Monday, September 04, 2006

Welcome 5th PSC!

waiting...

It just isn't a celebration without Tapatio...

HQ Party Crew gathers once again...
still waiting...

"Instant Nirvana"

"It was a long anticipated wait well into the warm September evening that kept us motivated. 'There's the plane!' someone exclaimed and a roar of approval echoed throughout the dimly lit camp. The banded crew had waited their turn and this moment to arrive - very patiently and stretched over 186 days and nights. When the lights of the first bus turned the corner and shone upon the waiting faces, it could be said that the smiles upon the many joined there in that moment were far brighter and far more meaningful then had been previously witnessed. The voices all yelled as one and the realization that a changing of the guard was at hand began to finally sink in - and finally we were the ones who turn had come - we were the ones about to go home" - The Lion on the gathering crowd and frenzy that ensued when 5th PSC finally arrived...

Sunday, September 03, 2006

Doc Coleman's Birthday in Djibouti

The "birthday boy" at his birthday feast

"Best beer - best friends - best moments - for these truly are the best of times..."

"Oh man! I didn't see that coming!"
Shared circumstances make friends for a lifetime...

Supposedly it's better than beer....

"I love you, man"

The HQ Party Crew of 4th PSC after another successful night patrol in Djibouti

"The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca