I've been busy lately and haven't had the time to post many pics. I have got my next dio story 95% complete, but a busted water heater and Comic book Creator V1 going bad delayed my plans to publish it before I left. (not to mention that 4 emails and 2 calls to Planetwide comics have been totally ignored!!) Anyway I hoped to get all this stuff (and much more) taken care of before I shipped out to Iraq.

Yeah, I got the news Last week that one of the guys heading over there decided to take orders to another base at the last minute and they needed a Staff NCO to take his place. I was told Mid-late august, but I found it just got moved up...mid-late July. So I'll be outta here before I can spit! I've been told twice before I was going but the plans fell through....either someone else took my place or my unit wouldn't part with me...so I didn't want to tell everyone "bye" again and then look like a fool once more. But this time it seems fairly certain that I'm deploying. I've got about 200lbs of new weird gear issued to me and I'm doing the most screwed up of training. Oh well!

Anyway, I SHOULD be able to log on to JD once I get online in country (even though my Personal laptop I just bought to take won't get here until AFTER I leave and Kris is gonna have to ship it to me!). Man, this trip is more stress than it's worth. I don't mind the danger, it's the jumping through my @$$ to get ready to go that's ticking me off. Anyway, if it takes a while before I get the chance to talk to anyone, you know where I'm at! I'll be fine and back in the US around February - March of 2009 timeframe!

Catch ya on da bounce!

I can't say I'm happy to see a friend flying for a country that is in flames, but it was your wish so I'll stay here hoping to talk with you at Iraqi!

Go!!!

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Frank, stay safe my man, and log on whenever you have the chance. Can't wait until you're back safe and sound! God bless, buddy.

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Thanks! I'll keep my eyes open for goodies we can use in Dios over there. Yeah, it ain't like we're gonna be running out to the local Walmart, but they usually have Local Trinkets for sale at the little PX's. Since the war has calmed down a bit, maybe I will get a chance to see what the country is like rather than hiding behind the wire and fixing computers!

Good luck man!

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HAVE a safe tour of duty...

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Couldn't have said it better. Good luck.

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Well, I Made it. I'm here and doing well. Can't take pics, but what the heck, right? I'll have a ton of stories to tell when I get back. Thanks for all the well Wishes and I'll try to drop a few comments every week until I can get back!

Stay safe Frank.....don't come back feet first....

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