We are starting this blog off with some random pics I have not shown yet. This is A.J. who rooms with us. Just getting some cleaning on.

Note how all the dust in the air causes the snow flake like appearance of the picture. At leaast I think that is what is going on.

Here Mark is demonstrating Warrior 1 pose. Maybe it is Warrior 2 pose. We have been trying to get into Yoga for our flexibility and health. Also because it is totally manly.

Some wiffle ball a couple weeks ago. We totally broke the bat and balls by the end of the day.

So, Tuesday the 10th of November, is the Marine Corps Birthday-Semper Fidelis. The Marine Corps is 234 years old. Yes, older than the U.S.A. For the day we took a tour of the HiMARS. This stands for Highly Mobile _ Rocket System, or something like that. Basically, these very mobile rockets that you drive and shoot. They are ridiculously loud taking off and often wake us up in the middle of the night. It works like this. Our guys on the front lines need some pesky bad guys taken out. They call HiMARS, and can have warheads on foreheads in as little as 6 minutes. Much faster than an airstrike and depending on how many satellites are available for targeting, much more accurate. The best part, they are totally quiet coming in, until they explode and wreak havoc. So they took us on a tour and we got these photos. They drove out to their firing spot but did not fire. They lift those rockets to a 45 degree angle or so and then let them go. Awesome.

The back of the truck, note this one carries six rockets but 5 have been used to blow up bad guys.

The HiMARS after they rolled out to where they launch rockets.

This is the tube the rockets come out of. Note the similarity between the inner barrell of a rifle. Cool huh. I thought you'd like it.

Chief and I trying to get a good shot of the HiMars standing on Humvees.

So this last pic is of me, Chief Stubbs, Mark (Dr. Tucker) and Stein. Actually it's Stein-o-mite. Said like Dyn-o-mite and yelled. Whenever I see him I yell it, whether inside or out. He is a good kid. He once put in 2 I.V.'s in Marine's, at night, using only Chem lights. Pretty impressive.