Jax River Run in Iraq!

Hi, everybody! I'm going to throw some pictures on here, then figure out what to talk about.

OK, while I'm trying to pull my pictures of the River Run, here are a couple of the fishing team I spoke of last time (from FL, who attended our tournament). The scenes are the nicest views from nearby. Needless to say, the wind was blowing that day.

JACKSONVILLE RIVER RUN Middle-East Style:

Friday, before the Iraq version of the River Run, the following pics show us practicing our "set-up". We sponsored the run and our Logistics Officer led the preparations (see the "stage" below).

THEN came Saturday morning 0430 (yep, 4:30am) and we arrived, began setting up, and ran for cover to wait out a big thunder/lightning storm! We comandeered a covered area from a US unit as we sent early arrival runners to wait there. Enjoy the afteraffects of the storm:

Welcome! It's official!--------------------- Stage--------------------------- Registration

National Anthem............................................................Ready Set Go!

---------------------------------Mud for everyone!

Go that way!.................... Go THIS way??............... Cheerleader!......... A different friendly rivalry!

A voucher for a JRR T-shirt! -------Most of OUR runners!--------Most of our SUPPORT Staff!

You are probably going to have to play "Match the caption to the picture!"

I'm not very good at this Blog stuff! Have fun with this. Next time I write, I'm going to bring this back to reality. We are very lucky to be assigned where we can hold races etc.