hello all,
I am safe in balad, sorry that i haven't updated my postings in a while, things have been kind of on weird schedules and they have been changing a lot so most of the time i get just enough time to check my e-mail while i am on the net. things are going well here. we have been getting a lot done in the short time that we have been here in balad. we are all moved into our housing, it was good that we got to move in right away it is nice that we won't have to move until right before we leave. it is nice to know where home is for a while. other than that. we have 2 12 hour maintenance shifts so either you are on during the day or you are on at night. the last couple of days i have been on during the day, but most of the time you are on during the night, the day crew is small because there isn't a lot of flying going on then. I had my 2 train up flights a few days ago, they were pretty interesting. we got to fly over bagdad the first day and we transported some people to work on a downed umanned aircraft the second. the second mission was really cool because it is a little different than the normal mission that we will be going on, which is hopping from FOB to FOB bringing people back and forth. we got to land off base and help people recover some equipment and then load the UAV onto a flat bed.
well, sorry this was short, but i have to get back to work. I will post again soon!
Hope things are going well at home and everyone is safe
Signing off