Well folks, this is the blog that I have been waiting to write, we are getting ready to leave Iraq for the States!!!! So, this will be the last blog that I will be writing from the Land of the Two Rivers. We will be heading to Kuwait in a couple of days and then after a brief holdover we will be heading back to the States. I expect that we should be back to California in early October and back to Colorado a short week later!

Overall this has been an eye opening experience. I have seen and heard from alot of different Iraqis from many different walks of life. The Iraqi people are in a state of flux trying to decide what they want to do with their future. We are seeing many more standing up to the insurgents and taking control of their situation. This war will have a positive outcome, it might take some time, but the time will come when US forces are out of the country and the Iraqis are governing themselves.

I will have plenty of time to pass on my opinions at a later date about the state of this country and how I think things are going. All we are concerned about now is getting home, having a beer and good food and reconnecting with friends and family. Thanks for all the letters, support and good wishes for me and the team that I worked with in Al Asad. I look forward to seeing everyone again soon. All the best, Dave.