082009 Home Sweet Home - Iraq!

082009 Home Sweet Home - Iraq!
I'm back in Iraq. About 4 weeks ago I went to Tallil where I was to
install a system that eventually we found out had to be 'approved' by
the different Army computer domain. The Army has two main computer
domains in Iraq. The are similar, essentially do the same thing and
are 100% incompatible! Now again, both domains are 'Army domains' but
they simply do not trust each other. (Don't try to figure it out,
just accept it.) So overall my trip was for naught since our
paperwork was not in order. So after Tallil I went on R&R and then on
the way back I was stuck in Ramstein for almost a week trying to get
back to Iraq. Every single day there was a flight from Ramstein
Germany to Balad Iraq and like clockwork, every single day that day's
flight was canxed! But I'd rather be stuck in Ramstein rather than
Kuwait.
Anyway, there is a VERY cool 'diner' at Tallil. They serve pizza and
pasta dishes for about $10 or so and it's run by the Bosnians. It's a
great place to 'hang out' (frankly it's the ONLY place to 'hang out'
at Tallil.) Here are a few pics and I tried to 'morph' the two pics
into one but just can't find that function on the MS Picture Manager.
R/Chris