well i'm in country and have been for almost a week. i do have regular acces to a computer so hopefully i'll be around just not as often as i'd like. i just want to thank everyone for all their words of encouragement and support as well as your prayers. its good to here from people supporting us even though not everyone doesn't support what we're doing here all the time.

so, my job entails me to sit in a room late at night and answer a radio every so often. well my first night on the job i'm sitting around twiddling my thumbs and i noticed a buckshelf behind where i'm sitting. so, i start looking though the books and i find a coppy of the last book in the legacy series. man that put a smile on my face. star wars is trully everywhere. even in a war zone. me and one of the guys in my tent have started watching all the star wars movies i brought with me and i'm just started legacy this week. i could only fit two books in my bags so i brought betrayal and hard contact and i've allready finished hard contact. hopefully my parents will mail me the rest of my books soon or i'll have to read one of the crappy sci fi novels they sale at the local market.

i've allso decided that if the army would just start building at-ats and at-sts we could finish this hole fight alot sooner. i mean with all the armor we wear we're a few peices short of stormtroopers and a few of the guys in my unit can shoot abuot as well as one.

anyways i love you all and i continue to enjoy sharing and reading from all of you
mtfbwy

mike