Thanksgiving... Iraq style
Here are some pictures of the day. They are only from lunch as I had taken video from of the rest of the days events. First a little rundown on the events. This morning was a little rough for me. I had a surprise piss test at 0800. I had to go really bad when I woke up, so I went. When I showed up for the UA, I couldn't go. So after 45 minutes and 2 bottles of water later, I squeezed out enough to barely fill the bottle. Enough about that story. Burnham and I went to the JMMT (Joint Military Mail Terminal) and picked up our mail for the day, hurried back and sorted it so we could head to lunch. We decided to eat as a section for Thanksgiving, so we closed up the shop to go eat. They had the chow hall all decked out in Thanksgiving gear. They even went as far as to make swan ice sculpures that held fruit at each table. They also had a little table set off to the side with one chair, one rose, one lit candle, a Bible, and a plate and silverware set on it. This table was reserved for SSG Matt Maupin. SSG Maupin has been missing since April 9th, 2004.
The chow hall served prime rib and turkey as their main meat, and all of the fixin's to go with of course. I skipped out on the pumpkin pie and had chocolate ice cream with caramel syrup drizzled on top instead. It was a good time and was nice to have the section together. We normally take shifts eating chow to keep the office open for business over the lunch hours. We did, however, close up shop at 1600 for a little free time. I went back to my room and played a little Blackhawk Down that SGT Kane let me borrow. I think I'm about to beat the game, just a few more missions left to go. After a few hours of that, I headed on over to the stadium for the USO show. The show featured Jamie O'neal, John Popper from Blues Traveler, Delila, and the famous New England Patriots cheerleaders. Delila had two soldiers come up and she played sound clips from her radio show. The sound clips were from the soldiers' loved ones dedicating songs to them. It was real nice. Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures, only video. Here are some pictures of our Thanksgiving feast. Enjoy.
One of the chow hall workers dressed as a Native American. 
Some of the delicious prime rib I enjoyed for Thanksgiving.
My plate. Prime rib, ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing, shrimp and some Iraqi Mountain Dew.
The section enjoying their Thanksgiving meal in the chow hall.
The table reserved for SSG Matt Maupin.
posted by Beans at 9:21 PM
3 Comments:
Very nice Thanksgiving blog Brent. Glad you were able to enjoy it with your buddies as a family. We had a good time yesterday and lots of food and lots of thanks was given for the many blessings we all have. Spent the afternoon watching a video dad and I made called "dumplings". We'll burn you a copy so you won't miss out! Everyone later walked out to the camp site and took some pix, then it was time to get out the cards. Grandpa and I lost to Nick and Mike and then we beat Amanda and dad. I think Nick and Mike were the big winners as they took out Christian and Emily. Then we watched movies and t.v. and came home. It was a big day. Today I'm gearing up to go do some shopping (I must be nutz!), and dad's sharpening up the blades on his chain saw so we can all go cut wood later today and tomorrow for our "wood cutting party", then head in to catch the game. Look for Meagan and Nate on t.v. as they'll be at the game rootin' 'em on. Okay, gotta go buy my Christmas present now. Talk to you later, love you.
Love Mom.
Hey Brent... it was good to hear from you on Thanksgiving! Glad that you got to eat some pretty good food for the Holiday. Nate and I went to the game on Friday, I was disappointed that I didn't see you on Husker Vision... I was really looking forward to that.... but it might have also been a pre-game thing that they showed... we did't get up to our seats until right after the Anthem... it was packed and took forever to get to the top! But it was a good game... a little cold, but I had a great time! It was my first game! Well, hope you have a good rest of the week. Keep on postin!
hey brent how are you. glad i got to read and see some pictures of an iraq thanksgiving. it was very cool.i have been doing great.well have a very good week i better go catch ya later
p.s. write back
michaella
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