24 Feb - Saturday

As one battalion departs another battalion arrives. The fact that none of the soldiers from the first group were injured during their 10 day visit was a success in and of itself. As we prepared for the arrival of our new guest we took about two hours to review what we did correct, what we did wrong, and what we can do to improve our procedures for the arrival, training, and departure of the next group. Overall the meeting went well but next time we do a debrief from our "10-day" visitors I will expect the Iraqi's to lead the meeting not the Coalition. The last twelve days have been very challenging and very rewarding, at least two of the twelve days have been rewarding. Anyway, the next few days will be even more interesting as our new guests are slated to arrive in the whee hours of the morning.