I have been doing my share of convoying since I got here.

I dutifully get into whatever vehicle I'm assigned, battle lock my doors, and I don't complain - even when it seems they're purposely hitting every bump.

But.  These guys don't ride in the back seat.  I do.  So, they may not notice that the gunner has picked the harness out of his butt ten times already or that he has "adjusted" himself another five.  I do.

I was wondering in which humvee in the convoy I prefer to sit.  In the front, where I get to look at the gunner picking the harness from his behind incessantly?  In the back, where I get to watch the gunner adjust himself face to, er, junk?  Or in the middle, where I get a smattering of both?

Decisions decisions…

Most of the time now, I just look out the miniscule window and try not to think about what’s going on so near to me.