Hello all,

Currently I'm in the wonderful state of Colorado State completing my training with 35 other members from Idaho State and several other 100 or so from other various states. Hopefully we will be getting into Kuwait sometime in April where we will be getting our final orders into our duty station for the next year. It has been quite an experience here. Currently here at Ft Carson, CO it's around 6,000 ft above sea level and where one day it's 33* F with snow another day it's 65*F and sunny. Our experience the last few weeks have been on Detainee ops, weapon qualification, hand-to-hand combat and getting all of our needed documentation ready. Our state has been wonderful to us here. Before we left Boise, Gov. Dirk Kempthorn, and several other officers from Idaho were there to see us off into the plane for Colorado. I want to thank all of our families for their continuous support, we love you all and hope to get there soon to get back ASAP.

PFC Andrea Westfall

Photos: Top, Andrea Westfall (center) with Adjundent General of Idaho, General Lawrence Lafrenz (left) and Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne. Bottom, Colorado scenery during training. (Photos courtesy Andrea Westfall)