SEPTEMBER 16, 2007, BAGHDAD, IRAQ

""Along the Way"...by Jim Spiri As we walked the flight line to the awaiting C-130 headed south, I looked around me and saw where I had been for the past two months. I thanked the Lord for each and every step I had taken in Mosul and surrounding area. It had been an experience that will continue to permeate my being for a long, long time. There is too much to say about it, so for the time being, I will just say, it was very, very good. The back end of the C-130 closed and we soon taxied down the runway, picked up speed, and lifted off. Mosul was now officially in the rear view mirror. It would be Baghdad in an hour or two. The plane had pretty much a full load including one passenger who had stopped me the day before I left early in the morning as I was headed to the bus to get out on patrol with the troops. He saw that I was carrying a camera and came sprinting across the dirt road demanding my identification and wondering why I was carrying a camera. Now this guy was some civilian worker whom I later found out worked for the PRT folks."
Jim Spiri in Iraq

I have not been able to "get" this guy, so I have not posted him much, but I guess he's worth a read now and then. You guys make up your own mind.