WOOT WOOT!!! Been to the middle east once. I thought Yuma was hot, which it is, but geez, that place is horrible. I was over there for about 3 months. I had it easy compared to a lot of the troops. If I had a scanner I'd show you my "war pics". But even though I was on a nice safe base, there were still moments where you'd freak out, like the very first scud alarm. I took off for our bunker so damn quick, then I didn't even get to go in it because they needed a Radar Tech to stay outta the bunker and be in the Radar just incase something faulted out, they needed someone to get it all running again because we can't just stop all Air Traffic Control. They first wanted my buddy Jay to do it, but he has a wife and 3 daughters, so I just kinda thought that was retarded so I took his place so he could be in the bunker. Anyway, ya I thank anyone else who's gone or going over there. It sucks but once you come home, you feel really good about what you did.