As I write this, Jeff Erwin, our travel companion and official head of security, is making his way home from Iraq! He's already out of the country and somewhere between there and here right now. He'll be landing in Montgomery sometime Sunday. Now there's a Memorial Day to remember for Cathleen, who is no doubt getting very, very excited right about now!Jeff reports that it has been "without a doubt a life changing and very rewarding tour." I can't wait to pop a cold one with him as we cruise the lake on his pontoon yacht and find out what he means by that. There will be a "welcome home" party for Jeff in mid-June. I guess Cathleen wants him all to herself until then.
He's going to hear this a lot, I suppose, but I want to thank our good friend for his service to our country. I'm proud of him and so happy to know that he's coming back to us safe and sound having done his duty and served with distinction.
To that end, I do want to share two pictures of our warrior in action in Iraq. Seems like the boys at the air base built a little golf course to pass the time when they had a few down moments. Here's a shot of Jeff teeing off.
The second shot shows Jeff with his foursome at the "pro shop". It's just like any other golf outing except for the bulletproof vests and sidearms that pass for fashion in Iraq. Oh and there's no beer waiting for them at the 19th hole after completing this course.
Here's what Jeff had to say about his golf experience: "We had a little break in the action this last Sunday and the company grade officers put together a little golf tournament. We had about 30 or so teams competing. It was a 4 person alternating shot same ball rule. Team Comm tied for 3rd place with a 28 (9 holes) with the tie breaker being a closest to the pin tee
shot. We were beat by about 6 feet. It was with out a doubt the most fun I’ve had here at the FOB. The secret to the 28 was the string rule. You could buy up to 15 feet of string and use what ever you need on a hole to complete it and that shot did not count. So using a little math we thought instead of using a lot only once or twice we used it on short putts on 8 of the 9 holes cutting 8 strokes. As you can see from the picture why the PGA has sanctioned the links at Kirkuk the most dangerous golf course in the world. It is located at our ammo dump which was the Iraqi ammo dump before the hostile takeover. There was a huge amount of ordnance cleared to make room for the course."
shot. We were beat by about 6 feet. It was with out a doubt the most fun I’ve had here at the FOB. The secret to the 28 was the string rule. You could buy up to 15 feet of string and use what ever you need on a hole to complete it and that shot did not count. So using a little math we thought instead of using a lot only once or twice we used it on short putts on 8 of the 9 holes cutting 8 strokes. As you can see from the picture why the PGA has sanctioned the links at Kirkuk the most dangerous golf course in the world. It is located at our ammo dump which was the Iraqi ammo dump before the hostile takeover. There was a huge amount of ordnance cleared to make room for the course."Welcome home Jeff! Your safe return is an answer to many, many prayers. See you soon buddy.
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