Boredom Kills!!! 

The Army Hooah Bar!!! Spc. Travis says "It's Good Stuff Maynerd!" coming to a store near you! (if your really unlucky!) 

Ah scenic Diyarah! We spent a week at the patrol base/oupost here. This place makes FOB Kalsu look like home and South Central L.A. like a paradise utopia! 

Gotta stay strong!!! Make shift gym at Diyarah, MRE Boxes for a bench. 

confiscated (but not by us) weapons in Diyarah. 

Rusty "Paul Bunion" Ross stands tall before a fire mission with a HE round ready to go. 

I hate night missions! Me with a 120mm Illumination round. Mortars put our own stars in the sky! 

Doing my job, gunning on the 120mm mortar at Diyarah. 

In Diyarah with a confiscated AK-47 

The Hitmen. Dustin Travis and Eric Baurle (pronounced Burly like him =) ) 

Eat your heart out Sylvester Stallone!!!  

Sheep, and Camels and goats oh my!!! The herd on it's way passed the Mortar Tower. 2000 years after they did it in the Bible, they're still doin it. They even wear the same clothes. 

....And the Helicopter You rode in on!!! CH-53 Sea Satllion, my ride into Iraq. 

Emminem's Cousin, Rusty "The G" Ross represents from the Mortar Tower. 

Chillin in the Mortar Tower downstairs. Henderson, Ross, Sgt. Watts, and Ssg. MacDonald. The hard life. 

"The Veterans!" Hard Core Soldiers from the 1st section of the 2/11 Mortars in Iskandariyah. from Left Sgt. Watts, Thomas, Webb, Mason, Coronel, and Tibbitts (in front of Hummvee) 

Me and Spc. Evans of the medics lounging at BIAP (Baghdad International Airport, gotta love the acronyms) Notice...no armor! Baghdad is so chill, lucky buggers! 

Beat the Heat! Thompson, Collado, and one of the interpreters "Lewis" try to stay cool 

Hey Beck, no recruiting Iraqi Children!!! only the US Army does that, oh wait your not a....sorry 

What I see at night 

Our neighbors at FOB Kalsu. 

Sunsets on another hot day in The Sandbox 

I guess not everyone hates Army food, MREs (Meal Ready to Eat) 

Sargeant Majors PSD (Personal Security Detail) From Left: Becker, Me, Henderson, Ssg Miller, Sagun, Collado, Thompson (kneeling) At the Freedom Rest resort at camp victory Baghdad, Iraq. 

Spc. Ben Tibbitts taking a break from the hard days sleep... I mean work.