Greetings from the Sandbox,
We are still in Kuwait at Camp Wolf. It's a temp holding camp for transients. We've been here for 2 days. We should move out today to Camp Virginia. Should be there for one or two weeks for more combat training. From there we fly up north. Facilities are not bad here. We live in a big 50 man tent on cots. The pretty blonde army girl that sleeps in the cot next to me makes it feel more like home. The showers are in a trailer about 100 yards away. Nice hot water. The toilets are just regular port-a-potties.
The dining facilities are in a big tent too. Food is not bad. Don't eat the beef. If Cyprus was hell, this is heaven. Twelve packs of Mountain Dew? ONE DOLLAR!!! ONE DOLLAR!!!! Did you read that? Mountain Dew for like 8 cents a stinking can! I may never come home.
It took us about 48 hours or so to get here. Our plane was delayed in Virginia for 2 days, the broke down in Spain. Was supposed to be a couple hour layover, turned into 24 hours. We finally got here and are just lounging around till we can role out.
The superbowl was shown live at like 4am. They have a giant plywood screen about 10 feet tall that they showed it on. You could hear guys cheering during the game. Then you REALLY heard them cheer during Janet Jackson's show. Whatever.
We got our guns last night. We are just waiting for bullets so we can leave here. We get to go everywhere with our guns. Eat, sleep, everything. I need to name my gun. If you have any suggestions, let me know.
Well, I'm gonna go get a haircut. Ain't got nothing else to do.
Love you all,
Jon
That was a great read. I look forward to many more.
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