HOOK EM!!!

Hook em!!! On November 15th I went to the US side of Taji, and I visited the 4th Battalion, 4th Armed Reconnaissance Brigade from 4ID. My old boss from UT, LTC Kevin Vizzarri is the Battalion Commander there, and he generously hosted me for a couple of hours in between my classes at the Phoenix Academy. I also got to see some Unmanned Aerial Vehicle operations, and I got to eat in a big huge chow hall. It was a nice break from Death by Powerpoint. Attached is a picture.

Speaking of pictures, on a previous day we visited the Iraqi National Supply Depot on Taji. They have lots of stuff there. In fact, I would argue that all the money spent for the huge amount of stuff there could have been spent to buy us out of our current financial crisis. One of the warehouses was for all of the weapons that get captured in Iraq. We had some fun in there—they have some neat stuff there like this:

It was a good trip to get some perspective on how Iraqi logistics is and isn’t working. There has certainly been a lot of progress made; I hope it pays off.

I meant to get this on the blog earlier, but time and electrical power didn't permit it (sorry for the delay, LTC V, and thanks again).

Hope you are well—take care.
Ron