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Here's some advice for those bringing laptops, gleaned from other soldiers here: 1) Bring extra batteries -- they're worth the $100 they…

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As I said in my last post, I recently went back to FOB Caldwell for a quick trip. The trip there and back was uneventful, gladly. Not having…

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It's been a pretty hectic week thus far here. I've been out on missions every day for the last few days, even on my birthday. They've all…

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Everybody wants to know about camel spiders here in Iraq, especially after that infamous picture went around with the two huge looking ones…

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