POTD for July 2nd, 2009: "The Real Bomberman"

POTD - Pic of the Day - Sailor Harry tries to provide his loving public a glimpse at the what he sees in the Sandbox, almost every day.

"The Real Bomberman" - Today's picture shows one of the many heroes out here. After the rope attached to both of the charges thrown from our truck, snapped. SFC Bray put on the bomb suit, faced the brutal heat, and attached the line to do a remote pull.

Finally did another mission, after about 3 weeks of nothing. Saw a different part of the country, as we were in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by palm groves and farm lands. The temperature, however, was just as "wonderful". Took about an hour's worth of driving and the ride back in the 249mm turret made the ride no better. Driving through the farms, I got the chance to share warm greetings with some children, so that was nice.

Seems like they like to bug us with something, once a week. Nice though that the it seems the Iraqi EOD teams are taking care of the allot of the turn-ins and destroying the stuff on their own.

Besides the call yesterday, it's been pretty quiet.