Who are they?

A letter from Steve:

Hey , how are things? i'm sorry it has taken me so long to get
back to you. before i continue with mindless army banter let me first say
that it was great to get a ride from sombody/some unit that wasn't a total bummer. you guys really were a breath of fresh air. i try to smile
and stay positive and it is really great when you get a smile back. after
all things always could be worse. anyway thanks for that and thanks for all the
wonderful words in your email.

i have to admit that i was somewhat put back when you came up on the
c130 and asked if we had email. i was expecting you to say something
like... we need a new manifest...or.... not all the bags will fit....or... we need
to put our kevlars on. that was not the case, so if i was a little
speechless, it just took me by surprise. all my guys were all... what the???
what's the lt doin? "i bet we have to where our kevlars, lame. so yeah....
you difinately gave them somthing to talk about.

i don't have much time today but here goes.... i'm an LT in howitzer
batter, 2nd squadron, 3rd armored cavalry based out of ft. carson colorado.
what that basically means is that i'm a cav trooper just like any other who
does what ever the infinate wisdom of the army dictates. i may be raiding a
house on tuesday and setting up elections on friday. who knows maybe
we'll pass some candy out or arest some "evil do'ers"! ha! we've been over
here since hummm. let me see.... apr.3rd. yup... so it has been a bit. we
sould be getting out of here in a couple of months but you know how that
goes. as a squadron we have spent our time overhere doing just about evrything.
if it was on the news chances are we had some of our guys there. we
operated out of the ramadi, falujah area for a few months and that was totally
bogus. then we left, and then, we went back. now we are out west holding
down
the borders and expansive "nothingness of iraq". okay well i gotta go.
i'll write again later when i have more time. i would love to here
more about what you guys are up to or where you guys are from. is your unit
flying us out of this joint? i know, i know,- opsec. lame.

if there is anything you would like to know spacifically just drop in
down. i'm sorry for the somewhat random ness of the email and overal poor
grammer/spelling but that is how i do it. ha!

"get up with the get up and get down with the get down!" later, steve