New Job in the Green Zone

The Green Zone is in downtown Baghdad. It is roughly a 2 kilometer by 2 kilometer area that is heavily fortified and has heavily guarded checkpoints to enter. The Green Zone is a military term which means relative safe area.

So I applied for and accepted a position in Baghdad. I transfer in a few days. I'm pretty excited to see another part of Iraq, new people, new job, new living conditions, new everything. I hear good things since it is actually in a proper city and not just a large camp with lots of rocks. We'll see when I get there.

I am doing research on what to expect and what there is in the Green Zone. I won't know anyone there and I have to travel by Rhino, whatever that is. I still have lots of questions. In the meantime, I have to pack, sell and give away all of my stuff. I'm probably going to end up shipping several footlockers to my new destination and try to travel light. Traveling with heavy baggage is not the greatest because there is always rocks or other terrain which are not very luggage-friendly.

I'll miss this place and the people I have met. It has been a quaint and mostly quiet place but I am looking forwarad to what lies ahead.