Greetings From Baghdad

Posted By Laughing_Wolf

Greetings From Baghdad!

My embed is now underway, and despite some irritating technical difficulties with Apple laptop power adapters dying and such, things are going well.

In the days ahead, I hope to be posting here and at PMI/The Long War Journal, and my first (real) post is up over at Laughing Wolf:

...Camp Stryker was my waypoint in, and the first of my ”obscene amenities“ of the night.  Concrete, canvas, wood, and dust.  It awoke memories of years past, with the only thing missing being a card game.  The chairs and benches were a bit more comfortable than I remember, though the benches outside were much the same.  No smoking, and stacks and stacks of water bottles, and refrigerators with signs saying that if you take one, replace one.  There were MREs as well, but I had had enough food for one day so passed.  If I wasn’t over packed, I would have stuffed one or two in the bags just on general principles...

More soon, please standby.

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Greetings From Baghdad

Greetings From Baghdad!

My embed is now underway, and despite some irritating technical difficulties with Apple laptop power adapters dying and such, things are going well.

In the days ahead, I hope to be posting here and at PMI/The Long War Journal, and my first (real) post is up over at Laughing Wolf:

...Camp Stryker was my waypoint in, and the first of my ”obscene amenities“ of the night.  Concrete, canvas, wood, and dust.  It awoke memories of years past, with the only thing missing being a card game.  The chairs and benches were a bit more comfortable than I remember, though the benches outside were much the same.  No smoking, and stacks and stacks of water bottles, and refrigerators with signs saying that if you take one, replace one.  There were MREs as well, but I had had enough food for one day so passed.  If I wasn’t over packed, I would have stuffed one or two in the bags just on general principles...

More soon, please standby.

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