
1. What if he/she leaves by 2 AM or 3 AM or 4 AM?
2. What if the he/she is he/he or she/she?
3. What if there is no 'sleeping'?
4. What if neither 'lives' there?
Eh, I suspect nothing will really change.
March is spring in Iraq and a coat isn't really needed at night anymore. The first 'hot' day probably won't come for another month or so but by June every day will be a 'hot' day (here in HELL!) The Combat Lifesaving Course I took made it to the Army.mil web site and there's a partial pic of me (I'm the one in jeans). The link is below.
http://www.army.mil/-news/2008/02/29/7694-1-402nd-afsb-civilians-in-iraq-become-combat-lifesavers/index.html
The article says that the mix of mil to civ is 1-1 but when I'm in the DFAC at lunch, it sure looks like the ratio is more like 3-1 (mil to civ).
Many who wear uniforms here are actually Army civilians. So if you see no insignia on someone wearing a uniform it's not SGT or Major X but rather 'Mr.' or 'Ms.' There are quite a few Army female civlians. With insignia rank I know whose ass I need to kiss but not so much so with Army civilians. With them I have to note their name and then do some research should I ever meet them again (and kiss their ass). The pics below are general pics of the farewell of the old Deputy Commander (DCO) (top Army Civilian) here at this command (and whose ass I kiss alot!) I called him 'Mr. Gallagher' but the new DCO I call him 'Mike'! Ahh, less ass kissing there!
Also today we received an 'UPDATED' General Order 1A. It now SPECIFICALLY says there'll be no male/female cohabitation with the exception of legally married husband wife. This was done since after the last housing inspection (aka 5 AM wake up surprise) there were many 'sleepovers' and evidently someone who wasn't getting any thought those who were getting some should not get any like they we're getting any (did you follow that?) SO....no male/female cohabitation. This of course has made us ponder the following questions:
1. What if he/she leaves by 2 AM or 3 AM or 4 AM?
2. What if the he/she is he/he or she/she?
3. What if there is no 'sleeping'?
4. What if neither 'lives' there?
Eh, I suspect nothing will really change.
posted by Chris in Iraq @ 8:11 PM
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