I was told before I came here that you will learn to appreciate the water, trees, and birds that are on this base. Other bases are not as fortunate.
This is where I pick up my laundry. You drop it off and it is ready the next day folded and all. Although lately it is taking 4 days due to the water conservation order.
Fallujah Dental Team
Here is a pic of our dental clinic. It's the double wide I've always dreamed of. My CDR is from Minnesota so she feels right at home, hehe.
Here is a pic of the dental team we took over for. Later I will write more about life on Fallujah. It is late at night and some huge artillery rounds are going off. This is the first time. The building shook. Something must be happening outside the wire......
In addition to going to the range, we had a class on IED's. We learned the basic components and how to recognize them.
After a convoy which seemed to take forever in the cold weather, this was the scene when we rolled up to the clinic. The old crew was cheering so loud. They were anxiously awaiting our arrival. They were more than happy to unload our bags and carry our things. The sooner we were settled the sooner they got to get out of here.
Leaving the plane.
Finally the plane is in sight!
Another day of holding....
Rank has its privileges, just not my rank. I found out later that Commander had bedding, carpet, and a closet. I think I even saw a maid go in there in the AM.
Our plane was supposed to leave, then a sandstorm came and we were stuck. They kept telling us we'll try to fly later and later until eventually they had to provide a room for us since we could not go back to our last stop.
Leaving Kuwait is the hurry up and wait game. We were moved into the holding tent where we were isolated while we waited for a plane.
We woke up to this flying over Iraq.
At each stop all of the phones were filled.
Over the Atlantic Ocean the pilot go ton the radio and made an announcement. He said "Um.....we have a problem. We were not able to fly high enough so we burned a lot of fuel. We are not going to have enough to reach our destination." After a long pause by the pilot and all the thoughts of plunging into the Atlantic like in Cast Away, he said we would be diverted to another airport.
A shot from the airport.
Our first stop in the states. I thought it would be nice to take a group picture at each of our stops, but you'll soon see how long that idea lasted.
