Woops!

We were out on mission about a week ago when our tank took a sharp turn threw some uneven ground and nasty mud. The result was not pretty--the track came completely off the road wheels. We had to spend about 4 hours out in sector just waiting for the recovery vehicle (the M88 "Hercules") to show up and recover it. Fortunately the locals were willing to accommodate my guys with some chay while they were waiting...after I gave them some cold bottles of water in return.

The view from behind the tank about 5 mins after the incident, you can't see it but everyone was standing around laughing.

A better view of how the track came off...at this point I'm trying to estimate how long we'll be out here, and if we'll need the IA to help pull security. Fortunately their base was only about a 3 minute walk from where the tank blew track.

Just another one of those sites in Iraq. This was about 75 meters away from the tank while we were fixing it.