Day off

"En route to the truck today, I was stopped by the convoy commander (and my squad leader) and told our mission was canceled. I'm not sure why missions randomly get canceled; we're not that high in the food chain. I'm glad to not go, the pilgrimage to Karbala is going on right now and the other night while coming back south, we passed thousands of cars packed full of people from Iran. We usually deal with maybe 10 cars a night normally. These guys were coming at us across all 6 lanes and since they're from Iran, they have no idea how we run the show on the road. Pretty crazy stuff.

We recently got issued the new Army Combat Shirt (ACS, more acronyms) which is like underarmour, except with ACU colored sleeves, a turtleneck and a solid green torso that has ARMY STRONG printed on the upper chest. I'm not one for wearing propaganda, but I was told by the PSG that it was 100% nomex. I'm kind of a stickler for having nomex gear; IEDs are our main threat and I enjoy not being melted. I bought my own nomex boxers and t-shirts to wear under our ACUs and our "Fire-Resistant" ACUs which turned out to be treated with a 14% nomex spray that burns off when exposed to the slightest flame. Anyways, the ACS is not 100% nomex; it is 0%. It is 43.5% cotton, 43.5% rayon, 8% polyester and 5% spandex. Thanks but no thanks. I'll stick with my recently authorized flight suit."
Fobbits need Ice Cream

It's hard to believe that they still don't have the right gear in Iraq.