Photos from welcome home at Richmond International Airport taken by Sgt. T.D. Jackson

My baptism in the pool behind the U.S. Embassy/former presidential palace of Saddam Hussein. Chaplains Glad and Meyer officiated.

Thanksgiving at U.S. Embassy dining facility, International Zone, Baghdad, Iraq.

Serious and silly signs are the U.S. Embassy, Baghdad, Iraq

Strategic Effects Hail and Farewell at palace pool

Some photos from trip home for R&R leave

The worst sandstorm yet. Even the shuttle buses stopped running due to limited visibility.

Convoy from International Zone to Camp Victory by Route Irish

Sandstorm in downtown Baghdad as seen from the convention center

Photos taken during flight from Balad Air Base/Logistics Support Area Anaconda to LZ Washington in Baghdad's International Zone via Black Hawk helicopter.

Photos from Black Hawk flight from IZ to Camp Victory and back, and a few photos on the ground at Victory

My second trailer on the palace grounds

visit to bunkers and ruins of Believer's Palace

Photos taken by Capt. Patty Brewer

Photos taken by SSG Nick Minecci of care packages, the 9 mm range, and our trip to Camp Victory

Congressional delegation visit to convention center - Senators John McCain, Hilary Rodham Clinton, Susan Collins, Lindsey Graham, and Russ Feingold.

Photos taken during convoy from the International Zone, Baghdad, to Camp Victory, Baghdad, and back

Photos of Al Faw Palace, a/k/a the water palace on Camp Victory, Baghdad

More photos of Baghdad

Photos of some of my co-workers in the CPIC.

The Al Rasheed Hotel is across the street from our office, and we eat most of our meals at the dining facility there. Many members of the media stay at the hotel.

As one of my co-workers put it, "To put things in perspective, we live in a trailer park on the grounds of Saddam Hussein's former palace!"

Our office (as well as many others) is located in the old convention center, sometimes called the Baghdad forum.

photos of Saddam Hussein's former presidential palace, now home of U.S. Embassy, Baghdad, Iraq

miscellaneous photos from Fort Bragg, North Carolina and Camp Virginia, Kuwait

barracks at Fort Bragg November 2004

Photos from land navigation training/testing at Fort Bragg, N.C.