It’s currently 07:15 Iraq time and I’ve been on duty since 07:30 yesterday morning. I’m at our Finance Building, basically guarding the vault, when I go to the front door to see if my relief is on his way. I look outside and what do I see? SNOW! It is snowing in Iraq!! That might not be unusual for Northern Iraq, but weR... Read More (1 Comments)

With my job in the Army, I am bound to the base. I don’t get to go “outside” and mingle with the locals like the average infantry grunt. I can, however, get really close to the fence.

I live on a huge base (formerly Saddam’s) and when I have business on the West side, I like to take the ‘scenic’ r... Read More (1 Comments)

I recently completed a 5 day mission to Germany with my colonel. Members from our section have to go to Ramstein AFB once a month for addittional funding. The process takes about 5 days but there’s about a half a day of work followed by our leave date.

During this time, I was able to escape the desert... Read More (1 Comments)

I’m from Louisiana but I am currently serving in Iraq with the US Army. I leave on missions to Germany, but mainly we fly b/w Balad and Baghdad. I’ve been all over Kuwait, and we inspect all over Iraq. (Lot’s of traveling.) I make sure I’m always decked out in body armor and that I have plenty of ammo. Feel free to as... Read More (3 Comments)