| The war with Iraq has caused the Army to be pretty short-handed, so Navy Reservists are being called up to serve as Customs Inspectors. Almost all the troops and equipment leaving Iraq must go through Customs in Kuwait before they are sent home. |

| In 2007, Kip spent about seven months in Kuwait serving as a Customs Inspector. |



| Aside from the oil in the Middle East, I can't figure out why anybody would want to live there. |
| Thermometer reads 121.8'F in the shade. |

| Our barracks. |

| It was not unusual for us to find live ammunition while inspecting a tank or armored personnel carrier. The Army was supposed to have all this stuff cleaned out. |


