Day 3

This morning was an early morning. Last night we were told that there had been an injury to two of the soldiers while out on patrol. An IED had gone off and their vehicle had been hit. The next of kin of one of the soldiers had not been notified about the incident so we were not able to report on it last night. Bur we were told that we would be briefed at 9 this morning so we got up and went to the office around 110 or so we got an email that gave us the info. A good first assignment for our pool duties. Then we went back to our tent and cleaned up and went on with our monirng routine.

I spent some time looking into the gear...it's becoming my favorite pass time. Today I learned that the gear would be arrive on Sunday and not tomorrow which is too bad but such is life. It'll be nice to have everything with me.

Stuart and I got some head way on trying on putting together first aid kits, prepping our protective gear and figuring out stories. Along with a little IT work for the office. It was put best it's like starting a new job and then being assigned to move the whole operation...it's a fair bit to get your head around. We're getting there though.

While it's Friday everywhere and the weekend is almost here, the weekend is just another day for us. We have a few stories for the weekend shows and material that will get out.

Today was a fairly quiet day for everyone, most people wrote something about the solider injury this morning but the rest of the day was getting things in order, since most of us rotated in together on Wednesday we're all in the same boat.