Better view from below

I recently got transferred temporarily to a brigade to help out with their public affairs while someone goes on vacation. It's a lower level than my division headquarters and has given me a chance to see a lot more of what's going on with our troops. I've met quite a few Iraqis and it's nice to see that they're a lot like us. Just trying to make a living and fix their country.

It's also been cool to see the actual progress that we're making. They're still a ways a way and there's a lot of issues, but the U.S. has a lot of issues and we've been working at it for over two hundred years. Who can realistically expect Iraq to pull it all together in 6 years?

Anyway it's helped restore a little bit of faith in our effort.