I am now in Hawaii and in the process of demobilizing or returning to the life I had for most of 2004. It took us almost thirty five hours ro get here from Kuwait and we made for stops along the way. I must admit I did not expect anything special on this trip but really didn't expect what we got. Everywhere we went we were basically hidden from view and it seemed like we were an embnarassement or something. I am sure the Government has it's reasons for not letting the public see us, I am just saying it didn't feel right. When we landed in California for two hours I was not expecting to stand out side in the wind and rain on the far side of the airport, we couldn't even see our fellow citizens.

I will make quite a few more entries when I finally make it home, this is home for most of the people in the unit and there doesn't seem to be any priority for getting usa "Cross levelers" back to our families. I sure it will be by the end of the week and things could be worse than sitting on the beach in Hawaii drinking a cold one and soaking in the sun.

It is not well to hear the news reports of more of us dying in Iraq and we are very happy to be out of there.