Well this week brings the end of Ramadan and the beginning of the three day celebration of Eid Al-Fitr. They have a big festival on Saturday to finish Ramadan. Well the other day I was trying to get a hold of M----- on the Cell phone and all oif a sudden I heard a rocket go over head. You always train to hit the ground but this was the real thing. It was from the town of ... and hit outside of tower 7, it was a dud. It sounded kind of cool going over head, even though i was on the ground with faced buried with the local puppies trying to lick my face. Well I have an update on our donkey it is gone. The Jundees escorted it off base because it drank out of their drinking water. They said the donkey was Alibaba (Thief). Now the local farmer owns it and uses it. It actually gets to eat hay instead of the junk food. I had to play doctor on the mother dog because she chased after a male dog to protect her puppies and got cut in the razor wire. I went out and cleaned it and bandaged it. Well she ripped off the bandages right away. She is walking good we hope she is fine...

...We are going out on Saturday and watching our trainers train the rest of the jundees. This will last about 3 weeks and then we will start training the trainers on new subjects...

...Well it has been quiet here and were Glad of that but we stay on our toes at all times. With Ramadan ending and the elections in December we will see. Thank you all that have sent packages the guys love them. I Love the support that I have received. It is nice to get stuff from home. You get sick of eating the pre-made meals. Take care and thank you all for your support.

John


Thanks to Patti for passing this along

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