The other day we went to the government center and stood guard for a team of civilian contractors. The team had their own security guards, but we helped out too. We parked our Strykers out back as usual and waited around for an hour or so, sitting around or sleeping in the Stryker. The officer in charge asked us to pull guard at the entrance to the office section of the Government Center. I stood just inside the door where they run the metal detector wand over people and made sure the guy did his job. In reality there was no reason for me to be there, it just looked good. Hell, I'm not even sure it looked good with all the security already in place.
I talked with a few of the private bodyguards for the PRD team. One was from Australia, one from London and the other was from Scotland so they all began talking with an accent that I couldn't understand. Once they caught on that I was American and didn't understand them they corrected their speech. I picked up a valuable fact from one of them: last week's bombing was done by two IP sergeants, and there were actually two vehicles in the attack. They tried to penetrate the GC gate with the second vehicle but failed, and then the explosive wouldn't go off or they didn't have the guts.
Two new mortarmen have been added to our group. It's odd to get two new members so late in the deployment. For one we are getting ready to pack up and leave. Also we don't really fire the mortar over here so they're just wasting their time. What else are they supposed to do though, I guess there's no point to staying back at Fort Lewis. They're both Hispanic.
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