How to know when you have had too much sun and fun
More from Robert in Iraq: The following is a true story. To protect the crazy, names have been omitted. We have a sergeant, a master sergeant in fact, that our unit picked up when we were at Bragg. He was taken from a different unit and plopped into a slot in our unit. He was.. read more →
Why Rob doesn’t like hungry soldiers
More from Robert: Major Raphun, my Command Judge Advocate, gets about 2 care packages a day, full of food. Because of this, our office is littered with food. We damn near have a pantry in the corner. This has become an attractive nuisance. Hungry people from all around seem to come here and want food… read more →
Bad Day: More from Rob in Iraq
It is about 0009 on Sunday and I am having trouble sleeping, so I though I would write an email about my day. Yesterday, for those of you who didn’t know it, was Armed Forces Day. It was suppose to be a holiday of sorts around here. We have not had a day off since.. read more →
Photos from my friend Rob’s trip to Al Nasiriyah
My good friend Rob from college is an Army reserve lawyer stationed in Iraq. We email as often as he can – more now that the hostilities are down. I asked him to take some photos and he did! I put on my full battle rattle, chambered a round in my weapon to go meet.. read more →
Who owns what…
Rob emails me about how they are trying to figure out if anyone can really own commercial real estate in Iraq. This is actually a pretty pathetic meeting we are having. In the JAG Corps, there are a lot of active duty JAG. The problem is that there are very few who bother to come.. read more →
Three emails from Rob today
Rob and I exchanged some emails today Thing are ok. I was eaten alive by bugs yesterday. I went up north and the mosquitoes ate me up. Other than that, I am just trying to stay cool. It was over 110 again here. Damn this country is hot. Now I know why your average 25.. read more →
Update from Rob
From Rob: Hey, we just got the internet back up today. It was 108 again today. You would think, now that I was at a base I would get more mail, but it rarely comes. The postal service here is about 10x worse than the us postal back home. Scary. I wish I had a.. read more →
Rob is in Iraq officially now
From my friend Rob: Hey, I am Tallil, Iraq. I will be here for a while. Everything has been fine. We are just trying to establish our office right now. The building we are in was bombed during the last gulf war and the Iraqis never rebuilt the place. Lots of work to do and.. read more →