There are a lot of mountain bikes on the base. It can be difficult riding through the baby powder like dust that is sometimes more than 6 inches deep. The only other obstacle to biking is the river rock used in the parking lots. The stuff is closer to boulders, the civilian vehicles also have a hard time driving in it.

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On a humanitarian note, a patrol was going through a village. They saw a box near the road and suspected an IED. As an engineer approached he heard a strange sound like a baby crying. Sure enough there was a baby in the box. The G.I.’s MEDEVAC’d the baby. The little boy was dehydrated but otherwise healthy. The medics gave him an IV and cleaned him up. The patrol found the mother and reunited the baby with his family. It seems the baby’s aunt was supposed to be taking care of him. The aunt explained she was carrying the baby when wild dogs appeared (there are lots of them here). The dogs chased her and she put the boy down and fled the pack.

Photo to right: Leave it to a G.I. to do this…

I have had to do security patrols in the hospital here. Iraqi kids are treated here for a variety of reasons. In a few places they have finally realized we are not the bad guys and former insurgents are asking the government for weapons to fight the terrorists (foreign jihadists).

Well I have many chores to do on my day off. We cannot do our own laundry; we have to drop it off at KBR. In some ways it is good as it saves time and it is free. The bad news the laundry isn’t free of sock monsters. I have lost a few single socks to the laundry abyssal. Also please keep praying for all of our troops safety. The good Lord has provided for us once already. I will write more as time permits.

Russ

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