Well it's finally Saturday night and I am now back in the hootch finishing up on my dinner from the DFAC. Saturday nights is Chicken Wing night, and that is usually an uplift and a great way to end the week. Tonite it was not different, some atomic hot wings, vegetable curry and those nice greasy onion rings which is great for the ticker and the arteries!
Our staff here at Taji has increased this week, as the Major that I interviewed several weeks ago and hired finally arrived at Taji on Tuesday and she has hit the ground running. Major Y is a 104th Soldier who was working in the J-4 section in the IZ and with her business background and the fact that she has a lot of experience handling all the purchasing paperwork she is a perfect fit in our group. Beside with a deputy I can start concentrating on the more strategic decisions that need to be made and let more of the day to day and tactical work and decisions to her.
Wednesday we had a site visit for the DPW (Department of Public Works) contract that we are trying to get set up at the Depot. With barracks, work offices, buildings and equipment that needs to be maintained to include water, sewage and electrical infrastructure. The visit went well and with the AMC guys busy on a road trip I got the chance to give the tour and walk through of the facilities.
We are getting set up in our joint Iraqi-US PMO building which is located on the depot grounds. More than likely next week we will begin to work out of this building during the day while still keeping our offices here on the coalition side, as the internet hasn't been installed yet in the new building.
Yesterday and today were busy days with me training up the new Major on what we do, what she is responsible for and getting her set up with her internet account, vehicle and introducing her to the persons that she will be dealing with on a daily basis. We submitted today to finance 4 purchases for equipment, equipment installation and refurbishing and upgrades of 8 warehouses.
Yesterday I closed down the shop early since we were having a BBQ by the billets, our cook SFC D who was the BBQ King at Ft Riley was in charge of the grilling and as usual he did not let us down. The steaks, burgers, dogs and ribs were out of this world, all the salads that the Soldiers got in their to go boxes from the DFAC were served and we had a great time. Later that evening we had our outdoor movies we saw the movie "Blades of Glory". It wasn't like home but with a non-alcoholic beer and a nice 5 Vegas Gold Cigar in the warm evening breeze it felt really nice. The BBQ gives us a chance to see the other folks that we trained with at Riley, since their schedule is different then ours and they head off to work before we do and we arrive well after they are back in the dark.
Tomorrow is Sunday which means I can sleep in and enjoy a relaxing morning breakfast and do some reading and the usual cleanup of the room.
Time to sign off and listen to the soccer games on Spanish Radio.
The Colonel
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