Dan in Real Life: 2005

Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Christmas - New Year - 2005/2006

At Camelback Hill in Phoenix (19 December, 2005)

At the Las Vegas Bowl (21 December, 2005) BYU lost to CAL 35-28

Brian & Sher, Chris & Nicole, Daniel & Kelli at the moguls competition in Park City (13 Jan. 2006)

Chris & Nicole at moguls competition in Park City (13 Jan. 2006)

Daniel and Caleb playing cars downstairs (15 December, 2005)

Daniel and Kelli at a Utah Jazz Game

Daniel and Soren (Christmas Eve - 2005)

Dropping Mom and Dad at the MTC for their Guatemala Mission (9 Jan. 2006)

Family Picture - Christmas Eve - 2005

Farewell for Mom and Dad at Aunt Brenda's House (11 December, 2005 - Sara with a funny face)

Setting Apart for Guatemala Mission (5 Jan. 2006)

Sledding - 26 December, 2005

Thursday, December 1, 2005

Daniel in Babylon (2004-2005)

0:00 - 1:56: 2-year-old Caleb riding his toy on his Granny’s driveway in Provo, Utah. 1:57 - 13:52: Caleb trick-or-treating with my former girlfriend, Kimberly. 7:02 - Caleb dumps his bucket, throws his candy, and runs away. 13:54 - 16:46: Fort Bliss, Texas, with Sergeant Brooks. Getting ready to deploy to Iraq. 16:47 - 18:26: Staging area in Kuwait, waiting to fly north to Iraq. 18:27 - 26:10 (November 10th): Marine Corps birthday inside Saddam’s palace on Camp Victory, Baghdad, Iraq. 26:11 - 30:36 (End of video clip): Cutting my fingernails while I talk to the camera outside my tent. Showing the surroundings and the inside of the tent.

0:00 - 2:21: Inside Saddam’s palace (Camp Victory). 2:22 - 3:00: Outside Saddam’s palace (Camp Victory). 3:01 - 4:08: Early-morning Islamic prayer call. 4:09 - 6:46: Tour of the trailers we lived in during the war in Iraq. 6:47 - 7:47: Apache helicopters flying over the base. 7:48 - 8:43: The filthy Suburban we used on base. 8:44 - 9:29: Driving on the base during sunset in Baghdad. 9:30 - 12:52: Blackhawk helicopter flight to Fallujah. 12:53 - 13:13: Filming a fellow linguist inside our tent in Fallujah. 13:14 - 13:42: Looking through papers in an office in Fallujah, with SSG Rabias and SSG Brooks. 13:43 - 17:29: Walking through the battle-damaged streets of Fallujah. 15:32 - Everybody has M-16s or M249 SAWs, and I have a pistol. 17:30 - 24:03: Looking through the abandoned Iraqi Islamic Party headquarters building. 20:13 - found RPGs and AK-47s. 24:04 - 25:18: Weapons we brought back from our patrol. 25:19 - 30:09: Promoted to Sergeant by the Marine commander in Fallujah.

0:00 - 1:18: DOCEX (Document Exploitation) soccer team. Jake is goalie. 1:19 - 4:05: Tour of our work trailer/area, including Sergeant Brooks with our fly trap, Kevin (pronounced Keevin), Sergeant Rabias, Tony (linguist), and Jake (linguist, and to this day a close friend of mine). 4:06 - 4:43: The burn barrel. 4:44 - 8:16: Driving around Camp Victory. 8:17 - 12:55: Throwing a football with Jake while Sergeant Brooks comments on the surroundings. 12:56 - 16:50: Talking to Caleb (my then-little nephew) in Spanish while drawing pictures on the whiteboard. 16:51 - 18:30: Talking to Caleb in English this time. 18:31 - 19:20: Driving a little car around the office for Caleb. 19:21 - 21:30: With my good friend, Chris Green. 21:31 - 22:54: Watching the Super Bowl (“super” early in the morning) inside the Camp Victory chow hall. 22:55 - 24:48: Camp Victory chow hall with Jake, Sumaia, and Sergeant Brooks. 24:50 - 27:30: R&R (Rest and Relaxation) in Qatar. 27:31 - 29:01: Wally (linguist), Al Pacino (linguist), and Sumaia (linguist and still a close friend) in the work trailer. 29:01 - 29:55: What happens when it rains in Baghdad. 29:56 - 33:21: Arm-wrestling with Wally, then Jake and Wally, then Sergeant Brooks and Jake. 33:22 - 39:35: Convoy to Forward Operating Base (FOB) Falcon. 39:36 - 41:19: FOB Falcon. Getting ready for incoming detainees and materials from a raid. 41:20 - 53:09: Return convoy from FOB Falcon to Camp Slayer. 53:10 - 1:09:04 (End of video clip): Exploring one of Saddam’s former swimming pools and Saddam’s son’s former zoo with Al Pacino. “The Zoo” - new linguist in-processing area.