HELLO SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA! GOD I've missed being home, and now I am. After six long ass months of being out in foreign lands, I am finally back where I love to be. The good ol United States of America. God damn it's going to be awesome. I've got new friends, new things to do, new resolves, and a shit load of drinking to do. Lots more music to by, video games to buy and sell, people to call, people to see, things to take care of, and a city to get familiar with all over again...as well as tattoos to get. I'm long over-due for another one.

GOOD FUCKING GOD IT'S GOOD BE HOME!

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HOLY SHIT! FINALLY OUT OF THE GULF AND ALMOST HOME! I'm here in Hawaii once again and we should be heading out back toward San Diego within the next day or so, oh my god I can't wait to be home. To be in the states again will be so fucking amazing it's not even fucking funny. So close to home...so close. It's been a long six months, and I'm about ready to let loose and go home for two weeks. God I'm stoked to go on leave in December...unfortunately, though, with my chain of command being as fucked up as they are, they fuckered my POM Leave chit up all to hell so I can't take leave as soon as we get back like I wanted to do. Oh well, at least I get Christmas.

Unfortunately I'm short on time, so this update will have to wait until later.

Till next time.

~Brandon

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I really don't want to be in the middle east anymore. I'm sick of the heat, I'm sick of the lack of things to do (with the exception of dubai, there was plenty to do there), the lack of a good attitude because of that same heat. Peoples' tempers have been getting worse and worse (and I am by no means excluded from that) as the deployment continues. Most of us just can't wait to be back home in the states. But, we have to keep our mind off of that because we have so long to go before we're back home. God I with it would go faster, but it won't. I'm back in engineering where I belong and I'm happy about it. No more Hazmat, no more of that fucking bullshit. God I'm glad that I don't have to put up with a maniacle chain of command anymore. Being an engineer is hard and everything, but I like the work a hell of a lot better than paper pushing. God I feel so much better now that I can get my hands dirty.

Well, enough of my venting.

Til next time.

So...second time in Bahrain...nothing's much different other than the fact that while I was working out the other day I fucked up my ankle. Great...it hurts like a bitch, it's hard to walk anywhere, and everytime I take to hard of a step it shoots pain all over. Ack...oh well, when I'm drunk later on I won't notice a thing.

But oh GOD it's fucking hot here. I've talked to a few guys stationed on this base (one of them I bumped into yesterday I went to school with, who'da thunk?) and they all say that it's tough mainly because there's nothing to do here. Leaving base can only sate the need for something to do for so long before it gets old and you don't even want to leave your barracks room anymore. God...but it must be better than living and working on a ship...I hate it on a ship...it's full of bullshit and politics...hate it hate it hate it. OH well, I'll live for the next two or so years...then I can finally get out, and I'll be so fuckin happy...

Til next time.

So, the last four days or so that went by were THE SHIT! We made port in Iran...and my GOD is it hot there. It's also pretty bland and boring unless you're on the naval base, at the Desert Dome drinking your ass off (which I was, of course). But...the best part about the whole two days that we were actually IN port, was that Hinder played on the base on the second night. And...the next morning, I wake up and go to work, and see Hinder standing on the smoke deck! They were by themselves because it was about four in the morning and no one is out smoking at that time. So I sat there and talked with the band for a good hour or so before they decided to go inside. Then they played in the hangar bay later that night. I was RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE FUCKINGS STAGE! Holy SHIT! IT was fucking amazing. Especially when they sang Better Than Me. Their last two songs were Lips of an Angel and Get Stoned. Holy SHIT was I rocking out! I have no voice right now, I'm hoarse as a mother fucker and my throat hurts like all hell! Wow...how frigging awesome, I even have an autographed CD signed by each member of the band. FUCK YEAH!

Till next fucking time!