Commanders Coin

Andy received the Commanders Coin for building this flag pole a few photo's down! Basically it's a huge pat on the back for doing something well. The photo above is the front of the coin and the photo below is the back of the coin.
Here is the flag pole Andy built. They wanted a flag pole to fly the Minnesota flag on outside the commanders tent which happened to also be next to his barracks building. They found an old light pole to use and Andy made the "truck" the thing on top that spins around so the flag doesn't get wrapped up around the pole. And then he made the thing on the bottom - like a boat- that you wrap the rope around. He made that out of rod that he heated and pounded flat so the pole is about 35 ft tall so you can see it around the whole camp!

Obviously they are working really hard over there =)

Here is Andy working on a vehicle! From what it looks of his appearance.. It's a little dusty there!

These pictures are from when Andy was in Texas I'll work on getting some from Kuwait from him so we can see what it is like over there! Andy has been in Kuwait for over a month now. Says its really hot the temp there is over 120 degree's and isn't supposed to cool down till around October and he also said its REALLY dusty! Andy gets a 2 week leave near the end of September so he is really excited to see grass and tress again - and he's really excited to go camping and see Jamie's new puppy Mea!!

Probably thinking about Jamie...