22 Dec 08 USO Show and Family Relations

Below is the flyer for the USO show last night. I understand it was a good show.  I'm still on night shift so I didn't go but I've seen the Air Force band that was before.  Balad is the only base in Iraq that has a USO office (so I've been told) and they do a great job.  Every big base has USO shows so there really is plenty of opportunity for entertainment while over here. 
On a completly unrelated matter some guys I know (and myself) are having some family problems.  As a contractor, you're about 10,000 miles away from home (only 7,000 if you're east coast) so any problems are complicated by distance and time (we're generally 11 hours ahead of the west coast (or 8 hours ahead of east coast time.)  I'll get a call or email usually way after the fact and some how I'm expected to take action.  I know some guys who had their banks accounts drained and were still blamed because 'they weren't around'.  If you're having rocky relation problems, Iraq/overseas is generally not the answer.
R/Chris