December went by quickly here in the desert. We started the month off with some helicopter and medevac training that I coordinated with NAAD (Naval Air Ambulance Detachment) out of Camp Beurhing.
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| The Crew Chief giving the group some instructions .. |
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| Me with the Helo landing behind. |
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| View of Kuwait from the helicopter. |
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| In Flight |
We also had to represent in advance of the Army Navy game .. Two of my Navy friends (Jerry & Russ) and I snuck into the Command Cell to raise this flag!!!! Sadly the Army Sergeant on duty caught us so the flag only flew for a few minutes.
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Julie & Olivia sent a gingerbread kit which
added holiday cheer to the clinic! |
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It's a little bare looking but I added tinsel that Aunt Susan sent,
candy canes from mom and two ornaments that Adam's mom sent! |
The CO, XO and CMC made their holiday rounds and handed out stockings that various churches had donated from the states. We actually have received a ridiculous amount of goodies in the mail. Danika and I are desperately trying to give away all the cookies, candy & fudge before we start looking like Santa Clause ourselves.
However, my favorite part of December involved none of the above events. It was a true miracle that Danika and I were fortunate enough to witness one evening as were driving back from Camp Beurhing to our home, Camp Virginia. We passed what appeared to be a very tired mom and possibly a baby camel in the desert! We did a U-turn to verify if that was really what we saw and sure enough the baby camel had JUST been born. For those of you that are squeamish, I won't go into the details of how we knew the birth had just happened but I'll say it was VERY obvious.
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| Me with Mom & Newborn baby camel =) |
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| The mom realized how close I was to her baby and started to get up .... |
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| So cute!!!!!!! |
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| Awesome desert picture! A true Christmas miracle!! |
I love this. What a unique experience!! It's so desolate isn't it?
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