My new home

After a few more flight delays (this time waiting on helicopters) we have arrived. The base is a lot smaller than I expected and not quite as nice as Kuwait (no Starbucks or fast food.) On the upside however the dining facility here is open all but six hours a day and the food is awesome. Last night I had steak and shrimp for dinner which is a regularly scheduled meal here. If the Army is short on funding it certainly isn't coming out of the food budget. Right now I'm sharing a room with five other people but, after a month or so it should be only two per room. The buildings aren't much to look at from the outside and a lot have the top floors blown out from the initial invasion in 03'. The insides are the exact opposite having been home to thousands of soldiers over the past four years. The walls are all decorated in letters and pictures put up by previous units and their are several bookshelves filled with books that have been left behind. In our room we already have a 1-foot tall Christmas tree with lights courtesy one of my roommates family. Other than that we haven't done much because we will be rotating rooms soon. I don't know much about work yet and probably won't be able to write much here in this public forum. Most details will be limited to the antics and misadventures of me and my platoon. Hopefully those alone will be enough to keep you reading. Lastly, I do have my physical address now but, I can't give it here. You can contact me at danieledowd@gmail.com or get a hold of my mom. She has it. Till then.