Thanksgiving 2011

Just a snapshot of my "Crew" while we feasted on turkey and other goodies. YUM!

The "eyesore" is removed

The culmination of winning the SAF/AQS Lightning Bolt Award ("For
being at the center of a storm whether you caused it or not") from
6000 miles away...and the fact that my organization was able to raise
money by having people from within (and outside of) my deployed unit
bid money to shave of the 'stache....hearkened the end of my
mustache's ephemeral life. It was a good run, while it lasted. I'd
like to extend a special thanks to Tom Selleck, Richard Roundtree, and
Ron Jeremy for their support. With 60 more days remaining in my tour
in AFG....I think I may grow it out again....or.....not. :)

My Living Space and Work Place

Many of you have been asking about my work and living spaces. The
attached photos are of my office/desk area and of my bedroom. It took
me 3+ months to get a phone at my desk....and then I got 2 phones!

I had dinner with Congressional Representative from CT

There was a mass-email to the entire base looking for folks to have
dinner with their respective Congressmen. When I saw CT on the list,
I threw my name in the hat.

The food was good, but the conversation was great!

I was joined by a few other folks who were/are natives of CT.

One of them brought a classically retro pennant from many moons
ago...GO WHALERS!

Snow on the Mountains

It finally started getting cooler over here. The nights have started
dipping into the 50s and 40s. It reminds me of Colorado in Autumn.

It's official!

The promotion ceremony was a success! My coworkers all came out...and
also threatened to hold me down and shave my mustache. Pizza and
near-beer were consumed in mass quantities....and a few cigars were
smoked. All in all, a great day.

A hairy proposition

A few months ago, I found out that one of my good pals in my deployed unit was severely annoyed by mustaches (and specifically USAF "Deployment Mustaches").  Naturally, I began plotting a scheme to REALLY push his buttons.  So, the day he departed for 3 weeks of R&R (back to the U.S.), I convinced a bunch of guys to join me in growing a caterpillar on our upper lips!  When he came back to the unit, he was totally disgusted (and impressed) with our dedication to annoy him!  The results are in the photos below!