Pictures of Jordan and his buddies

These are a bit more Jordanish than the last set.


The one on the right is Carter, but I don't know who the one on the left is.




A few artistic shots he took.




They are pretty crowded in here. But hey, it was better than that awful tent.




Anybody else he looks extremely emo in this picture??


He says this is his favorite picture ever taken.


Apparently Carter attacked him right when he was taking a picture.

Pictures, but they aren't too exciting

Here are some new pictures, unfortunately not as excitingly Jordan as the last batch.

They got their combat patches about a week ago.

He likes to take pictures of helicopters...they aren't Blackhawks like I thought...Brandon corrected me.

This is the pod he lives in...much more comfortable than the tent!!!

More pictures!

I like this one!


He sent this one to make me cry.


Jordan and Blackledge--I'm really good friends with his fiance.


Iraqi Sunset


Another one to make me cry.


Whoa--not so flattering Jordan.


Think he misses me?

Pictures!

The girlfriend is not happy about the cigarette in his hand.


This is Knepper, one of Jordan's friends


What I believe is a blackhawk, not sure, he didn't send an explanation with this picture.

Where's Jordan?!?!

Hey, Jordan FINALLY sent me some pictures, this is his unit...try and find him :) He is wearing gloves. (Kind of like Where's Waldo, only harder because everyone looks exactly the same!)

4 Day Pass

Well, he's gone. I just returned from the airport. Do you have any idea how hard it is to watch soldiers cry? Not just Jordan either, some of the biggest, most intimidating men ever were red faced and teary. Sure makes it hard for a emotional gal like me to not bawl her eyes out.

Jordan had a magnificent time these past few days. "Glorious," to use his word. It was hard to see everyone he wanted to, and if he missed you, he's probably pretty upset about it. It was rough, being pulled in 50 different directions, when all you want to do is relax. Imagine working harder than you've ever worked before, away from home, and not hardly being able to sit down on your vacation. It was rough on him, but he was definitely not ready to leave home. "It needed to be about 13 months longer!" as he told Burrows (one of his best buddies) today. Still, he'll be home between 90 days and 6 months for 2 whole weeks, which he is pretty dang excited about.

One thing I must mention: I try to be as careful as possible not to give specifics on here. Where they are going, what they are doing, etc etc. This will become even more crucial once they leave for overseas in a few days. I cannot tell you where he is going, at least not yet, so please don't ask. Once we get his address, I can release that to you, but I won't post it on here, if you want it, email me, let me know who you are and how you know Jordan. He definitely wants mail, but I can't just give it out to Bob in California who may or may not know Jordan. I'll give you as detailed information as I can about how Jordan is doing, but more than likely it will just be how he is feeling, not his activities. Chances are even I won't even know what he is doing on a daily basis. We have to be extremely careful about what he tells me, the Army does censor our conversations. Our phone calls can be cut off at any moment, our letters torn to shreds, our emails deleted, if he reveals something he shouldn't. I have to take the same precautions, on here, in my emails, even talking to you personally. If the wrong person were to get a hold of the information, it could mean big trouble to the soldiers. One innocent blog may not seem harmful, but the "bad guys" can look at many blogs and start putting the pieces together. Don't get angry if you ask me something, and I change the subject or just don't answer you. I'm not withholding information just for the heck of it, or because I don't like you. I'm doing it to protect our soldier, and the other soldiers in his unit.

I know most of us are pretty upset that he's gonna be gone for so long, so in order to cheer you up, I decided to post a picture that is so terrifically Jordan that you can't help but roll your eyes and laugh hysterically. We were in my room watching TV in our pjs, and he wanted to go downstairs for some water. I told him to put some real clothes on, so he didn't freak out my roommates. I looked up, and this was what I saw:



Guess that will teach me not to leave my laundry laying around.

Oh Jordan...

Remember how I told you he was acting much more like himself? Yeah..I now have some proof. Prepare to roll your eyes...and don't ask me what they are wearing, because I just don't really know. That is his roommate, friend, phone provider Spc. Regendanz.

Chemical Burns

Just a short post today, but I thought you'd be interested in hearing about Jordan's ordeal Saturday. They had to be sprayed with a substance similar to pepper spray, only much much stronger. I believe he called it OSD? Anyway, he said it was made with Habenero peppers! For those of you not familiar with the culinary world, Habeneros are the hottest peppers on earth. When you cook with them you have to be extremely careful not to touch your eyes, and you have to wash your hands frequently to prevent the burning sensation. So of course, the military creates a powerful stunning spray out of them, and in order to be allowed to carry it, our soldier had to be sprayed from ear to ear, then go through a mild obstacle course, pretty much completely blind. I believe he was sprayed in early afternoon, and he was still burning when he called me around 8:30, even AFTER taking a long shower! He said that the soldiers had to be very careful when showering to lean over so the water didn't run down their bodies, spreading the burn to certain valuable areas. I imagine there was quite a lot of screaming and shouting in that locker room! A fellow soldier, Matt, got sprayed today, I'm anxious to find out how he fared. He is the fiance of a new friend of mine, Lauren, who I met through the Family Readiness Group. She's my so-called Battle Buddy. He was teasing Jordan the other day because Jordan was burning, so we'll just see how HE handled it! Haha!

Well this ended up longer than I meant it to, but that's how it usually goes. Keep Jordan in your prayers tomorrow. He has to be awake and ready in "Full-Battle Rattle" (all of his gear) at 5 am tomorrow so he can stand in line to get yet another Anthrax shot. He STILL has a wound from his smallpox shot that he was administered a few weeks ago! (He isn't the only one, don't worry, that was the first thing I asked, to make sure that was normal!) These shots really take their toll on Jordan, he is NOT a fan of needles, and it seems like every time he turns around he's getting stuck again, so keep him in your thoughts (as if he wasn't already there!).

Jordan has a Mustache

Sigh...for some reason he thinks he looks good with a mustache...anyway, here's the most recent picture. That is Specialist Maag next to him.

Funny story, we were talking on the phone and I was teasing him about his mustache. All of the sudden he started yelping like a wounded puppy. He had switched positions, and in doing so, raked the phone across his face, yanking out some of his new mustache hairs. I TOLD him that mustache was a bad idea!!