Back on the FOB again!

Here I am...back on the same FOB with the same trailers and the same DFAC I left over a year and a half ago. My vacation home on the Tigris if you will.

It's the same as it ever was only more so...since I've been gone the caretakers have added fences and ditches to add to my journey to and from work. They have also added rules and regulations and I soon fully expect to see MP's giving out speeding tickets and stopping people from jaywalking.

The one thing that never changes however are the letters to the editor in the "Stars and Stripes". The highlight of my day is reading a letter from a disgruntled soldier in Germany complaining about the high price of gas at the AAFES gas station or the guy stationed in Kuwait talking about low standards of appearance and discipline or the lack of respect given to the hard working Fobbits in the magic kingdom of Kuwait.

Honestly, I think that the paper only ever receives maybe 10 letters to the editor and the rotate them changing the names of the sender.

Unfortunately at first blush Iraq seems to be like the letters to the editor...but I could be wrong or things could change...only time will tell.