Waiting Game

There hasnt been much going on lately here in Kuwait. 3-29 officially left a few days ago and 1-68 has slowly been leaving as well. The way they have these flights scheduled really does not have much of a method to their madness but rather just luck of the draw. I know we are at least scheduled to fly out on the 19th so we are just playing the waiting game until that date comes around.

Last night we actually had a concert here. The Zac Brown Band kicked off their USO tour here in Kuwait and are headed up to play at all the big FOBs in Iraq soon. That was a lot of fun because it was a part of the outside world that is natural to all of us and they came here to bring us a piece of America. I had only heard a few of their songs before the concert but they were really good in both the country and rock music that they played. They did a rendition of "The Devil Goes Down to Georgia" that was awesome and I really like that song so that was neat. It was just a great treat.

Other than that my days have mostly been dedicated to going to the gym, playing volleyball, watching movies or tv shows, and sleeping. Throw in going to the cafeteria to eat and thats daily life. Tomorrow we are going to do some drivers and orientation training on the MRAP and that will be followed by volleyball. I have decided that if their is no court set up already in Basra, my PLT and I will build one. Ill use the gift cards I got from people to buy the net and poles and balls off amazon and create an awesome competitive arena. It good because it works teamwork and allows people to take their agression and frustration out athletically rather than in other ways.

We are all itching to get out of here and move on to start doing what we came here to do in Iraq. I met the COL that I will be responsible for protecting and he seems like a very likable and down to earth kind of guy which will mesh very well with my platoon and our personalities. A few more days and I will finally be in country!