20 JUN 2011

Well ive had an interesting few nights.
3 nights ago shortly after shift change we had the incoming alarm go off so i went to the radio to call it up to higher, just as i got to the radio there was an explosion. The other ECPs called in as well and put the impact at about 500-600 meters away from us.

The next night as i was walking back from the shower hut i saw a tree branch that had broken off and landed on a guys roof to his room and had caved half of it in while i was taking my shower. The branch was about 8 inches thick and 10 feet long. So i stopped and ooh'd n aww'd for a bit then went back to my room and got ready for my shift. Got to my ECP and did my changeover and the damn incoming alarm sounded off again, but there was no explosion this time, so either it was a dud or it was nothing.

last night as we were heading out we came upon the IZ police that had blocked off the entrance/exit to the FOB we live on, after we stopped and called it up to higher that we were blocked off, the IZ police came up and told us that the bomb dog took a sit, which means it detected something, while searching a vehicle and that EOD was on scene to check the possible VBID. So we called that up to higher as well and proceeded to wait, after a few minutes we got the all clear and were able to carry on to an uneventfull rest of the night.