Oh, IRAQ... I thought you said "a rack".

Who's the golfer, and why don't we see more of her?

Send my thanks to Lumpy. Good job everyone!

Yeah the guitar player has a nice rack, but the golf girl has a MUCH nicer rack.

Thanks for posting the video, Denny.

Lumpy and all. You're wonderful. Such a great sense of humour. Good-looking too ;-). Thanks for what you're doing. Take care!

Lol, She was hot and really fucking cool. Thanks, you guys are too much.

the golfer is natalie gulbis

Wow, chicks with nice racks fighting for our freedoms. Russ Meyers for President. Ooops, too late.

Good job, guys !! We're proud of y'all back home !

Dang Lumpy, first you hijack CD's thread, now you got your own. How much better can it get? Hope all goes well for you, and that you will have more great stuff soon.

Great to see a slice of your daily lives. Thank you for your service. God bless and a safe return to your families.

Thanks folks. BTW, I got home in June. I thought I had mentioned that a few weeks ago. lol

Thank you all for your sentiment. I just want you all to know that what you do here atthe GOC, on your on blogs/websites, and what you do at home is every bit as important as what we do. Without your love and support the Dims would surely have sucked our motivation entirely dry by now. My first deployment to Iraq was depressing for that reason. So much negative and unbalanced reporting when the war first kicked off. Wish I had known about you guys and the GOC then. ;) This last one was much better. So kudos to you all, God bless you for what YOU do to include our lovely Canadian friend. ;) I served with your special forces in Afghanistan Claudia. =)

Wow! Lumpy, I'm moved to tears. I can't believe that a real American soldier-hero, in Iraq, knows about me.

Our Canadian soldiers truly like the Americans who serve with them in Kandahar. This goes a long way; my brother admired the USA Military, in WW2. You're always so full of enthusiasm and know-how. And also lots of fun to be with, as we can see in the video you posted.

Take care, Lumpy and all your companions. You're in my heart and prayers. I'll never forget you.;-) Come back home safe.

Denny -
Many nice things have been said to me on the GOC. I've always been so grateful. I never thought that an American soldier, actually in Iraq, would know who I am. You have no idea how great I feel. Thank you for your hospitality. Now you can see why I love your country.

I was in Kandahar! What's funny is that you hear the stereotype of Canadians saying "eh". I thought maybe it was a once in a while type thing and maybe Americans just thought it was funny. I had never met a Canadian prior to that experience. These guys said it after almost every sentence! It was kinda hard to supress giggling the first few times I got to talk to them. They were cool as hell though, very Gung Ho.

Also of all MRE's (Meal's Ready to Eat, i.e. rations) I have tried the Canadian MRE's are the best. They look like little brown paper sack lunches. The bread they came with was good (ours is thin, dry, and crappy) and came with real honey! Plus they have real sauces in their meals and not that coagulated "kind of turns into a sauce when heated" stuff we get. Though in our defense we do have some good MRE's...just not many.

I worked the night shift and we slept in GP mediums (a large thick green canvas tent). We usually ended up getting off shift at about an hour before sunrise and if you didn't get to sleep right then you were doomed. At about 9 AM it was almost impossible to sleep (we had no AC in our sleep tents) so right around lunchtime I would go to the MKT's (chow shelters) and pick up about 5 or 6 Canadian MRE's and bring them to work with me when I got on shift later in the evening and would eat them all over the course of the night. Needless to say I ate pretty well. ;) The only one that I had that sucked is the Omelette. There is an American Omelette MRE too. Bleh to both of them. I don't know what geniuses on either side of the border thought that was a good idea. And there was a cherry cake desert in one of them that was nasty. It tasted like those fruit cakes people give around Chrismas time that nobody likes. Other than that they were pure awesome.

Lumpy -

Food is so important with the work you're doing. I'm feeling sorry for all of you, with your MREs It looks like a permanent camping trip. All right for a week-end but not everyday. I bet you they make the Omelets with powder eggs.I had that when I worked on Baffin Island with the Inuits. Yuk!!!

When you get back home, come to visit. I'm not much of a cook, but I'll take you where you can eat real Canada food. French Canadian Pea soup, tourtière (meat pie), Beans with lard, and Maple Syrup Waffles and Sugar Pie. Eh!

Till then take care, Lumpy. God bless!

Lumpy and Claudia: Talking about Canadians, eh? We live about 10 miles south of the Washington/British Columbia border, so we see quite a few Canadian visitors.

My husband and I go to the dump every weekend - throw the garbage in the trailer and head off on our weekly purge. A couple of weekends ago, while we were waiting in line for our turn on the scale, we noticed that the car ahead of us had BC license plates. They read: 057 EHH. We had to laugh. There may be 1,000 British Columbians driving around in cars that say EHH. Now with 10 provinces and 3 territories, that might be 13,000 Canadians whose cars say EHH.

You have to be very careful with that "eh". On more than one occasion, others have caught me (after visiting with Canadian friends) using it without realizing it. It's insidious and stealthy, even though it sounds innocent. "Whatcha doin, eh?" "I think I'm going to get a soda. Do you want anything, eh?" "How's the weather, eh?" And just when you think it's safe to go outside, they shadow you to the dump with their subliminal message stamped on their license plates. ;)

Peggy U have a cool last name. What gets me though is they didn't always say it at the end of a question. I got confused sometimes because I wasn't sure if a statement was being made or if I was being asked a questin. A coupleof times I goofed and didn't answer what was supposed to be a question. lol

Claudia, I have actually been home since June. I intend at some point within the next couple of years to visit Canada. This years vacation was a road trip down the east coast. It was cool. Partied my ass off. Would've been cooler had school (college) been in session. Next year I think either Hawaii or CA/NV are on the docket. So, at least in about 2 years I think. Maybe by then I would have gotten off my bum and obtained a passport. lol Never needed onewhen I was active duty. But, yeah, I'll definately look you up. It's always good to have a local who can show you around. Thanks for the invite. =)

Lumpy -
If you wait too long, you might have to push my wheel-chair. Bwahahahahahahaha!!!!!

Keep in touch. Have a good time. You deserve it.Eh?

Lumpy, you are cool eh? I'm in Minnysoda where ya hear dat 'eh' all da time eh? What's funny is if you go to the border between here and there, and stop in at a bar-the strippers will play pool with the guys, nekked! Totally Fonzi like --Eeeehhhh!?!
Glad you are home you goofy plane humper you! Sorry to hear about the MRE food, at least you got to get some okay eats. When my kid was on his sub, I kept asking him about the food. He said that they had fresh baked bread and at least the food was real. He said that he was lucky in comparison to his Navy and other branch freinds in Iraq who were stuck with sand in their MREs, and in their shorts. While you are getting thanks from us for all that you have done, I think that I can safely pass along some thanks from him and the guys that I know in Guambodia.
So, big lumpy hugs at 'cha eh?