Into the Wild Green Yonder...

Off to the field until Sunday! We'll be performing scout missions one after another all day for several days, except we'll be using our fantastic gun trucks (HMMWVs with mounted .50 Calibers, some of which even have AC!). Looking forward to it would be a stretch simply because the knowledge that my next shower is a ways away isn't exactly wonderful. Plus the nighttime temperatures will be dropping into the low 30s so...

Either way! I'll survive, as will all of the members of our little band of brothers (5th Platoon) and hopefully we'll be savvier, more combat effective leaders on the other end. Motivation and focus shouldn't be a problem, especially after spending this morning watching Al Jazeera footage of our vehicles getting ripped up by IEDs and women and men blowing themselves up in public places all over Iraq and Afghanistan... It always reminds me of that mantra I heard so often at West Point and so often ignored. "Just remember, right now, the enemy is training to kill you. Train better."

Till next week!