A Small Note

UNCLASSIFIED

Good Morning families and friends of 3rd Platoon,

It has been good. We are continuing to be blessed by the good Lord at
what we do every day. In November 2007, the situation in Iraq was up in
the air. But now, it seems like we are ready to pack up and go home for
good and not to have to come back to Iraq again.
Just one year does make a lot of difference. We have gained so much
here in the last year that surpasses everybody's wildest dream about the
future of Iraq. Time and time again, Al Qaida tried to create sectarian
violence a long Iraqi civilian in order to create a civil war, but they
have been unsuccessful at their evil deeds.

It is time for us to go home; we only have 90 days left in Iraq. It is
the hardest time of the deployment. We have not encounter much
Improvised Explosive Devices along Main Supply Route, but the threat is
still there. Just the other day, the bad guy place 4 Anti-Tank Mine
double stacked and concealed under a car tire in front of the gate at a
Joint Security Station, but we discovered it. I'm writing this to make
a point that, incase those mines blow up, the Mine Resistance Vehicle
would have completely demolished.

When you talk with your spouses, children, brothers (us, the Soldiers in
Iraq), please encourage us to focus on the route with full focus as
complacency will creep in like a thief before we know it. Please advise
us to be motivated, continue to work hard as the days for us in Iraq is
getting shorter and shorter day by day.

In the past few days, we got some very good pictures. But I have not
much time to post them on the website. Please hang tight and I will get
them posted as soon as possible.
For us over here in Iraq, we are doing extremely well. And we are ready
to go home back to California with you all.
You all have a good day,
Sincerely,
1LT Pham, Tho