jgfeller-in-iraq

Before I start into what I'm going to say. I have uploaded several photos to accompany this journal. I will list a link to each of the photos at the end of this journal. They seem to speak better than the words I'm about to write ever could. This past week, we held a memorial service for our Battalion's second fallen brother. On July 1st, 2005, SPC Derrick J. Lutters, Alpha Company - 891st Engineer Battalion, was convoying along MSR Tampa in Iraq when the vehicle he was riding in was attacked by a Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device, instantly killing him and injuring three other soldiers. On July 31st, 2005, SPC James D. Carroll, Alph

Another month down since the last journal, still nothing new or exciting. No new pictures either. I've been doing a lot with photos lately in a video that I've been working on that will hopefully tell the story of our entire deployment. I've also been working on some more stories for the Dust Devil Dispatch http://www.dustdevildispatch.com . We're over the halfway mark and the pace seems to be up. I haven't had much free time lately. Although, I haven't been staying in the office as late either. We play a game of baseball on the PS2 in the tent each night and then I take my shower, read and go to sleep. Rachel said she had a car accident yes

Nothing much new here. The entire battalion has been busy with numerous missions and every day we find ourselves spread out more and more over the entire country of Iraq. I've been up to the usual, plus a few missions here and there to help fill the gaps of not having enough people due to everyone being out on missions. The other day it was fairly warm and I drove about 12 hours. The trip there was very slow due to the wind coming at us we could only get the trucks up to 45mph, but the return trip was quicker and overall an uneventful trip. The biggest event on that trip was almost hitting these donkeys that were in the middle of the road. Oh