Thanks! Glad to know that.
Hi y'all! Yep, I'm stateside for now and not intending to go back to any war zones. Dubai looks to be my next assignment.
I have a friend and former colleague who was on the F-16 training case at Balad. He messaged me yesterday and said they were preparing to evac. Lots of mortar and rocket fire in the area. I haven't had a follow-up message yet; I'm sure things are crazy right now.
Another guy at the Embassy in Baghdad, which is where I was working with the J8 last year said evac plans are underway, but they're still there. I hope it doesn't become like the Saigon evacuation, because there are a *lot* more people at the Baghdad Embassy than there were at Saigon.
Thanks for thinking of me.