Everything is good here right now. We are settling into a routine and slowly, steadily advancing our students. Mentoring takes time and most of what we are doing is mentoring.
Sgt Garrett and I are doing PT about 4 times a week and really working to keep our minds active. I am starting to learn some Arabic and Sgt Garrett is working on developing some training classes for our battalion.
Both of us are interacting with those around us and learning what we can.
Yesterday a wedding party drove by our little compound. Lot of honking car horns and celebratory gun firing going on as they drove by. People were hanging out of the windows and sun-roofs videotaping each other in the procession. Cars were decorated with painted signs congratulating someone for something and flowers.
About fifteen minutes later the Governors vehicles went rolling by and they shot into the air as well.
One of these days Newton's laws of gravity will start taking effect over here and that whole gravity thing is going to catch up with them!
Until then, Semper Fi,
m
2 comments:
Gunshots being fired for a wedding party???? Isn't that a little uhhhh. . .how should I word it. . . not very smart in a place where bombs go off and people get killed???? Don't you marines and these newly being trained Iraqi police hit the deck and start firing back at those Iraqis with guns drawn and being fired??? Well, I guess they have the right to bare firearms!!!
Mom
Lesson Learned: Keep your head down during holiday's and celebrations. :)
John
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