For those of you who haven't been around the military, "short" doesn't mean height!  It means getting closer to going home.

And that's me!  Less than three weeks left here in Iraq.  Then a week in Kuwait and Texas bound!

Our replacements are arriving daily and it is really crowded here on Tallil base now.  The 48th Infantry Division is taking over from us.  They are out of Georgia and have actually been here in Iraq for about 6 or 8 months.  They have been up north though and from what they have told us, they have lost quite a few soldiers.  So, this will be a good change for them.

We have been busy, finishing up our work here, showing our replacements how things are done here and packing, packing, packing!  I'm attaching some photos for y'all.

And of course, as usual at the end of a mission, taking plenty of photos.  We had our group photo taken last week.  I'm attaching that as well.  These are all the people that work in the office that we were attached to when we got here.  They are the S1 (personnel) and S4 (supply/logistics) group.

Amanda - Thanks so much for my new book!

Maria - Got your box, and I just want you to know, you got ripped off.  According to the bag, there were supposed to be 445 mini tootsie rolls in the bag.  There were only 442.

Dad - Patriots vs. Colts, Monday Night Football (Tuesday morning here), I'll be watching.

Well folks, got to go for now.  I actually still have work to do so time to get it done.  I'll email again soon -

BTW Maria - Just kidding about the tootsie rolls, although you probably wouldn't put it past me to sit here and count each one!

Take Care - Lotta