A SIGN |
September 21, 2009
A SIGN
Name: America's 1st Sgt.
Posting date: 9/21/09
Stationed in: Iraq
Milblog: Castra Praetoria
Email: [email protected]
Occasionally you have a premonition that it is time to move on. That what you’ve been doing is now concluded and your work here is actually done. I've received a sign that is is time for me to leave Iraq.
Name: America's 1st Sgt.
Posting date: 9/21/09
Stationed in: Iraq
Milblog: Castra Praetoria
Email: [email protected]
Occasionally you have a premonition that it is time to move on. That what you’ve been doing is now concluded and your work here is actually done. I've received a sign that is is time for me to leave Iraq.
Recently I received the below notice on the all hands e-mail here in scenic Al Assad:
After reading it, I felt it complete confirmation that it is time for me to leave this country and never return. What I’m not sure about is which is more ludicrous: the idea that MWR is having a haunted house in a combat zone, or that some brain surgeon thought it would be a good idea to host a haunted house and invite hundreds and hundreds of people armed with automatic weapons.
Remember back in the old days when MWR was an extra duty for some unlucky O-1 and a couple of hapless EM, and it was horribly amateurish? Now there's a dedicated corps of DoD civilians who can create exciting programs in a professional manner. And didja ever notice, when there's a visiting troupe of whatevers or a show or a special meal, guess who has the best seats in the place?
Posted by: JimG | September 23, 2009 at 09:06 AM
I started today just checking the doonesbury cartoon and my e-mail spam. Now I find myself looking for more posts from the SandBox. Today is the first time I came across it.
The pictures are a great addition.
I have to tell the guys at work: Guess what they're doing in Iraq to help the Marines feel at ease and enjoy a little bit of Americana? Sending them into a confined, dark building then try to surprise them with things that, from childhood, they associate with their being eaten alive, or otherwise imminent destruction. Heh, heh, heh. Won't that be a hoot? What's the worst that could happen? Wanna volunteer to jump out an try to scare Marines in a combat zone? Hee Hee, just Halloween, gotcha! Remember to say trick or treat.
Hey! Let's not even tell 'em it's a haunted house! Won't they be surprised when Freddy Kruger jumps out. Can't wait to see the look on their faces
Posted by: Frederick | October 08, 2009 at 12:25 PM