ok lets see if i can do this... well this week was my worst field opperation ever.. well monday was just great!!!!lol well it started by my section having the 1st patrol. well the navagtor was off about a few houndred meters from our frist checkpoint. when it come to being in a good place and a bad place a couple is all u need  to be off. about 300 meter it wasnt to bad a few mud patches and a few bryer patches(vines wiht thorns) and a couple of water hole u can jump. well  then we finaly get to our 1st check point  well so we thought we made a right turn and got in to more mud so we thought but turned out to be swamp. mud and water everywhere.... grrrr we waked in this mess for over 1000 meters from ankle hight to thigh high mud and water NICE!! well then we came across a small creek about ten feet across. just then we heared a hmmwv drive by **the road is just across the brush** someone said.. well we found a place were the creek floor was hard and the water was only ankle deep so we started moving on breaking branches as we walked. i was seconed man from the patrol. team leader of my team and 1st team. my point man is good but miss calucalated(how ever thats spelt)well he did his best trying to get through what seem like it wouldnt end then he got stuck and could not move any more so i jumped in front fighting all the brush vines bryers bushes.. to make this short we got out then it rained on us...lol it rained all day and night and a lil in the morning well we got back on base and still didnt get to sleep in my room but in a tent behind the building where we work. it was cold. then we got punched out to our postions then next day and suffered in the cold now im home... MANUEL CAMPOS