A little about me first would be in order for someone to get to know the point of this blog.

Well my name is Pv2. Zaras, Zachary. I am Military Police in the U.S. Army. I am 20 years old and serving my first deployment to Iraq. I joined the Army in March of 2009 after working at HostGator.com as a chat tech. It was a great job, paid well but did not keep me active nor having fun. I wanted something different. I had always talked about the service. I went to join the Marines with a good friend of mine. We were going to do the buddy program, although the Marines did not like my tattoo. I told my friend to go and I joined the Army. So that is a small basis on why I joined.

“And the point of the blog?” You may ask. Well it comes with the story of going off to basic on March 10, 2009. It was 19 weeks of training. I did basic and AIT all in one. The whole endeavor took 21 weeks. I graduated July 30, 2009. During basic and AIT we were always drilled with most will deploy within 6 months. Well as I reported to Ft. Hood, TX. I learned I would go to 1st Brigade of the 1st Cavalry Division. No big deal I thought, “I am a divisional MP”. Well once I reported to 1st Brigade I learned they were currently deployed and had been since February. I was told I would join them. So me a brand new private still wet from the womb was told I would be in Iraq in 6 weeks. Well here I am sitting in Baghdad, Iraq making this blog to share my time here as a U.S. Soldier.

Hope you enjoy and come back for more.