Buffiniraq

After spending last week at our Kirkush office meeting with our Iraqi engineers and visiting some of our projects "outside the wire" surrounding the base, it was time to catch up on the "keeping Uncle Sam informed" routine. This week was 12 to 14 hour days of learning about the 41 projects finishing up in Diyala Province and teaching/training my Iraqi counterparts how to do it themselves...It was mind boggling to say the least. Thank God I had a patient teacher in Kent who would patiently watch me slowly learn the names of the projects and find where they were on a map and what they were all about. He is special and I'll miss him as he heads back home after 12 straight months here! He's the guy in the center next to Ray, our British PST leader who found our way to the Iranian border and back safely, albeit very quickly (speeds in excess of 100mph over country roads)! What a ride. William would have loved every minute of it thinking he was on a roller coaster...LOL