a dear dear friend.  these pictures were made just before Joe T. left for iraq.  he's serving up north near the iraqi-syrian border.
i remember when we were in that field that it was beyond itchy, ah, meaning it was really itchy with little gnats everywhere in your eyelids and little bugs up your nose, in your shirt and down your pants - but it was a blast, nonetheless, hanging a little with J.T.  praying for you Joe as well as the other men and women serving.