From the Commander

Every once in a while, we get emails from the Commander of Dave's unit but today, we received one from the Battalion Commander. I thought you would all like to read some parts of that email.

"Attached is a picture of our battalion "T-Barrier" at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. There is a tradition that each unit that moves through the Camp gets to paint a T-barrier with a unit scene. Without a doubt, ours is among the most artistic in the entire Camp. We will also complete several here at Balad. Each company will get to do one, plus the battalion as well."

This is a good explanation of the Combat Patch...
"To mark our time spent thus far in the middle east, we had our "combat patch" ceremony on the significant date of 11 September. All of our troops had earned the right to wear the 34th Infantry Division's "RED BULL" patch on the right shoulder of their uniform to signify their service in a combat theater. It was a proud day for all of us."

It's a proud day for us at home too!

Dave's Address & Stuff

Wow! I have been so busy...NOT! Busy playing Mahjong Titans on my laptop, watching movies and episodes of the Shield from Netflix, and....well that's about it. I did get out and about last week though. Julie picked me up and we went to Beck's for dinner and tried to catch up on the last year. We've both had a very busy life but we still love each other! I'm really missing my job too. I want to go back soon but my body isn't cooperating. I'm still having good days and bad days but my left leg is sooo much better!

Dave calls me about every other day; my morning, his evening. It is so good to hear his voice. I am including his address so send lots of letters.

CW4 David R. Morse
HSC 834th ASB
34th CAB
APO AE 09391

My sweet lil' ol' daughter

Very funny.....
And people say she looks like me. I just don't see it.

Mike, Carrie, and Laura were my helpers today. Mike put up the main light in my room-my hero! (I haven't had a real room light for a lllooooonnngggg time.) Carrie vacuumed, dusted, and did some other general cleaning (she put me to work). Laura worked on her room in the porch. My house actually feels...special again. THANK YOU MY DEARS!

When I opened my email, I had a long letter from Dave! He has been in Kuwait for 2 weeks now. I have pictures of what he has been doing and seeing this week.

"Pictures One & Two are our helicopters packed on the mid deck of a Bob Hope class vessel."
(Looks like a parking garage to me!)










"Picture three is a Chinook helicopter going up through the hatch taken from the mid deck inside."











"Picture four is taken from outside the boat and shows a Chinook coming down to the dock. It gives you an idea of just how large the vessel is."













"Number 5 is a row of Chinooks after we towed them to the helo marshalling and assembly area"

"Number 6 shows some Black Hawks 'dense packed' in that same area. We had to stack them up while we assembled, ran up and test flew the first ones."


"We had to wait while more than a hundred of the new armored convoy vehicles were unloaded before we could start pulling aircraft off the boat. Those vehicles each weighed over 42,000 pounds and are about the size of a utilities service truck, except they're completely armored. There was also a huge fleet of up armored Humvees on board the boat. Amazing."

A Baby, A Beauty, & Two Dogs

Hello all of my dear family and friends!! I thought I would give you an update on ME. I am about the same as far as good days and bad days; however, I have done a couple of fun things outside of my little box (2912 Lovejoy). Sunday, Carrie & Mike had a small get together and I actually drove for the first time, out to Readlyn. That was the day I decided I'm not ready to drive. Anyway, I even spent the night. Guess who was there? Corina. Okay, so I'm posting pics of that cute little doll on my site too but who can resist? Say hello to Holly! Holly was there too. For those of you who don't know Holly, she has been friends with the girls since Carrie and her were 3. It was really fun to have her by herself and talk with her some more. She's an ambitious college student and a very sweet young woman. It's so much fun to see since we watched her grow up with our girls. I also got out and went out for lunch at Applebee's with my two lovely daughters. This is what we had to drink with our "little lunch".
Thank you to all of you for offering your assistance during my recovery. I promise, I will call if I need you! (you'll be sorry!) Thank goodness for Netflix!
Last but not least: This is what we hear every month when they test the defense sirens, two dogs:(Play Video)