Well I should back up a little, while we in Texas we had a chance for a four day pass which was good, I got to see some of El Paso and eat some good steak as well as visit the wonderful mall and Wal-mart, I know very exciting right?  We were told many times don’t go to Mexico don’t go to Mexico, We could see it from downtown but I didn’t go.  The real gem was the cigar lounge I found. http://cigarselpaso.com/  This place was top notch, they had a community open bar you could bring some stuff and have what was there.  I visited it a couple times; the owner was former military and was one of the nicest guys I met in Texas. 

During the four day some guys flew their families to Texas some flew their girlfriends to Texas and some just stayed around base and chilled.  I stayed in the base hotel with a buddy and had a great time.

So after our pass we trained some more and had a three day pass, this one was kind of a surprise and went by quickly, actually it was cut short because of one of the soldiers not making good decisions.  So my time in Texas was good and but I looked forward to getting to Kuwait and getting to my mission even tho I had already started my mission by getting to know the guys and building those relationships.