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| One of the gardens people kept up on the embassy compound. |
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| Ryan and me at the "Victory Arch"-Saddam's "Arc of Triumph" over the Iranians in the Iran-Iraq war (Est. in Aug., 1989) |
| People were "messing" with my "greenery." |
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| Ryan and I found some massage chairs and ate chili while we relaxed. |
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| Monument of Iranian helmets to signify Saddam's triumph of the Iraq-Iran war. Supposedly 2500 helmets in the monument. Ryan and I got ice cream on the way back to the embassy compound. |
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| Ryan's departure from Baghdad a week before mine. |
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| My last box packed. Go Twins! Go Angry Birds! |
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| Last sunset in Baghdad. |
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| Last ABs class with Mr. G. |
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| Coolest temp I've ever seen in Baghdad. Nice! |
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| Award ceremony. |
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| General Buchanan presenting. |
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| Last bags to go... |
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| "Squid Team 5," departing (Oct 31, 2011). |
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| Ride to airport |
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| Say no more... |
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| A bit of irony |
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| Last "North End" pizza. Pretty good for Iraq. |
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| Last non-alcoholic beer I'll have. Baghdad Int'l Airport tower on computer screen. |
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| Departing for C-130 flight to Kuwait. |
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| Donny and me on C-130 flight. |
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| Kuwait-Johanna and I went through training together in SC. She is a Navy Nurse and works in Kuwait at the Warrior Transition Program (WTP) we had to go through before we returned home. |
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| Sarah, me and Johanna in Kuwait (we all went through training together in SC). |
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| My tent at WTP |
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| Starbucks everywhere. |
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| First beer back on U.S. soil (Baltimore Int'l Airport) |
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| Dinner upon arrival in CA for admin processing (some "20-something" took the pic. A lot of things have changed since I left I guess). |
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| CA beach |
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| Track home... |
