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Current Conditions At
BAGHDAD INTL AIRPORT

5 Day Forecast

SAT 28 JUN Clear High 119°F/48°C Low91°F/33°C

SUN 29 JUN Clear High 118°F/48°C Low90°F/32°C
MON 30 JUN Clear High 114°F/46°C Low89°F/32°C
TUE 01 JUL Clear High 111°F/44°C Low88°F/31°C
WED 02 JUL Clear High 112°F/44°C Low83°F/28°C

This is the weather forecast for the next 5 days. I am right next to the airport. It is “my” running distance from where I live and work. I am convinced that the gates of hell open up right here. My clothes felt like they were going to catch on fire. Seriously, someone look it up and tell me what these fools are fighting for. I get it, Holy Land Gods chosen people and all but who could humanly want to live here? There is nothing beautiful about it.

Well 1 of my soldiers has the possibility to be the first fog of war for the hospital. FOG of War = little shit that happens that causes a unit to lose a soldier. i.e. – gets pregnant, twists a knee, breaks a bone, psychological problems. She decides the rules about male and female contact are targeting her specifically. She can’t live with them and it places her under too much stress. So she goes to the ER and says…wait for it…”The rules make me want to shoot the 1SG.” For my nonmilitary friends the 1SG stands for First Sergeant which is the top sergeant in the unit. He leads the enlisted in their daily work performance. He is their Daddy in the unit. So they confiscate her weapon and she does the whole tears thing and shaking violently in the ER. They call the psychiatrist who is still evaluating but it appears she may be headed back to the States. Cynical Chris says, she is crazy like a fox. She just wants to go back so she can get her freak on without all the confines of the war zone. Where everyone knows who’s sleeping with who. She is walking around here crying all the time now. I want to just stop her and say out loud to everyone, “..and the winner for the best performance to get her freaky ass home so she can get herself slammed up under some man, the award goes to XXXXXXXX.”