Back in lovely Iraq

Welcome (Back)!!!
Well, I am on Day 3 in Baghdad and things are looking pretty good. Violence has dropped to unprecedented lows in the past 6 months, but even better than that…I have wireless internet in my room!!
HI! My name is 1LT Adam Hoffmann. I am a Platoon Leader in 4-10 CAV, Apache Troop. This is my second deployment to Iraq, and I regretted not keeping up my journal the first time, so I decided to try and publish an online one. This way I actually have to write LESS, since I don’t need to write letters anymore.
It’s tough for me to decide what to write since I have no clue who this is for... Is it for me? Or you? Who exactly are “you” anyway? Are you a 4th grade class? Or maybe my Family? The way I see it, I should keep this as non-political as possible and just focus on how my life is going.
I can’t fill you in on my daily routine, since I don’t really have one yet. We will be taking over Battlespace from another unit soon, but we haven’t been allowed to ride along with them yet. I’ll instead fill you in on my home, starting with the big and ending with the small. I am currently stationed on Camp Liberty, which is in Baghdad. Camp Liberty is actually one piece of what I call a “MegaBase.” Attached to Liberty is Camp Victory (Huge) and Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) (HUGER). Victory has a PX the size of a small Walmart as well as *ahem* SIX (6) stocked fishing ponds for Soldiers to use. You can buy a rod, lures, and a bait from the PX, go to Bass Pond, catch a Bass, then grill it up on your very own charcoal grill (available at the PX), downing it with your favorite Non-Alcoholic beer. Me personally, I like Bitburger Drive, but Coors Non-Alcoholic is also popular. So there is lots to do on the bases. The food in the chow hall is amazing. I have the option every day of getting made to order stir fry, hot wings, made to order sandwiches, curry (chicken, beef, vegetable, or mixed), whatever the main line has that meal, assorted pastries, Ice Cream, full Salad Bar, etc… Most guys gain 15 lbs while deployed.
My room is about 10x15 foot section of a trailer. I currently share it with 1LT Jared Graham, the other Platoon Leader in Apache Troop, but in a week or so we will have our own. My trailer comes cable ready for AFN, which is the Armed Forces Network. AFN has 8 channels and tons of sports and news, so I may get a TV or run the cable right into my laptop once I have my own room and some more space.
I’ll try and attach a few photos, but truth be told the internet connection is a bit slow. I’m unsure how to even post this online, but if you’re reading this, I guess I figured it out…
More later,
Adam