Sour Swinger Predominantly follows my Army & Iraq Deployment. Also has some Geek, School, and other talk.

Nothing like more photos of the kids right? And I still have one more set after this one. I picked out 4 to show below. There’s about 59 photos total. Click here to see them all. They’re a good mix of kids posing for the camera and from us handing out donations.

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Of all the months we spent in country, seeing camels never happened until the very end of our tour. We payed the locals in food and school supplies in exchange for messing around with them. The camels didn’t mind us until we took turns riding. Boy did they vocally object. Here are two videos of our adventure. You can also see pictures from the event here. There’s about 27 in total.

Feeding Joe Camel from Sour Swinger on Vimeo.

Feeding Joe Camel some crackers from our MREs.

Camel Riding from Sour Swinger on Vimeo.

Everyone takes turn getting on top of the camel. Each time the camel gets madder and madder.

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Throughout most of our area of operations, you could see the Ziggurat. What exactly is the ziggurat was a topic of discussion as each interpreter gave me a different semi unsure answer. According to wikipedia: Ziggurats were massive monuments built in the ancient Mesopotamian valley and western Iranian plateau, having the form of a terraced step pyramid of successively receding stories or levels.

When time was available, my platoon decided to make a pit stop to check out the Ziggurat. After setting up a 360 perimeter, we sent groups of soldiers up armed with their cameras. This was the one and only time I actually felt like a tourist. It didn’t take long for kids to show up from the local village wondering what we were doing. It was pretty amazing to see something so old and yet still standing. One thing you won’t get to experience in the United States. Below are a couple more pics from our trip. Click here to see the entire set. There’s about 35 total.

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Here is the second set of pictures from Camp Liberty. All pictures are from within the base. I picked 4 to show below. Click here to see the entire set. There’s about 51 pics total.

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You’ll probably wondering why its been one month since my last posting. Well, my computer took a pretty hard crash while I was on the road. I was in a slight state of panic as the remaining photos to post were not backed up. For my computer to get in the shop, repaired, and return to this blog….took a month. So for a second time, lets see if I can wrap everything up over the next week or two.

This is the third set of pictures from my platoon conducting missions. I picked 3 to show below. Click here to see the entire set. There’s about 60 pics total.

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On to the pictures shall we? Today I have for you another set of pictures from the children in Iraq. Only one more left after this one. I picked out 5 pics to display below. You can view the complete set here. There’s exactly 60 pictures. Enjoy!

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After a long month hiatus, I figure its time to finish up this blog. I’ve spent the last month chilling out and visiting family. It feels great to be back in the states and settled back into a less stressful life. Believe or not, but its been a warm welcome to not have to deal with this blogging for a bit. Think I needed a break from writing. But alas, I have returned and will spend the next two weeks or so to post up the remainder of my videos and pictures.

First up on the list, MY BLOG MADE IT IN A MAGAZINE!!!! Go figure. I was contacted a few months back by University Link Magazine. Its an edgy, socially conscious campus magazine written exclusively for college students by college students. They were doing a small piece on military blogs and decided to include me. Its a two page article that briefly lists different blogs along with a bunch of pictures. And guess whose pics dominated the article? Haha. I feel very honored. The following soldiers are pictured in the magazine: Sgt Woodward, Spc Brewster, Spc Gumby, Spc Kovaleski, Sgt Conner, Spc Jimenez, and Sgt Beard.

Right now the magazine is subscription only and you can’t pick it up at any newsstands. Wanna get your own copy? You can purchase an individual issue via calling (877)-ULINK-01. Hit option 0 off the main menu and ask for the October issue.

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