Good night Mesopotamia

My friends, I have:
pulled chocks;
punched out;
popped smoke;
departed the pattern;
exfil'ed;
E and E'ed;
CSMO'ed (close station, march order, an artillery specific term to be sure)
and my personal fave, another term gleaned from my time with the US Amry:
"un-assed the AO" (area of operation);

Simply put, I've let Iraq. I'm in Kuwait now. My body armor is packed and my weapon has been returned to the armory. I feel kind of naked without it.

I'll be back in SD in about 72 hours. I've got some catching up to do on events that transpired the last few weeks in Iraq. I'll do that when I get on the ground in San Diego.

Until then, Semper Fi.

David