Loaded for Bear

I'm still playing the waiting game for a flight, but that doesn't mean the day was wasted. I finally got issued a lot of the remaining items I needed, including lots of computer equipment and, more importantly, my ammo. Yep, that's right. I'm now armed and dangerous. I have enough bullets to start a small war, or perhaps go hunting. Speaking of hunting, I had occasion today to visit the medical detachment here to get an immunization. It seems the medics have set up shop in what was apparently a hunting lodge on Saddam's vast palace property. A lot of the camp area was apparently a hunting ground stocked with animals, and if you were a "Friend of Saddam" you would be invited to join the club and go hunting. The sign below apparently marks a boundary where they probably didn't want armed Baathists wandering beyond.

In addition to the other issued items, I also got a few more pieces for my body armor, completing the set. I feel like quite the turtle now when I walk around in it. Which, I suppose, is supposed to be the intent. I just hope that I never have to actually put my "shell" to the test.

Off to do some more packing. I'm glad I didn't bring much of my own stuff, as I now have five bags full of Army issued items. But hopefully within a few days I'll finally have a "home" that I can unpack in. Living out of a sea bag is getting very tiresome.