07 March 2010

Good afternoon and greetings from Balad, Iraq.  Summer weather is returning to Iraq! It's sunny and really nice out.great weather for a BBQ.

Last week we celebrated the promotion of five of our ESC Soldiers-Congratulations to LTC's Wade Wallace, Derrick Corbett and Juan Berrios, Master Sergeant Travania Fair, SGT Eramis Smith and SPC Melissa Posey.

Tomorrow's holiday celebrates women workers, and advancing women's rights in the workforce, politics and society. The first International Women's Day was held March 19, 1911. Women socialists and trade unions held an earlier Women's Day on the last Sunday in February, 1908. The event grew from there and has been celebrated annually since.

Your Soldiers want to hear from you.so if you want to send a message to your loved one, send it to escpao@iraq.centcom.mil.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and here are some highlights from this week's Expeditionary Times:

- Operations center tracks convoys and entry control points.....
- Providers support Sherpa operations for Iraq, Kuwait.....
- Quartermaster Soldiers preserve Iraqi environment.....
- Inland Container Transfer Company looks ahead to drawdown.....
- Resource management office preps for drawdown.....
- Nebraska Guardsmen perform convoy security in Baghdad.....
- 601st assists cargo movement through Basra.....

28 February 2010

Good afternoon and greetings from Balad, Iraq.  It's like weather cycles are repeating themselves, we got a little bit more rain this week, but it's turned into a pretty nice day today.

We had quite a visit this week, when General Campbell, the FORSCOM commander visited the 13th ESC on Saturday. General Campbell and Command Sergeant Major Carey toured the headquarters and received a briefing on the 13th's mission here in Iraq.

The 36th Sustainment Brigade hosted the 224th Sustainment Brigade during the 224th's pre deployment site survey, in preparation for the 224th taking over the 36th's mission when they redeploy later this year. It's another reminder of how fast these deployments can fly by.

Today's holiday is a good one, well it's at least a relaxing one. February 28th is Public Sleeping Day. It's a good thing today is a Sunday, this holiday tends not to work well with keeping your job. So find a nice, safe, public place to stretch out and catch some Z's to celebrate today.

Your Soldiers want to hear from you...so if you want to send a message to your loved one, send it to escpao@iraq.centcom.mil.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and here are some highlights from this week's Expeditionary Times:

- Soldiers deliver supplies to new school.....
- 2025th Transportation Soldiers awarded Combat Action Badges.....
- Transportation Soldiers provide safe travel in Mosul.....
- Providers bring new life to trucks with Project Phoenix.....
- Providers manage munitions in Iraq, Afghanistan.....
- Quartermaster Soldiers keep units mobile.....
- Liaison officers help incoming units prep for deployments.....

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Raul Marquez
MAJ, IN
Chief, Public Affairs
13TH Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) Joint Base Balad, Iraq
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