More trips to the north and a graduation ceremony for an Iraqi military academy. It was cool to see, and it gives me more hope that we can pull out of here soon as they are progressing. A mortar hit a little too close to one of C company's Hawks in the last one.

Lunch in Erbil

I never thought I would like eating mutton that much :) Last picture: I miss the days when you would have to clear just the cobwebs off the ceiling.

Ruffis

Ruffis is the little monkey that Liam sent me so that I could have something of his with me. He's pretty good on the sticks :). We spent some time hanging out with some of the Iraqi and Kurdish soldiers in Al Kaiser. While we were in Dahuk one of the Kurdish guys drove us around the city. The last picture is of how we get some exercise around here.