Pictures from Burma and Corona Gates: Cigars- Nault, McLaughlin and Beecher taking a smoke break at Corona. Dovich is off camera to the left and Dubia is sitting. Dovich- sitting in front of the fan at Corona. Fan- The cooling fan at Corona. 1 shows the fan's waterstaged in front of our drinking water. 2 shows the fan, its feed tank and part of the plywood wall we use so the fan isn't totally wasted. 3 shows the vehicle in its firing position just past the wall. 4 shows the cardboard slats that the water is poured down through. Garbage truck- These are of the area the Trash.jpg shots are from, taken from Corona tower. Here's a real garbage truck dumping in the area. 7-10 are of one of the more standard garbage trucks around here, a farm tractor with a cart. Have a nice day- The two key phrases in our ROE are hostile acts and hostile intent. I modified the M-203 round that I load to avoid showing hostile intent. Iraqi taxi- Another taxi going by. McCarthy- At Corona. I think I'm about to sneeze in the first one. 3 is me in Corona's tower. McLaughlin- Adjusting his greandes at Corona. Prarie schooner- The freighters in the channel to Basra. Refinery- The refinery up the road. 1- Unzoomed. 2- Zoomed. 3,4- Through binos, unzoomed. 5,6,7- Through binos, zoomed. Salt- This weather ought to be illegal. I was sitting in the shade on a normal 115 degree day with my hands resting on my thighs. When I reached for a drink I noticed salt on my hand. It was on both of them. Scorpion- Lots of scorpions get caught at the gates. The yellowish one is the usual kind. The two larger black ones killed this one. 8 is crawling around at Burma gate. Shade- The camera can't quite focus on the thermometer, but the red line to the left is zero. The line to the right is the needle. It's square on 115. It spends most of the day there. Train station- The Umm Qasr train station, on the other road into town. Twister- A pretty good sized one.