Yet Another Birthday "Away with the Army"

Twenty of the past 25 birthdays I have found myself somewhere with the army.  It has ranged anywhere from the CQ desk as a private, to the back of an M-1 Abrams tank in the middle of the forest, to Baghdad Iraq, to Grafenwoehr Germany this year.  This is not to complain; it is simply a fact that I accept and have to come to expect. 

This year I did not even realize it was the 9th until I opened my email account and saw the 30-40 birthday wishes from people all over the world.  Facebook is a pretty cool thing.  There was even a pretty cool, though slightly pornographic, video from Laura.  No perverts - it was not of Laura - just log onto Facebook and watch the song.  Good stuff.

Here are a few pictures of how a few of us celebrated this evening after work:

Bayreuth, Germany for a mug of swartze bier

A plate of Franconian Ribs, Saurkraut, and a potato dumpling.   It went nicely with the bier.