Rock Hard Cockpit Destination Iraq: July 27th, Moon Over Al Udeid and Making a Pallet of Our Gear

Here’s a shot of the moon over Al Udeid last night. It looks full, but I can never really tell unless I look at a calendar. It was pretty cool though.

Today we sorted out our equipment for and arranged it in order to be palletized. Our load seemed fairly conservative, as far as things go, but all in all, I think we’ll have the necessary gear to get the job done. And really, it ain’t about the gear, it’s what you put through it, it’s the source man, you always have to go back to the source.

Getting ready to hit the road at some point. I can’t say when, and when we do, I can’t say where, until we are done in that location. I will continue to blog, but give you a sanitized version that does not reveal our location. Or something like that.

A point of interest here. They call the latrines cadillacs. You know like the car? Why, I do not know. If I find out I will let you know. And they are all outside on this side of the base. Seems like indoor plumbing in the desert is a prime option of which we don’t rate. Across the base, in the new digs, everything is inside, like its supposed to be. Well, I still get my three beers, so what am I complaining about.

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Some pics of todays palletizing session.