Day 12

Yesterday we went and fired the mortars out in the desert. The area we went to had an observation tower but it could barely be called a range. We had some fun, I didn't get to see the countryside driving out there because I was sitting in the back while Zimmer and Sergeant Lofstrom rode in the hatches. That's alright though because I didn't get sunburnt either. So we fired both the 60mm and 120mm mortars. We've been going to a lot of ranges, this is no joke. This morning we got word that we're going to a town in the north of Iraq, not Baghdad. It's more violent up there so I'll definitely get to shoot the 240. Today is command maintenance day, messing with the strykers. Kind of a pain in the ass, but whatever. We have to do something I guess. I just want to get up to Iraq, that's when this blog will get interesting.