I arrived in Iraq yesterday (14 Mar). My first flight on the 13th was cancelled at 0200 on the morning of the 14th, but I finally hopped on a C130 at 1200. The aircraft struck a bird on the mission down, so we were delayed a bit while they inspected the aircraft.

I found a nice place on the tarmac to nap while that went on. When I boarded I was in the last seat of the aircraft, right next to the baggage. A rather uncomfortable and uneventful flight, but as we neared BIAP we did a combat landing. Kind of fun, if one could forget reasons for the evasive action. I have a picture of the plane, but I'll send it later.

When I got off the plane I could hear the chatter of the "fiddy" in the far distance. I was picked up from BIAP and came to the Desert Medic Headquarters. I don't have a room yet, but one of my buddies is on R&R, so I stole his bed.

I'm in the G9 shop (civil-military affairs) as their operations officer. Not sure how much travel I'll be doing, but I'm happy to be out of Kuwait!