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Punch

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4 months plus some required training. But yeah, short.

Most are still doing 9+train up = ~12

Physician assistants and docs do short rotations.
And here i was thinking you had it really rough. Are your medics still back over there? I can get them a package next month.
 

Grateful Dude

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Splinty @Splint thanks for your service to our country.

I did my best to keep all of the Lone Star and Shiner in Texas cold while you were gone. Hope you are enjoying a few cold brews. In the words of @Alienator, welcome back homie
 

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What do you think the shittest thing is people commonly send in care packages? So @Alienator knows not to send it
 
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Shit, i remember them days. Someone would get a package and it was on like donkey kong.

The best was jerky, because the protein would fill you up. Cookies were also highly coveted. You get a pack of Keebler's soft batch? People gonna hit you up.

No glass containers. Easily breakable, heavy and therefore expensive to ship. Tupperware, or saran wrap that shit of at all possible.

Dunno how the pogey bait situation is built up to now over there, but when we first got there we didn't have shit. We were part of the initial push into iraq, so nothing was there except what we built ourselves.

We finally got a shitty ass PX in al asad air base, and i've seen dirt poor bodegas with better selection.
 

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Shit, i remember them days. Someone would get a package and it was on like donkey kong.

The best was jerky, because the protein would fill you up. Cookies were also highly coveted. You get a pack of Keebler's soft batch? People gonna hit you up.

No glass containers. Easily breakable, heavy and therefore expensive to ship. Tupperware, or saran wrap that shit of at all possible.

Dunno how the pogey bait situation is built up to now over there, but when we first got there we didn't have shit. We were part of the initial push into iraq, so nothing was there except what we built ourselves.

We finally got a shitty ass PX in al asad air base, and i've seen dirt poor bodegas with better selection.
From what I hear so asad is still the shittest place to be out there.

I was talking to a buddy of mine the other day, he isn't even on a camp, just some weird ass village a few miles out of Mosul. Fuck that.
 
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Punch

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You should send a bottle of cholula
That's not a bad idea. Condiments are on the list fo sho.

Y'all mind helping me think of a list?

So far i got:

Jerky
Cookies
Baby wipes
Condiments
Sunflower seeds
Icy hot
Kool aid
Granola bars
Gum
Foot powder
Combos
 
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Punch

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From what I hear so asad is still the shittest place to be out there.

I was talking to a buddy of mine the other day, he isn't even on a camp, just some weird ass village a few miles out of Mosul. Fuck that.
North western iraq is the backwater, but the kurds were super awesome to me.
 

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That's not a bad idea. Condiments are on the list fo sho.

Y'all mimd helping me think of a list?

So far i got:

Jerky
Cookies
Baby wipes
Condiments
Sunflower seeds
Icy hot
Kool aid
Granola bars
Gum
Foot powder
Combos
Toothpaste

Lip balm

Heroin
 

Grateful Dude

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That's not a bad idea. Condiments are on the list fo sho.

Y'all mind helping me think of a list?

So far i got:

Jerky
Cookies
Baby wipes
Condiments
Sunflower seeds
Icy hot
Kool aid
Granola bars
Gum
Foot powder
Combos
Sunscreen?