SUNDAY 8 APRIL 2018

The past couple of days have washed together. It is tough to tell how many days or hours we have actually been traveling. It took a couple people a concerted effort in order calculate that we had been traveling for about 4 days. This is 4 days without showers or changing clothes. 4 days of being stuck in uncomfortable seats and not much sleep. Today is the day we finally land in Kuwait. We took off from Bahrain late in the evening We landed at Kuwait City International Airport after the short 45 minute flight. We were transported by bus into this walled off outdoor holding area. We were there for about an hour before things started to move. I think we got stuck as the bus drivers changed out because of shift change. During the shift change our stateside BN commander talked to us.
The bus ride from the airport to Camp Buehring took just under an hour. We were greeted by our advanced party when we arrived at 0300ish. We spent the first hour unloading bags from the trucks and getting briefed on the Camp. The barracks we were staying in weren’t bad. They were a similar setup to Westbrook back at Bliss just slightly bigger. The walk from the unloading area to the barracks was a trek. It was about a half mile which sucked because carrying 50-100lb bags that far over rocky, sandy, and wet ground made every weight feel double. No time to really rest after dropping bags off. By the time that was all done it was breakfast chow and then straight into meetings. We did have just enough time to take a shower and get into clean clothes. That made 50 hours of being stuck in the same uniform and without shower.
BN wanted to knock out our Theater In-Briefs. This was a horrible idea because we were all so freaking tired. I have never seen so many soldiers falling a sleep. In the Army we tell people to stand up and go to the back if they are tired. Logic is that it’s harder to fall a sleep standing up. Well… towards the end of the briefs we had 2/3rds of the company standing. One third practically had toothpicks holding their eyes open. We finished these briefs in mid-afternoon. Everyone immediately went back to the barracks and passed out. There just wasn’t anything we could do to remain awake. There wasn’t any reason to stay awake either. I went back and took a short nap. I just needed something to get me through the rest of the day. I finished off the day with a quick gym workout, dinner chow, and some gaming.

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