Comments on: 29NOV08--Rain http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/iraq/2008/11/29/29nov08-rain/ Rich Connaroe graduated from Northside High School in 2000 and VMI in 2004. Now a Captain in the U.S. Army, Connaroe begins a one-year deployment to Iraq in August. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:35:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Rich Connaroe http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/iraq/2008/11/29/29nov08-rain/#comment-321 Rich Connaroe Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:46:30 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/iraq/?p=313#comment-321 Cleatis, Sometimes I wonder how rough going back to 115+ will feel like. Until then, I will take the cooler weather for granted. Rick, Thank you for your service. It means a lot to me. Cleatis,

Sometimes I wonder how rough going back to 115+ will feel like. Until then, I will take the cooler weather for granted.

Rick,

Thank you for your service. It means a lot to me.

]]> By: David M http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/iraq/2008/11/29/29nov08-rain/#comment-266 David M Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:12:24 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/iraq/?p=313#comment-266 The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the blog post From the Front: 12/01/2008 News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front. http://thunderrun.blogspot.com/2008/12/from-front-12012008.html The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the blog post From the Front: 12/01/2008 News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front.

http://thunderrun.blogspot.com/2008/12/from-front-12012008.html

]]> By: Rick Guptill http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/iraq/2008/11/29/29nov08-rain/#comment-264 Rick Guptill Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:49:38 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/iraq/?p=313#comment-264 I'm enjoying your blog. Keep up the good work and stay safe. My former Unit will deploy to your AO next year. (I'd go again in a heartbeat, but I HAD to retire after 24 yrs.) Rick Guptill SFC (ret) (Bobby McGraw's Uncle) I'm enjoying your blog. Keep up the good work and stay safe. My former Unit will deploy to your AO next year. (I'd go again in a heartbeat, but I HAD to retire after 24 yrs.)

Rick Guptill
SFC (ret)
(Bobby McGraw's Uncle)

]]> By: Cleatis Sisson http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/iraq/2008/11/29/29nov08-rain/#comment-263 Cleatis Sisson Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:03:03 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/iraq/?p=313#comment-263 Must be that time of the year again. It doesn't rain very often in Iraq, but when it does, it makes a huge mess. Since there isn't very much in the way of vegetation to hold the ground together, the hard dusty earth turns into a quagmire, with mud that sticks to your boots like glue. After you've tracked it into your billets, it turns into little splotches of yellow/orange dirt. Don't worry though. After three days without rain, the whole place will be dry again. Gotta love those trailers! Nothing in Iraq is built to keep out the rain, simply because it doesn't rain but a few times a year. Wait until it rains during a dust storm. It will rain mud. That's a real fun driving experience. Stay safe, brother, and enjoy the cooler weather while you still have it. Must be that time of the year again. It doesn't rain very often in Iraq, but when it does, it makes a huge mess. Since there isn't very much in the way of vegetation to hold the ground together, the hard dusty earth turns into a quagmire, with mud that sticks to your boots like glue. After you've tracked it into your billets, it turns into little splotches of yellow/orange dirt. Don't worry though. After three days without rain, the whole place will be dry again.

Gotta love those trailers! Nothing in Iraq is built to keep out the rain, simply because it doesn't rain but a few times a year. Wait until it rains during a dust storm. It will rain mud. That's a real fun driving experience.

Stay safe, brother, and enjoy the cooler weather while you still have it.

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