I'm Definitely in Kuwait!

My first clues that I am in Kuwait, or at least not Florida, were the herds of camels behind us as we stood out in the desert!
Imagine being in a boat with no land in sight. Now imagine that the water just turned to pretty, soft sand. On your left are cardboard targets. On your right are a few cars, what looks like shacks or could be tents in the far distance, and a couple of herds of camels about 1/4 mile away.
That was the scene as we took one more chance to fire our weapons to be sure they worked properly. Eventually, the camels ambled within 30-100 yards (less than a football field) of us.
Yep, we are not in Floriday! Mickey Mouse is nowhere in sight!
I have only a few more minutes to be on the computer because I share these privileges with many more people. The telephones are also shared, unless I want to pay a lot of money to talk. We sign up for computer time and phone time, then wait 20-60 minutes for our turn. Then we have 20-30 minutes to use the equipment.
I'll add some pictures and try to update from our final destination soon. The pics are not cooperating from here.
Donna

We Have Been Proclaimed "Ready To Go"!

We (soldiers; not the horse) finished a 6 day 24-hour exercise during which we practiced our signal management skills and other tasks that will "pop" up in Iraq. I worked day-shift from 0700-1930hrs (I did that so my students might try to figure out the time...).

My unit is lucky enough to be mobilizing with our higher headquarters. I say "lucky" because during this exercise, we figured out who does what and needs to work with whom. We would have had to figure out all these possibly confusing actions in Iraq.

Ooops. Must go to a formation. I'll be back.

I'm back. We train again tomorrow for 4-5 hours. We will be taught several weapons, and practice firing them.

On Thursday and Friday we will train on "Base Defense". I think the fake base has guard towers and fake insurgents try to sneak in. I heard it is fun.

Posted is a picture of the only horse I have seen since October 3rd and a picture of my fancy office here at McGregor, TX (near El Paso). My other office is at the recreation room with the PX. I can settle in there and watch tv; play pool; work on the internet; and eat snacks. I could get a haircut, but I'm not sure the barbers know anything besides the men's military haircut (not for me!!).

Have a great day!

Donna