Finally...Updates from Iraq!

I have been begging Michael to send me pictures for months now! All I want is to see a clear picture of him. Finally, he sent some. Last week, he and a few other soldiers took a palace tour, that's right, they give tours! He is doing well and getting anxious for leave I think as others around him are gearing up to take theirs in the next few weeks. Three months to go until I anxiously await the board changing from "On time" to "Arriving at Gate...." at Philly International.

Here is a picture of Michael and his roommate Keith. They are standing by a burn barrel at one of the stops. If you look closely you will see that Keith has a boot on his foot. He tried to jump a fence after a fellow soldier had a medical emergency during a PT test. Needless to say, he turned into the medical emergency.

To the right is a picture of Michael standing in a palace that had been bombed during the beginning of the war in 2003.



Below is a picture of Michael and his commander Major Sullivan. They are waiting for the tour to begin. This is my favorite picture of him, he looks so handsome in uniform!



















To the right is Michael standing in the Ba'ath Party House. It was the first target of the war in 2003.



Below is the Victory of America Palace. I'm not sure why they started to build it, but for obvious reasons it was never finished.