The final few days at Besmaya

My last couple of weeks at Besmaya Range were, relatively speaking, pretty quiet. We had completed the training of the second set of Iraqi Army battalions and they had departed for Baghdad. The highlights of my last few weeks included a last trip to the Zatia School, a couple of going away parties for me and the construction of the base camp for the US Army 3rd Brigade Combat team that would be moving to Besmaya as part of the surge.

Here are some pictures and commentary on my last few days in Iraq.

Thanks to all of you who posted comments, sent me emails and packages and offered your prayers. It was an amazingly challenging yet rewarding 10 months.

But it's good to be home.

Semper Fi,

David