Graffiti

The top picture was my view as I walked to work yesterday morning. It's not a bomb, it's the burn pit on base. All garbage is burned in an open pit and they must have been burning the plastic water bottles yesterday morning or a few tires. We have plans to install an incinerator which should help with the air quality, but the problem is shipping it to this location. Part of it arrived a few weeks ago, but we have been unable to find the rest of it. The blue building in the picture is the mosque, I'll talk about it in a future blog posting.

Also, yesterday we had the opportunity to wear our body armor and helmets for about an hour right after lunch. You can probably guess as to why. In the picture with me is Eric, the surveyor. His armor was back in his living quarters, the civilians have something similar to ours.

While at the paving job yesterday, Eric and I saw several vehicles drive around the concrete barriers we used to block off the road being paved. We had to leave an opening in the barriers just big enough for the contractor's trucks to haul in the gravel and asphalt. Evidently, everyone else thought it was OK as well. So, we decided to have a graffiti contest with some of his surveyors paint. Eric has more experience in the graffiti department than I do, so you can probably tell which one is my work and which is his. However, everyone in the office thought my work was better since it was more visible. Would you expect a different answer from a group of engineers?