MilSpec Hummers from Baghdad/My Intro

[h2itis]

Ok guys and gals,
First off, I want to say thank you for all of the kind words and well-wishes I have received from the members of this board. I've read through a ton of the posts here, and this seems like a great community.

Here are a few pics (inside and out) of some the hummers parked outside here. For some reason, the ones with the weapons weren't out there just then. Now, I don't want to speculate where they are, but I guess we could just use our imaginations (read: some guy with a head wrap on has metal in his ass). I'll get more when they come back.

LOL - I'm probably not supposed to be taking pics out there either, so I'm glad I didn't get shot.

I also have some pics of a couple of Saddam's old cribs as well. I'll throw those up later when I dig them up.

http://satxfitness.com/milhum1.jpg
http://satxfitness.com/milhum2.jpg
http://satxfitness.com/milhum3.jpg
http://satxfitness.com/milhum4.jpg
http://satxfitness.com/milhum5.jpg
http://satxfitness.com/milhum6.jpg
http://satxfitness.com/milhum7.jpg
http://satxfitness.com/milhum8.jpg
http://satxfitness.com/milhum9.jpg
http://satxfitness.com/milhum10.jpg
http://satxfitness.com/milhum11.jpg
http://satxfitness.com/milhum12.jpg
http://satxfitness.com/milhum13.jpg
http://satxfitness.com/milhum14.jpg
http://satxfitness.com/milhum15.jpg
http://satxfitness.com/milhum16.jpg
http://satxfitness.com/milhum17.jpg


Oh yeah, WHY in the hell am I in Iraq? Well, I happen to be a computer engineer. I was totally happy and content doing what I normally do in San Antonio (I also own a fitness training business in SA), but I received a very nice offer to come here, and I decided to take it. This isn't the normal computer geek work (which I hate). It's actually pretty interesting, and my system is used by everyone from the commanders here up to G-Dub in DC. I'm still very active in my training business, but for now, not getting hit in the head by a mortar is my primary concern. I'm getting the hell out of this country in just a couple of more months (Feb)!!!

The positives are that I'll be closer to an early retirement (I'm 29 y/o - no, REALLY) and I get to do something to directly help the 130,000 soldiers that are here. The negatives are that I'm away from my fairly new son, 15 month old giant Peyton (yes, I'm a big Vols fan - originally from Knoxville - he's already almost 38" tall/32lbs) and my wife.

Here's a pic of them and my "other" love:
http://satxfitness.com/kphum.jpg
http://satxfitness.com/phum.jpg
http://satxfitness.com/peytondrive.jpg

My rig is a 2003 Lux (obviously Metallic Red). It has been babied. It goes off-road (LET ME REITERATE - I LOVE ROCKS, MUD, DIRT, HILLS, ETC), but it only has 17k miles on it (my daily driver has been a 2004 Chevy Z71). It has a ton of sh!t - Volant cool air intake, dvds, nav, Gobi roofrack, PIAA lights, ladder, SC Programmer, etc, etc, etc. The wheels are next (not sure why I've dicked around on it this long). Not sure what I'm going to do with them, but the rims will be black for sure. I actually came here for some ideas on what I'd like to do, and after seeing some of your rides, I can only say WOW!

I'm looking forward to wheelin' with a few of you in the very near future. Moab sounds like a blast, and maybe I'll build enough points up to be invited to make the run this year.

My interests? Hummers, beer, 4-wheelin', poker, fishing, and football (any sport, but especially football). Of course I love women - I hate getting my own beer and someone has to cook (plz don't tell my wife).

Oh yeah, my mother happens to live in Harlan County, KY, and they just opened up a huge off-road park there. I'd be all for organizing something for that area of the country (northeast Tennessee, SW Virgina, SE KY are havens for wheelin'). I wouldn't mind a little roadtrip up from TX (f'n 1200 miles). I guess I should warn you though - it is Deliverance-ville. I can hear the banjos now.

Here are a couple of links from that park.
Some pics of the hillbillies at play:
http://www.kymc.org/poke_2005.htm

The actual trails homepage:
http://www.harlancountytrails.com/

Damn, I need a nap after all of that typing.