My friend Joe Matis (aka CDR Joseph B. Matis, CEC, USN) spent some time in Kuwait serving as a Navy Seabee under the auspices of the U.S. Army back in 2006 & 2007. During his tour of duty, he sent a series of messages back home to his friends -- and he also kindly consented to letting me publish them on my blog.
Since it's Veterans' Day, and also since I know a number of my Facebook friends have never seen these, I thought I'd re-post. The entire series is captured here. Since they're posted in reverse-chronological order, scroll down to the bottom and read the posts from the bottom up.