Pics and a Change

Well, I decided to change the nom de pleur of some of these guys here. WO1 Chicken, the one that works at Perdue, is not going to be known as Chief A. "A" is the first letter to his last name, and I felt Chicken just seemed too stupid a name for him. So, henceforth, I will refer to him as Chief A. MAN LAW!

CPT Redneck, who is a redneck only in the sense that he's got light colored skin and burns after 10 minutes in the sun will now be CPT H. Redneck just has a negative connotation. So, henceforth, I will refer to him as CPT H. MAN LAW!

WO1 Muy Thai will be Chief W. This guy is the nicest guy we have here, and a crappy nickname like that just doesn't do him justice. So, henceforth, I will refer to him as Chief W. MAN LAW!

Aw Hell, everyone's name is going to change. Nicknames are just too hard to keep clear. I'll start calling everyone by their rank and an initial. That should be sufficient. I'll just block out their names on their nametapes when I post their pic.

I got a package from Abbie today with her old Canon camera (its got some problem that causes it to click when the lens opens) and she bought another for her use. So I now can take pictures. I haven't really used my video camera, but when I do, I'll post some short videos. In the meantime, enjoy these pictures.





This is our P90X plyometrics day. CPT H and XO weren't there because of work, but me, Chief A and John Malkovich were working hard. We commandeered this empty tent for our workouts and the days we do Yoga, Kempo, and Plyometrics, we use the tent. We're seriously thinking about telling the Mayor's Cell that we need a new building built just for P90X and maybe opening it up to everyone else. We even have the new Engineer Major, who I'll call MAJ A, joining us.



This is a view of the French Quarter from Chinatown. This row of CHU's belongs to the staff officers and senior staff NCO's. At night, its a foreboding site because there are no lights in our little area. One of the captains said it looked like the French Quarter in New Orleans, and hence, a name it was given. Chinatown came soon thereafter with the Chinese jokes. Note all the wires hanging off the one CHU. That's our Internet lines. It really is shanty looking.



These are opposite side images of my CHU. Luckily, I have my own CHU. I'm about to get a hammer and tear apart the spare bed and put up a table instead. It takes up a lot of room.


This is the front door to my home...my CHU...COP Meade's Chinatown! Someone send me a chinese menu. Better yet, someone send me some Pho in a bowl or some Ramen.


The Iraqi children here crowd around when we come by, waiting for candy or to take our pens or whatever they can grab. They especially love it when the camera comes out.


This is the typical Iraqi home in our OE. Very poor.


CPT H. and Chief W. This is actually a picture from NTC, but its the only one I could get with them in it that you could see their faces.


Chief A. He's a good friend and I think very highly of this guy.


This is the Starbucks I mentioned in my first post about Camp Buehring. I just thought it was funny to have such a fortified Starbucks that I had to post this.