- Joined
- Aug 18, 2003
- Messages
- 580
Well, about half of my activation is done, now. I got a few days off to do with as I please, 15 to be exact. Figured I'd best go home and visit my daughter, before she decided to shoot me. LOL
Took me a couple of days to wind down and realize that I don't have to worry about incoming rounds for a while. Still wake up and try to find my M-16 every morning tho.
We get shot at pretty regular, but they can't hit worth a damn, and our trucks are armored. We shoot back, but don't stop the convoy, so don't know if we've hit anything/one, but they stop shooting, that's what we want. I've had to go out and recover other units equipment that's been blown to hell, but so far my unit hasn't had any casualties. We've been lucky and haven't hit any of the IED's (Improvised Explosive Devices), and our guntruck crews (All the NCO's take turns as a GT commander) have kept any vehicle-born IED's away from the convoys.
We've got good living conditions, compared to many over there. Two man rooms for most, one man rooms for senior NCO's and Officers. All with A/C and regular twin size beds. No tents this time around.
Hell, I've even got a fridge, stereo (Laptop PC), TV/DVD (laptop PC), and a coffee pot in my room.
We stay busy, so time is not dragging too badly. keeps most of us out of trouble anyway.
Almost forgot, they've seen fit to promote me, from SGT/E-5 to SSG/E-6. Same job, better pay, can't complain.
As to where I'm at, do a google search for "TQ, Iraq".
Bill
SSG William Sanders
146th TC
APO AE 09381
Took me a couple of days to wind down and realize that I don't have to worry about incoming rounds for a while. Still wake up and try to find my M-16 every morning tho.
We get shot at pretty regular, but they can't hit worth a damn, and our trucks are armored. We shoot back, but don't stop the convoy, so don't know if we've hit anything/one, but they stop shooting, that's what we want. I've had to go out and recover other units equipment that's been blown to hell, but so far my unit hasn't had any casualties. We've been lucky and haven't hit any of the IED's (Improvised Explosive Devices), and our guntruck crews (All the NCO's take turns as a GT commander) have kept any vehicle-born IED's away from the convoys.
We've got good living conditions, compared to many over there. Two man rooms for most, one man rooms for senior NCO's and Officers. All with A/C and regular twin size beds. No tents this time around.
We stay busy, so time is not dragging too badly. keeps most of us out of trouble anyway.
Almost forgot, they've seen fit to promote me, from SGT/E-5 to SSG/E-6. Same job, better pay, can't complain.
As to where I'm at, do a google search for "TQ, Iraq".
Bill
SSG William Sanders
146th TC
APO AE 09381
.
