Day 8

We have been in Kuwait for a week now and I'm starting to settle in. Yesterday we went to the range and did a few shoot houses, it was a good time. It was also the first time I have been to a shoot house with live ammo. The day was long though we had to get up at 0230 and didn't get in till the next morning around 0100. A lot of the day was spent on the bus riding between ranges and stuff like that but still, what a pain. Our squad is getting to know each other pretty well, and there are no problems. We had a deserter-Arceneaux decided not to show up on the day we deployed. So far the major events have been a sandstorm, going to the range, briefings on foreign weapons and IED's, and going to the rec center and the various fast food places. For some reason they don't pave the base and you have to walk a fair distance in the packed sand to get to the PX or the chow hall. Our barracks is a large tent, one that might be used for agriculture. We sleep on cots. Everyone is well behaved and their equipment is squared away.