To all our loved ones, especially the Mungababes: sorry we haven't been posting much (uh, okay, at all) lately. Everyone (the Coalition, the Transition Teams, the Federal Police, the Army, and the good citizens of Mosul) has been busy adjusting to the new, post-30 June "Combat Forces out of the Cities" clause of the US/Iraqi Security Agreement.
Although the Mungadai are extraordinarily adept at that whole "combat" thing, we count as advisors, and are therefore allowed, in the Security Agreement, to accompany our counterparts the Federal Police (yes, it used to be the National Police, but everyone here thought that "Federal Police" had a little more pizzazz to it). As we all know, though, the details of actually executing a treaty can be a little more messy than just writing it down and signing it. So, the Mungadai have been really constrained, in the last few weeks, in actually accompanying our counterparts out and about on operations. However, we've worked through a lot of the legal-ese and are getting things squared away. So, here are some scenes from today's operations:
Happy Thanksgiving from De-twah. I went to the Detroit Thanksgiving Day parade, then to the Detroit Lions vs. Greenbay Packers butt kicking thanksgiving day football game. The only team I was supporting was the Mungadai transition team. I had the all you can eat seats so I ate all the nachos I wanted. Go Team!
Just a friendly (mandatory) post to update everyone on the Thanksgiving Holiday. I've been TDY and had a few days home to celebrate with Shellbird. It was a great time although too short. Hope everyone had an enjoyable and safe Holiday. A few pics, before, during and after. I'm looking forward to everyone's posts. Take care. 
