A little girl stands off to the side and watches as her friends admire their new shoes. Before we left she was also given a pair.
Gozar the Traveler
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Thursday, June 30, 2005
About Me
- Name: Joey
I'm a soldier in the Army National Guard currently serving a 12 month tour in Iraq. I am 24 and am going on my fifth year at the university where I study economics and philosophy. This blog is intended to be a collection of thoughts and experiences from my first preparation for deployment to the day I eventually return home. My ramblings in no way represent the official views of the State Department, Department of Defense, or of any other US soldiers. (Fingers crossed that this disclaimer wards off any future court martials)
Previous Posts
- More fun with sunglasses.
- For my birthday my sister Mackenzie sent me a box ...
- A village elder holds tight to some prayer beads a...
- The down days
- A local woman poses for a photograph.
- When we stopped to give out stuff on this patrol w...
- Maybe, hopefully good news…But I doubt it.
- The sunflowers are blooming everywhere.
- As I've said before, not all of Iraq is the barren...
- When it's 120 degrees even jumping into a trash fi...
3 Comments:
I really can't wait to see you on your leave. I hope we get to meet some of the other soldiers you've been stationed with. Know that the pool will be warm and waiting for you. Oh yeah, Carrie is getting married! We're going to Barcelona in September for the wedding, I'm very excited. Dani is a good guy, too.
You have absolutely no idea how much I'm looking forward to picking your brain when you get home. I realize that when any one of us has gone off and done something that the others weren't involved in, it's really hard to come to terms with the fact that no matter how much storytelling and explaining you do, there is no possible way that anyone will ever know what it was like and how it changed you. But what you're doing right now is so important and on such a completely different scale, I just want to hear everything about it.
Basically I just want my Joemamma home. Take care,
ri-ri
I've been enjoying your blog. Keep it up. And keep it down.
Well hullo friend-
I adore and miss you terribly. I visited my parents recently and shared your blog with my mother. She is now as addicted as I am to reading your tales and seeing the amazing photographs. These days I am rarely in one spot, but when you are on leave I will be wherever I can find you. I am proud to call you friend. Love, Sarahjean
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