COP MEADE

Cop Meade - We've just recently moved to a new sector i may have mentioned it before but oh well...

Our living conditions have improved immensely. We live in small white trailers with AC and heating its a pretty good deal but they are meant for two people and we have about 4 crammed sometimes 5....kind of cramped but hey im not complaining.


So these past few weeks that i have been back in the trechearous desert. Ive come to realize sometimes you just have to bite your tongue and listen. No matter how bad it hurts to take a beating just sit there and listen. The greatest skill that a man can posses is to listen and learn. Where this came from well, its been kinda boring here we have a three day on three day off rotation. With many patrols of pointless driving with not one clue of a destination. "At one point i found myself having an Iraqi lunch sitting in a house talking battle with an old Saddam army vet. He served his time in the Iran Iraq war in the 90's. Then after he passed me some undercooked chicken i asked him if he was in Desert Storm he had no comment.. Im sure his pride got the best of him. Considering then men hes eating luch with no less then two yrs ago were at each others throats with weapons. This is not longer a conventional war and it hasnt been for quite some time. Anywho no more census which is amazing. But theres one huge problem with this sector....There are no Enemy..there are no firefights like previous deployments. Just farmers and families trying to make a living cultivating the land like its the end of the world.. Oh but there are two enemies i forgot to mention...IED's now these ieds arent your ordinary ieds. There's no trigger man theres no spotter just a pressure wire. the special thing is however the fact that most of these ieds have been placed over two yrs ago in 05 - 06...so now we are getting blown up for no reason at all...theres no one to pursecute there's noone to shoot at no doors to kick in...You just take it and hope to god you come out alive. Lucky for me i havnt experienced one this deployment...Yet!!


The second Enemy - Myself im at a constant struggle to maintain my sanity out here...The petty arguements we get in ; ) are no big deal and at times im a wuss but its like being kicked when your down...its no big deal anyway ive listened to the same CD- AS I LAY DYING's An Ocean Between us about 55 times now and the album is better then ever...But anyway im trying to find ways to occupy my time..i use the internet sure i talk to stephanie..but the stress level we both have is i can tell taking its toll. Just dig deep bite your tongue and get through it....Keep on Keepin on....Her heavy work load...my lack of motivation sometimes well just doesnt mix but that the deployment talking im looking forward to the simple life I'd say.....Meet you there........I love you...even as a panzy....zxzx