Oct 15 2007
Letters from Home
A couple of weeks ago, I received a packet of letters from the kids in Gabe’s 2nd grade class at the Stafford Campus of Fredericksburg Christian Schools. It was very uplifting to read the letters they wrote and to look at the pictures they drew. I am encouraged everytime I think of these kids praying for me! Here are the letter and picture from Gabe:
The kid’s asked a lot of different questions. I’m still working on my reply. I really need to ge that finished this week! The most popular question is “What do you eat?” If you remember the DFAC post, I get to eat just about anything I like. In fact, every Sunday night a steak and seafood night. Unfortunately, the steak doesn’t come close to the steak in Dubbo. Another question that caught me off guard was “Do you have a pet?” That got me thinking about Army regulations.
As an individual operating within the Multi-National Corps-Iraq (MNC-I) Area of Responsibility (AOR), I am accountable for the prohibitions found within MNC-I General Order Number 1 (GO-1). The purpose of GO-1 is to:
Identify conduct that is prejudicial to the maintenance of good order and discipline of all forces assigned to the MNC-I or present within the MNC-I AOR.
Some of the activities that are prohibited are gambling, possessing drugs, and consuming alcohol. Among other restrictions, I am also not allowed to adopt any wild or domestic animal as a pet or mascot. So the answer to the question is “No, I don’t have a pet”. While I don’t have a pet (or even a mascot), each evening, a gecko hangs out on my window eating all of the bugs attracted by the light.
The hunting must be good because tonight there are 5 geckos on my window!
Finally !!!!
A picture of your new house.
We have a couple of gecko’s just like that, but we only see them during the summer
This made me smile, remembering the story Mugs told me about the gecko from Hawaii that became a Louisianna gecko
Or was it two, I can’t remember now.
Did you notice in the picture that Gabe has to live in the attic?
For some reason, I seem to have issues with geckos! I’ll try not to import any Iraqi geckos back into the US.
I so appreciate that you take these opportunities to educate us civilians on the rules and regulations of army life. You even pulled out the manual this time - impressive!
Marie
My favorite Army regulation is on the proper formatting of Army correspondence. It’s a very stimulating topic of conversation.