Could this be Iraq?

Hello all,
i pray that the new year has been good to yall. I know it will be for me, we have about three months to go then i will be back in the states on American soil. This picture was taken yesterday morning and when i see sights like this one, sun rise, sunset, or just through out the day, it is hard to believe that a place where bad stuff happens everyday that it could be so beautiful. It is times like these that i know that God has truly blessed my life being here and i know that he is around. If you didnt know i was in iraq, you would pry never guess that this picture came from this place.

Happy New Year

just wanted to tell everyone Happy New Year. hope everyone had a great time and got plenty to drink and is not hung over too bad this mornin. congrats to brian and danielle(hope i spelled that right) on gettin married. We sure sent out last year in a bang, littereally. we had six mortars launched into the VBC. not to sure of the extent of the damage. so hope everyone will have a good year in 2010 and i know i will because i will be at home at the end of this year and kick 2011 off with erika, sorry i wasnt there babe for it and our anniversery(7), plus all the holidays, but there will be next year.
love you all and take care

Merry Christmas

just wanted to wish everyone a merry christmas hope yall have a good one and santa brings all that you desire. most of all, enjoy each other and appreciate all that god has given all of us. so from half way across the world, you all are in my prayers and i love you all and merry christmas

December is half way gone

december is half way gone and we are almost into the new year. in all of my previous years i never would have thought that i would bring in the new year in a different country and never would have thought that country would be iraq. but we all embrace the idea and it will be something to talk about many years down the road. i feel bless in alot of ways, being here at the JVB has led me to meet some pretty cool people. this past month has been pretty exciting month. the hooter girls were here, they were nice to look at, real nice to look at, but once they opened their mouths all i wanted to do was to tell them to shut up. they were pretty anoying and that is an under statement. next we had arron tippin arrive here, though he didnt stay with us he stopped by and we got some photos with him and he had a concert which was enjoyable. that guy was pretty cool, down to earth and you could tell that his sole mission here was to be with the soilders. if yall didnt know he was an elite soilder back in his day so he new what we all are goin through. then i got to cook dinner for the WWE wrestlers and that was un-real. seein these guys on tv for most of my life then haven them right in front of me was exciting. i made them some fried rice with chicken and vegies with buddha belly's and they ate it up. vince was here and so was john cena to name a few and i got pictures with them both and they were pretty low key guys and vince seems to not like vegies, he didnt eat a single one. then kid rock came to town and put on an awsome show. i always wanted to go and see him in concert and i got to go for free and to see him here in iraq was amazing. he put on a pretty kick ass show and alot amercan patriot songs. then last weekend we had a cook off with the navy for the "army vs. navy" and i heard that the navy had the best cooks in all of the military, but that was the case till they came head to head with the guys from the oregon national guard. we wooped up on those guys, all three judges voted for our plates. so to beat the navy in a cook off has to be the highlight so far of this deployment.
every day that goes by here means that i am one day closer to gettin back to my life with erika and family and freinds. i can not wait till that day comes. though being away from loved ones for so long this in ways had tightened bonds with ones that i though couldnt be tighter and has grown my faith in God in ways i thought not possible.
i am not too sure how many people still follow my blog, i know i dont write too much too often, but for those who still do, thanks for all the support and prayers you throw our way over here and thank you

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hey yall,

click on my facebook inbox link below and a video should pop up then click on it to watch it. just a little something that sfc humphrey put together of our time from georgia to now, hope yall enjoy it.

not to much goin on here, meetin some pretty cool people, i will put a picture on here to show ya who i met. never would have thunked that i would have met the governator.

besides that, just the same ol day, finally gettin into a workout routine and my leg is excellent. no problems what so ever. i ran a 7k obsticle course a couple of weeks ago, i finished it in 52 minutes so that was a good metal boost for me and also to see what my leg could take. if you go to http://www.xdogevents.com/ and click on the scramble in the sand it will take you to some pictures and i am in one of them, look kinda goofy though, but when dont i huh. you can also watch a special that is goin to be play on GAC around dec. 9-11, dont know the exact times so check your local times for broadcast, and i should be on there.

hope all is well with everyone and nov. is flyin by so that is awsome, it is always one day down and one day closer to gettin outa here, it will be nice to step foot on american soil. and also leave is comin up in a couple of months and it is very much needed.

God bless you all

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5 MONTHS TO GO!!!

well, it is november and this marks the half way point of our deployment here in iraq. though i have gone pretty much since last april. lets see that is ..................seven months ago. i am ready to get away from this place. last month marked the first full month that i have been on duty here in iraq, due to the unfortunate events of my leg. every thing is gettin kinda old. we do the same stuff day in and day out, this is one of the reasons i got outa cookin in the first place. i do miss the quiet time at home and actually sittin on the tractor with my own thoughts. the high stress of workin in a kitchen enviroment and being a person in charge is started to take its toll. we had a pretty big party here and we had alot of cookin to do. though i like the high stress enviroment from time to time and the challenge of gettin everything right is taken head on, i would like quiet time and the comforts of home and my wife erika. the little things in life is what i miss, i encourage everyone readin this to take the time and reflect on all those things that you might take for granit and enjoy them and charish them, those are things that we soilders do miss and cant wait to get back too.
on a more exiting note, it is november and it is always one day closer to leave and also HOME. i can not believe that i am goin to be thirty this month and it marks erika and mine seventh aniversery(i think erika, let me know if i am wrong). it will also mark the tenth year that erika and i have been together and man has it flown and i cant believe that she has put up with my shit for that long. last week craig morgan and chris young were here on a GAC and stars for stripes concert and it was awsome to go to. it was bout and hour or so long and it was an hour to hear music that took you back home where we all were used to hearin the songs played while drivin in our rigs or bein with the ones we love. it was a great stress reliever and much needed. the day after the concert we took the GAC film crew around the JVB and our chews plus we got interviewed and so myself and my buddy garibay will pry be on tv. i think it is goin to air on dec. 9 or 10 around six. so "check you local station for time and brodcast." i will post some pictures from the concert here sometime. well......duty calls and i hafta go and get to work, i am makin shrimp w/noodles and vegies with a form of buddhabellys. i hope all is well with everyone, continue prayin for us all over here and also for the guth family as they are dealin with their loss. love you all and take care