Hi, everybody,I'm finally beginning the blog adventure!
We had a ceremony on Oct. 4th before departing for Texas.
In a nutshell, so far we have trained on what to do if our HMMV (jeep) turns over; how to watch for IEDs (explosive devices); speak a few Iraqi phrases; do first aide; and fire our weapons.
We have lived in a tent city (concrete floors and real beds, though); seen Texas duststorms; rain (once); and recently moved into a building with real furniture for clothes etc.
The dfac (dining facility) food is about the same as school, so I'm doing fine in that department.
When not training I am working in an office or traveling around the area looking for sites on which to place our signal equipment.
BELOW: We thank the Patriot Riders for coming to show respect and protect our ceremony from negative protestors (there weren't any this time, thank goodness);
Patriot Riders standing guard around the ceremony (motorcycle riders who also showed up at 5am the next day to escort us toward the airport....cool!);
see me in the middle of the back row in formation (during ceremony).
As soon as I can, I'll return to this site and add pics of "wrestling" (Combative Training) and others.
You can post to this blog. I'll look at your post, then let it show on the site. You can also write to me at donna.hicks@us.army.mil.
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