Month of the Mustache

Greetings from sunny Iraq,

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Times are moving forward at a rapid pace, however times do get slightly monotonous. The weather is very warm and dry here and isn’t cooling off anytime soon. We normally reach the 120’s at the highest during the day. It is hot and dry most of the time and not much changes, so we are forced to make time pass by and break the day up a little. We decided we were going to grow mustaches in our office. To many, it may not seem to be anything interesting, but to us out here anything new is much appreciated. There are about six Marines working in the office that have been growing them for the past few weeks. We have dubbed it the month of the mustache. It adds a bit of much needed humor into our lives. Change is welcomed in a place where the weather never changes, the rules stay the same, and the food at our local chow hall is on a 7 day rotation. As Marines it is our responsibility to ensure we keep not only our own spirits high but those of our Marines around us, even if that requires us to grow a ridiculous looking mustache.