Its Been A While

Howdy All,
Let me first say I am sorry that I have not been making post recently, but I bet most of you will understand I have been a little bit busy. Things have been a little busy at work. My team and I have been working hard to get more and more Soldiers and civilian contractors off the road. So far we are succeeding. I won’t be able to tell all the numbers for a little bit still, but they are rather impressive.
Recently, things have been very busy around here. I was luckily not around when the major attack happened that was all over the news. I was down at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Delta seeing one of my CPT buddies take command of Bravo Company. I did another convoy to the International Zone the other day to look at some facilities and some other logistical reconnaissance. Another exciting thing is the recent rocket attack on our facility. After the all clear sounded, I took off for the impact sites with the medic bag, but luckily, no-one was injured. The attack made it very real again to those who were not taking the situation seriously.
Quality of life here continues to have its ups and downs. Some of us (me) are still living in tents and have a quarter of a mile walk to work and the chow hall each day. The silver lining to the situation is the fact that some of the Soldiers that were in the tent with me have moved out and I have a bunch of room now. One thing I look forward to getting each day though is an email from the orderly room saying I have mail (and wow, that email comes nearly every two days) to pick up. I really appreciate everything you all have been sending. Grandma, the Pretzels made it and they are AWESOME!!! I had to hold myself back from eating them all at once. Jessica, the beef jerky was great and all the Soldiers loved it. Tanya, thank you for brining a bit of home back with each newspaper and I love the soap. Aunt Gail, KONA COFFEE, what else do I have to say but thank you. By the way, one of the Non-Commissioned Officers that works for me is from Hawaii, and she almost tackled me when se saw all that Kona. Erin, you know how much I love getting boxes from you (even when half of it is Army stuff I needed), but I love your notes and keep them with me all the time. I just love getting a box and so do my Soldiers cause as much as I get out of it, they do to.
So the time is going by fast and I am making the best of it personally. I have lost 35lbs since I left Fort Sill and have about 15 more to go. I have also been running and rebuilding my endurance and strength in my legs since the surgery last year. Also, I have been doing a lot of self-reflection and changing some of my attitude and not letting the little dumb things get to me anymore. I guess being in a place with such a high risk makes you no longer “sweat-the-small-stuff” anymore.
Okay, now that I have written a book on here, I will get back to work. I miss you all and cannot wait to be home. As it stands right now I have ~341 more days, but who is counting. Erin, I love you and miss you greatly and cannot wait to be home with you and little Trotsky.


CPT Brown