tiawuKnIm'I: The Final Chapter

Well, I have begun the demobing process.

The three of us left Scania around 2am Wednesday morning. We hit Tallil around 6am and left Tallil for Ali Al Salem around 1:30pm. We finally got all checked in and in our tent around 5pm Wednesday.

So now I am just hanging out here until Sunday at around 0200 when we begin our trip to Ft Bliss in El Paso.

The flight in to Tallil was "interesting". Very windy and turbulent. When we landed, the pilot apologized to us. I likened the Sherpa to the airborne version of an old Humvee driving fast on a winding, rough and wet road. A couple of passengers (of which I was not one) went for the airbags but didn't have to make use of them. Thankfully.

Well, that's it for now. I'll post pics of Ali once I get back to Austin.

The Light at the End of a 14 Month Tunnel

Of the four of us here at Scania ending our contract at the end of May, one guy was scheduled to leave a week earlier than the rest. He left here early on the 16th and safely arrived at Tallil, down south.

I mailed my first footlocker home on Monday and will mail the other one plus a folding chair and box on Saturday. I should then be leaving the following Monday or Tuesday.

Not long now. 7 or 8 days left at Scania. 12 days until I leave Kuwait. 17 days until I arrive in Austin.

Good thing, too. Its starting to get a wee bit on the warm side: highs around 105-110.

Hooray, It's May!

Cool! It's already the 2nd of May!

30 days and I should be back in Austin. I am scheduled to leave Kuwait on the 27th so as long as I get there by the 26th, I'm good to go.

Almost all of the Georgia soldiers from the 1/108th AR are gone. The few that are left should be gone by the end of the week.

We're topping out around 100 now.

Now I start putting together all of the stuff I'll be shipping home and start looking, in earnest, for employment, post ITT.

That's all for now.