Another update... yet again, it's from Bahrain

[Heimann47]

So... I'm still alive, and back in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Not too much that's new on my end... though I did spend a week in Djibouti. If you haven't been to an impoverished region of Africa, all those commercials that you see about helping out kids and things like that... it's all true.

It was definitely heartbreaking to tell malnourished children that I don't have any food or water to spare for them...

[edna]

Take care, soldier!!

[bluesboy]

Glad for your update, keep on keeping on.

Give them what strength and encouragement as you can.

[Shawna]

So... I'm still alive

thank goodness! Thanks for the update. So sad about the children... I would be sad for the rest of my life if I saw that sort of suffering up close and personal.

[Lucky]

Heimann! It's good to know all is well (as it can be anyway) with you. Hang in there, and thank you!

[Uncle Joe]

[RockyRaccoon]

Heimann! Good luck! Stay alive.

I understand what you're going through, trust me a play a LOT of Call Of Duty

[Heimann47]

Haha.... Call of Duty doesn't include the next 6 hours you spend cleaning your rifle after a firefight

Take care, soldier!!

Marine!

:beady: :beady:

[RonJonSurfer]

Thanks for the updates...be safe.

[edna]

Marine!

:beady: :beady:

Oh, sorry... Marine!!

[Tenacious_Peaches]

Be safe, sugar foot.

[Heimann47]

New Update!

This time, I'm at Camp Buehring, Kuwait.

This place is pretty nice. It has electricity, unlike the last little base-type settlement (merely a collection of tents surrounded by concertina wire) that I stayed in in the United Arab Emirates.

I'm supposed to be here for 3 months, but that's if nothing flares up in Afghanistan. I've got my fingers crossed...

[Shawna]

Electricity - BONUS.

Good to hear from you! Have a safe Christmas, and know that all of us here at SF are thinking about you.

[Carl]

Like she said. I'm sure this will be a very memorable Christmas, and I hope it's a good one. Thoughts are with you.

[Heimann47]

I was in NC for last Christmas, and thought it was bad because there was no snow. Christmas in the Middle East feels even less like it. I woke this morning and it took another Marine saying "Merry Christmas Corporal Heimann" for me to remember that it's Christmas.

And nobody got me any presents! :beady:

[edna]

Happy Xmas, Marine!

It must be hard when you're not used to it. I spent my first 17 Christmas in Buenos Aires, Argentina. We had mosquitoes and fans and the windows open... yet it was so so so so beautifull...

Now I've spent 38 Christmas in Europe and I almost miss the good weather...

[MarcM]

Glad to see you are well, Marine! Stay safe.

[Lucky]

Happy holidays, Heimann! And, take care of yourself please.

[Jenny]

Thank you for your service, Heimann, keep yourself safe and Happy New Year

[Heimann47]

Here I am, the big times!

'Ghani, baby!

In the 'Stan!

It's about time I go to war...

[MarcM]

Must be pretty damn cold over there now. Stay warm and keep your head down!

[Heimann47]

So, after almost nine months of overseas service, here I am, back in the good old U.S. of A.

Damn, it feels good to be home!

[Shawna]

Sweeeet! It's good to have you home.

[edna]

[Heimann47]

My first act, now that I am back in America, was to by an Ibanez 5-string Soundgear bass. It's beautiful.