As The Beacon Turns . .
Cableites have been busy with their projects; traveled to the far reaches of the world; joined together in the proverbial search for a fun place to fly for breakfast, brunch, or dinner; and taken that terrifying step into the wild blue yonder, trusting that their many hours of love and labor will hold together until they touch down again. Most of us other Cableites never hear about these adventures or possibilities. Along with other pertinent happenings affecting Cable Airport.…....As The Beacon Turns . . . . . . .
May 26 2010 Fakarava…...somewhere in Polynesia.
What a place. My absolute favorite so far since we made landfall in Polynesia, and lo, only one night! But such a treat, something to savor. First of all, the water color was not to be believed. I really mean it -- I was in awe the entire time at the myriad variations of green and blue and turquoise, I've never seen anything more beautiful. And underneath that colorful surface, a fairyland of coral and creatures in such abundance, most of it in less than 10 feet of water. And ashore, a little tropical haven.Follow along with Alison and Allan on their Blog site
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As we sit back in our easy chair, or maybe having lunch at Maniac Mikes Café, let's not forget our friends who are helping make all of this freedom possible for us!
Hello from the land of sand, dust, sand vipers, more dust, and camel spiders, and more blowing dust. Things here continue to change on a daily basis. Within the first few days of May we received news from the Brigade that we were sent here to train is moving back to the Somawa area Iraq, along the Saudi and Kuwait border, and the Brigade that was moved from this area two years ago is coming back. This was not such a big surprise since we had indicators that this might happen once the elections were over. 
From the day they told us it would happen, it was a total of two weeks, and the Brigades had swapped Areas of Operation. This feat is quite interesting since you are talking about moving about 1,600 personnel and a considerable amount of equipment from one side of the country to the other in just two weeks time including all the coordination and the actual move itself. If the U.S. Army did something like this it would take about 18 months with planning commissions, site development, environmental impacts….etc, etc, etc. So you have to give the Iraqis some credit that they were able to complete the move in such a short time. Now don’t even think that it was by any means done to U.S. standards, but it was completed. Most of their trucks were loaded beyond the designed capacity and it looked like a scene out of the movie “Grapes of Wrath” with furniture, equipment and personnel stacked beyond reason, but hey they made it happen. They only suffered three accidents with only two personnel seriously injured; thankfully all should be able to return to duty however.Is myself and sBG Razzak. I was giving him a small going away present.
With the change in Brigades, this has brought on some new challenges for my team and the new incoming team. We are faced with trying to develop new relationships and new training plans, and to try and implement some of the training before my team departs. 
We have had some assistance with this matter however, and it came from their chain of command. The very day that the new Iraqi Border police arrived so did their boss, staff Major General Dafar. sMG Dafar and I have met before, and I have found him to be a very direct and effective leader. By no uncertain terms, he informed the new Brigade commander that he will make every effort to conduct training with U.S. Forces, and that his staff is to cooperate with my staff, and provide information as tasked. This was a great help, and for the most part the 10th Brigade is making a very good effort to build a working relationship with my Team. Time will tell however as we move into June, and we actually start training with them.Pictures of the bridge at Sunaf Gap. The bridge was partially dismantled by smugglers to keep the Iraqi security forces from patrolling in that area. They like to utilize the waterways to smuggle in explosives and other goodies.
The
atmospherics here in Amarah and the remainder of Iraq remain to be tenable. There are growing attempts by the insurgents to show signs of resistance and to disrupt the stabilization of power. They are of course being assisted mostly by the government of Iran, as 
we are s
eeing captured weapons caches made up of Iranian produced munitions and weapons. The Iraqi security forces continue to improve however, and with this they have been getting better at finding and capturing weapons caches and insurgents.
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