Military

Day 27 I had a day off yesterday. First one since we started standing watches. There’s not much to do here. I got caught up on email. I posted a blog entry that I could not get posted earlier in the day because the Internet connection was struggling. I went the DFac (Army-speak for the … Read more

Day 26 Andy Warhol said that in the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes. I think maybe we don’t get all fifteen minutes in one continuous segment. I think maybe some of us get that fifteen minutes doled out in short segments. It seems that another of my segments is here. The Kauai … Read more

Day 25 So, let’s see. There’s really not much to talk about today. It’s April 1st and we still don’t have a permanent place to live. Living in the Fest Tent is starting to wear on some folks. Or maybe more accurately, Fest Tent living is a contributing factor that is causing some folks to … Read more

Day 24 Someone in supply read my blog entry about not having the proper equipment, I think (I’m actually just kidding). Yesterday with no effort on my part, I got a flak vest that fits properly. Then, an hour or so later I was told to go over to supply because they had a helmet … Read more

Day 23 Lights. It’s all about the lights. Turn them all on? Turn some of them on? Leave them off all the time? What do we do with the lights. A number of our senior enlisted personnel have spent the past few days trying to find a middle ground on the very complicated issue of … Read more

Day 22 Another day, another watch, another day with an X through it. That’s about how I look at things now. I’ve made friends with the pain of being separated from my family. For the most part, I like my job here. As I’ve stated before in this blog I firmly believe in our mission … Read more

Day 21 Made another trip into Kuwaiti society today. I managed to accomplish none of the tasks I went in to do. I couldn’t open a monthly cell phone account because I don’t have a Kuwaiti civil identification. I can open a monthly cell phone account by going through the military. I will start that … Read more

Day 20 The trip to the airport to get cell phone stuff is becoming a real circus. Lots of people going just so they can get off the base and see civilian society again. I didn’t go today. I’m going tomorrow. Of course, now that I’ve threatened to spend money the Internet seems to be … Read more

Day 19 A follow on to yesterday’s rambling about internet availability out here. I’ve decided to get Internet service through my cell phone provider. MTC offers Internet via cell phone. I was hoping that the free internet offered by NCW would be enough but as I said yesterday… So, I am currently scheduled for another … Read more

Day 18 It’s kind of comical. I had this long entry about the politics of the Internet out here in the middle of nowhere written and saving when the Internet connection that I was using went down. Again. So now I’m back in the $6 an hour Internet place where the connection is reliable, fast … Read more