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29 Mar 2009
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Sunday go to Meeting
If I haven’t said it directly, let me be clear- this job has been non-stop since arriving in Basra. Typically, the day starts at 7am and goes to 10pm, 7 days a week. In addition, there are late-night or early-morning missions for supporting our convoy soldiers. So as you can imagine, the days start to run together. A highlight for me has become the weekly modern protestant service. Chaplain Chang from the 793rd MP Battalion leads a 1 hour service that includes hymns (thankfully, we soon got guitar players, because a cappella was NOT pretty). In this short video clip, you can see we have a screen projector (you can’t go anywhere in the Army without PowerPoint!), and a 2x4 wooden cross. Of course, the communion linen is Army khaki, and we even have Bibles with the digital camouflage pattern.

Other welcomed breaks from the long days include working out in the gym or running inside the COB. We used to have an MWR (Morale, Welfare and Recreation) tent, but recently had to give it up for bedspace. Another, bigger MWR facility is being built, though. So given the alternatives, being at work all waking hours is the logical place to be.
 
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