Aug 21 2007
Personal Security
I’ve decided that while I’m deployed in Iraq, I might as well start working out. I think it’s starting to pay off after the first week. Here’s a picture of me coming out of my office trailer during a force protection exercise this morning:
Not that you need me to tell you, but this isn’t really me. Meet Dylan. He’s from Wales and is a member of my personal security detachment (PSD). He works for Erinys, one of the two private security companies that are working for USACE in Iraq. Mugs can rest well at night because I have a whole detachment of guys like Dylan hanging around the compound!
Abby says she knows this isn’t you, because the guy has too much hair.
As luck would have it, Dylan got his hair cut yesterday and now has hair shorter than mine. Somehow, I don’t think that will fool Abby though!
Jacky though Dylan looked like me. He was convinced that it was Daddy, not Dale. I wonder which bit of Dylan looks like me? I suspect the sunglasses and beard. Jewels says she can tell the difference though!
Mmm, I didn’y say a word about biceps, i didn’t i didn’t.
At least I fit through doorways
Dylan doesn’t need to fit through doorways; he makes his own. Sadly, I don’t ever get to go unshaved here, not even on weekends.