2IC

The new 2IC (second in command) is finally here. He is retired and in his fifties, but seems ok. I hope that his arrival will eventually - after a few weeks of orientation and training - ease my work load considerably. We left for CNL in the morning, and brought him and the CO of the OCCP mentoring team to Aybak in the afternoon. In CNL there was again plenty of business to attend to. On the way there, the gearbox oil of one of our vehicles overheated repeatedly, but fortunately we made it there without any major delays. It rained the whole day but the air was reasonably warm. The damp but mild weather of the past few days has given the desert a thin shade of green: the grass is growing everywhere.