Thursday, November 19, 2009

My "Band of Brothers"


My Band of Brothers. The two guys in the middle, Matt and Dale, run
public affairs for the Brigade (the next higher unit, 2000 soldiers) and
the guy on the right, Andy, works for a 700-soldier unit that is part of
the brigade. Matt and Andy are very good writers. Dale is admin
mostly--but really good with paperwork and politics.

Matt and Dale got me the camera that got me back into photography. They were also very encouraging, meeting with me every week in the summer when I was doubting I could do half of what I was assigned and dealing with all the difficulties in the motor pool. Matt and Dale, more than anyone else here, got me through July and August.

Andy is a good writer who is assigned as a truck driver. He has only a little college, but is an avid reader. He is a good guy. We will be keeping in touch when we are back in America. I am hoping he can get work as a writer.

We hold our weapons down in Iraq, but I thought, as the oldest member of the group by about two decades, I should hold the weapon the way we did back in the 70s.

9 comments:

  1. I was wondering why you were holding your gun up-- I thought you were just being cheeky. :-)

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  2. Wanted to say thank you for the great postings. I've enjoyed reading everything you've posted about this deployment (since my guy tells me very little).

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  3. The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the blog post From the Front: 11/20/2009 News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front.

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  4. Sarah--I was being cheeky, but in an authentic retro way!!!

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  5. I really enjoy myself reading your postings. Happy Thanksgiving...3 more months to go until coming back home!

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  6. Great photo. Looks like a group that gets things done . . . and has fun doing whatever it is they're tasked to do.

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  7. Great picture. Hope all of you guys are back hom.

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