Dada's field

The field doesn't actually belong to Dada... he was just in it. ;-)

In Army land, going to the field is practice time for deployments... which also means no Dada at home for 2 or 3 weeks. :-( However, we were quite excited when the Battalion decided to have "Family Day"! So on Echo Company's day, we piled into buses (or a van in our case) and headed out to the field. The idea was to see where your Soldier was 'living'/what they were doing 'in the field'. Fun!

Maria quite excitedly hanging out in the M1068... it's a little TOC... got it? Yep, me neither.

Hanging out on Dada's knee as the rain pours in... and I mean that literally...

It's hard to tell when the picture is small, but there was literally a waterfall inside the tent. And by tent, I mean a whole connected maze of ginormous tents containing computers, big screen tv's, etc. And by waterfall, I mean gallons upon gallons of water coming through the ceiling seams and flooding the dirt/mud floor (where the wires and surge protectors were).

Warm hugs after dodging out in the chilly rain (to the, um, port-a-potty) for a potty break. :-)

We spent most of our time trying to stay out of the rain... and the indoor flooding. Then when we ventured out to see the other Army-like stuff, I forgot the camera!

Note :: because Dada got a spider bite when he went to the field a month or so ago, Maria now thinks that's what happens in the field. Therefore she told anyone who asked about her experience in the field with Dada... that she got a spider bite too!