Reflections on the War in Iraq

[Kraut783]

Taji 2007....freaking awesome place, when I was there...always out at a FOB or joint outpost....Sadir City was not fun =(

 

[Bypass]

I was out of Balad all three times. Once with 5th Group and twice with the Task Force.

I made it down to Basra’s and Baghdad and up to Mosul but not to Al Kut, except for maybe a short stopover on a flight back to Balad once.

I got medivaced to CSH 31 in Balad never got to see much of it though. I heard the movie theatre there got a big hole in the roof from a mortar.

 

[Bypass]

Taji 2007....freaking awesome place, when I was there...always out at a FOB or joint outpost....Sadir City was not fun =(

Yeah, I heard SADR city was a hell of a place to be especially when the guys there started going door to door.

I was in for short stints at Kirkuk, Tikrit, Baghdad, An Najaf, Ramadi, Al Salaminayah, Al Kut, Al Hay, Some place I can't mention. And a few others I can't offhand remember the names of at the moment. I use to have a map and I would mark every place I'd been. Lost it in an eviction a long time ago.

I always wanted to see Babylon. Such history there.

 

[Box]

Pulled a tour in Mosul way back when. We may have "lived" at FOB Marez but we spent most of our time out at COP Eagle with our partnered Iraqi/Kurds.

Not sure if I'd ever want to do it again - but wouldn't trade it for the world.

 

[Marauder06]

I got medivaced to CSH 31 in Balad never got to see much of it though. I heard the movie theatre there got a big hole in the roof from a mortar.

I think I was in that theater twice. The first was very early in my tour, when we had a memorial for MAJ Syverson.

I think the second time was to watch Dodgeball. ;)