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Danes & Soccer

15 May 07The Danish got into quite a fight yesterday in downtown Basrah. It wasn’t clear in the briefing how the fight began other than three of their platoons were operating in northern Basrah when...

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Harry, Czechs & Quiz Night

16 May 07Just saw the news that the British Army Chief of Staff has decided not to allow Prince Harry to deploy to Basrah. As expected, it would be too dangerous for him here.18 May 07So we figured out...

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Whiskey, Blair and Electricity

21 May 07We had a great evening Saturday night. Mike met some guys from the next camp over who invited us over for a cookout. Whiskey is a very likeable Royal Marine. He was wearing a USMC t-shirt and...

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Adnan's Bull

23 May 07Adnan is from Basrah but was stationed in Baghdad in the years before he married his wife. After the marriage was arranged his parents were obliged to throw a party. They called him in Baghdad...

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Missing Iraqi Soldier Part 2

26 May 07Abdul Raheem returned from Baghdad today. He was with our deployed operation up there. I asked him about Jasim, the missing Iraqi Army soldier and son of his neighbor. He said the young man’s...

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Rules Change

27 May 07Happy Anniversary, honey! I’m off to Baghdad today.The militia has been caught off guard by lots of changes in the Coalition/British rules of engagement and increased capabilities. As I...

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Private Ray

29 May 0720 years ago today my dad drove me over to the Military Entry Processing Station at Ft Jackson, SC and spent the day with me as I enlisted in the U.S. Army. I was excited but scared...seems...

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Baghdad Pt III

31 May 07Back from my third trip to Baghdad to take another test. One of the Dans and I went up Sunday. Dan is replacing Curtis who has been at our Baghdad operation for a month. Dan will spend a month...

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Irish Whiskey

4 Jun 07Whiskey invited us to another cook out Saturday night. I think claims of British cooking being bland and uninteresting are very exaggerated (though a curry dish is on the menu every night)....

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"Dead People Walking"

5 Jun 07Our sqdn interpreter, Mustafa, didn’t come to work today. He called Adnan to say that his cousin had been killed and he was going to see the family. Adnan described the country as a lawless...

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Manners & Mustaches (pics)

11 Jun 07Off in Baghdad again. Got to fly up in the Iraqi Air Force’s newest aircraft--a modified Cessna Caravan. It’s a great little aircraft and has a large forward looking infrared and video pod the...

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Trip to Kirkuk (pics)

21 Jun 07On the road again this time traveling with Scifi. We caught a ride up to Baghdad with the British then hopped on the Iraqi Cessna Caravan headed to Kirkuk. Scifi was going up to attend a...

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Sather 5K

23 Jun 07Got up and ran the Sather AB 5K today. It was mostly gravel so the dust was bothersome but it was a good way to start the day.One point on the course took us by the flightline. I noticed a...

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Baghdad Finale (pics)

29 Jun 07Just back from what should be my last trip to Baghdad. This one was a bit different from all the others in that I was actually there for work vice professional education. Scifi and I attended...

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4th of July (pics)

1 Jul 07Several weeks ago the British Entertainment Committee approached us and asked us if they could throw us a 4th of July party. Of course we said yes but I was surprised and had to ask "you do...

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PSYOPS (pic)

2 Jul 07The British Psychological Operations (PSYOPS) guys from MND-SE recently came to see us about a commercial campaign (or "advert" as the Brits call it) they have been running on the Iraqi Armed...

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R&R (pics)

9 Jul 07Back from R&R...what a great time! I went to the Army's Camp As Sayliyah outside Doha, Qatar. It was a great time.I took a red eye C-130 down to the USAF base Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar and...

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Gym Time

12 Jul 07Before I went on R&R I worked with the British to allow our IqAF members to come on the RAF camp to use their gym. First though I wanted to set some ground rules for the Iraqis to make...

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Caught In A Quandary

18 Jul 07If you haven't figured it out, I’ve come to be quite good friends with many of the Iraqis and they tell me they have great respect for me and what I do for them. Not every day is a picnic...

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Women!

26 Jul 07Lt Diya (not to be confused with my other friend Dhiaa…we call this one “Diya, Jr”) brought a cake in the other day to announce that he is getting married. A few days later one of our...

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