033110 Kalsu and What's is that blimp up there?

033110 Kalsu and What's is that blimp up there?

Pretty much all the camps in Iraq look the same. Up in the north you
will see more (the only) trees while in the south at Tallil, I think
things looks dustier and it sure seems hotter in the summer. But for
the most part, 'you've seen one, you've seen them all.' So above are
a few more pics of Kalsu. In one of the pics you can clearly see the
blimp above the camp. Attached to this blimp is a very expensive
camera which can probably see the print of a newspaper better than I
can at arm's length. The blimp is there to 'keep an eye on things' and
just about every small camp has one. If the camp gets incoming (as in
mortar rounds) the camera will swing around to find the source an
appropriate action will be taken (usually from a few armed helo
mounted rockets.)

At Balad there is no such blimp but rather a 24 hour around-the-clock
CAP (Combat Air Patrol) consisting of two F-16 aircraft. When we get
incoming at Balad, the CAP is vectored to 'intercept and destroy'.
Whadda life huh?
R/Chris