The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Sgt. Jeremy D. Barnett, 27, of Mineral City, Ohio, died Feb. 24 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds sustained from a landmine detonation in Ad-Dujayl, Iraq, on Feb. 21. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

For more information on this Soldier, contact the Fort Hood public affairs office at (254) 287-999

Fish are friends, not food

So sayeth our dive master. Regardless, if I'm going to continue diving I really need to learn to pee while treading water.

We did see lots of the biggest turtles I ever imagined. If there ever were turtles that could have whooped me, these were them. Imagine saying, yeah, I went to Africa and got my ass kicked by a turtle. That would of been a story.

Women's Work

That's not a pejorative term, local woman would wade into the Indian Ocean at sunrise and stay for most of the day, collecting seaweed, which is then hung to dry on wooden racks along the beach. We were told it was for export to be used as a sort of congealer for shampoos and such.

Matemwe Beach @ Sunrise