Jared called 2 days in row.

Jared returned early to his home base from his last mission. Things went well but repairs needed to be made to vehicles. He was a little banged up from the last couple weeks, but doing well and in good spirits. They are being successful with what they are doing there.

The second day he called we just talked about cars, kayaks and the Red Wings. He did ask contrary to our last posting to NOT send anything that looks like birthday presents. No birthday wraping paper or something that flags it's his birthday. Apparently even in Afghanistan the guys have thier own way of giving a "bithday treat" when they find out it's someones birthday. Jared would prefer nobody knows.

He did say someone sent him some Chef Boyardee Ravioli. Who ever it was He sends a special "Thank You". After living on MRE's for a couple weeks he took the can out of his pack, opend it and set it on the roof of his vehicle. It was cooked in 10 minutes. "It was the best meal I had in 2 weeks". He does the same thing with Ramon Noodles in a bag of water. These are 2 favorite foods they've found that can be shipped easily to him.

Jared said if we don't hear from him for a couple days that he's probably left on another mission. They are being called on more frequently now since they are being so effective. It's been a week now since he called so we asume he's out again.