Whos been to Al Habbaniyah
09-05-2007, 04:19 PM
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I`ve been there. What do you want to know? I wasn`t stationed over there, I was in Ramadi. But a company in our Battalion was in Habbaniyah and I`ve been through the area a couple of times. The scenery is nice. Lots of trees. Not much more good things I can say about it. It used to be sort of like a college campus way back in the day.
When I was there they didnt have a chow hall. Chow was brought over from a FOB across the river, named TQ. They didn`t have a PX either in 06, but they have many in TQ. TQ is only about 100 feet away from FOB Habbinayah so it`s not like you`ll never get the chance to go over there.
Stay safe.
When I was there they didnt have a chow hall. Chow was brought over from a FOB across the river, named TQ. They didn`t have a PX either in 06, but they have many in TQ. TQ is only about 100 feet away from FOB Habbinayah so it`s not like you`ll never get the chance to go over there.
Stay safe.
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09-05-2007, 04:20 PM
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Oh and it`s pretty humid because of a giant lake known as lake Al-TQ. I dont know how it`s spelled, Taqquduim I think. But almost everyone thats been the Iraq, military wide, will know what you are talking about when you say TQ.
09-06-2007, 03:26 AM
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I was hoping it wouldnt be humid but o well. If it gets too bad I'll just jump in to cool off. Im not to worried about a px since I wanna save as much money as possible so i can do a FI kit to my car when I get back in ugust I think next year. I heard we will get moiterd dailey so that should be fun.
09-06-2007, 06:49 PM
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i'm on TQ now. it's not that humid. our Squadron is from Yuma. so it's generally the same environment, only yuma is a lot more humid. Lake Habbaniyah doesn't make it humid. the lake is too small, and the water isn't warm enough to make it that way.
and camp habbaniyah doesn't get morterd daily. actually, there's not been very many idf attacks in a while. if i remember correctly from the briefs, they haven't had one in a few months.
there have been some farther up north. but not in our area. habbaniyah is just outside of TQ (Al Taqaddum).
and camp habbaniyah doesn't get morterd daily. actually, there's not been very many idf attacks in a while. if i remember correctly from the briefs, they haven't had one in a few months.
there have been some farther up north. but not in our area. habbaniyah is just outside of TQ (Al Taqaddum).
09-10-2007, 05:09 PM
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TQ Was bad news back in 04-05 the first time i was there.. the last time in 06 it wasn't bad if you're a "on-base" mos... the streets just outside there are just as volatile if not more than they were 3 years ago.....
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09-25-2007, 03:15 PM
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Intel Reports..... 
=)
Like I said.. its not too bad if you're "on base" nowadays...
Anbar has cooled off a bit in the last few years (metaphorically not in temperature)
back in 04-05 habbaniyah & TQ were shelled on a daily basis.. usually rockets or mortars (sometimes multiple IDF attacks in one day)
I can't speak for today & right now....
But it wasn't a picnic out on Michigan just 7 months ago though.....
Espescially North of the River and into Habbaniyah... (Which is what this devil dog was asking about..)
On base, Habbaniyah is just about as viable and safe as TQ..(they are pretty much the same base, to be honest....)
and TQ is one of the better Marine bases in Anbar.. (AA isn't bad, but it feels too much like a vacation)
7 Months ago in Anbar.......
We were competing with accurate snipers, massive & well-hidden IED's, & coordinated guerrilla attacks on our OP's...
so that quote in your about "**** flavored lollipops" is probably a bit off-centered.... I spent plenty of time in the turret of a cougar and rg, and I stayed down for a reason...
Although the average Iraqi citizen lacks the training and capacity to accurately aim & fire a weapon, I don't think giving young Marines false opinions about the abilities of the enemy is a good habit to get into.....
They are intelligent and adaptive just like us... (Just because we catch a bunch of bumbling idiots with bent shovels and half-inert 122's doesn't mean there are not well trained [and much harder to fight/catch/kill] enemies on the other end of a high-powered rifle looking to kill you.
A Well-Maintained Tobuk or a Dragunov in the hands of a mercenary sniper with military experience (which is what the better insurgent snipers are)
.....Is just as deadly as a Marine with a DMR....
And those are the cold-hard facts that nobody wants to hear.
But I guess in the business of war, its cold-hard facts that keep Marines alive.... (not intel reports)
just my 2c though.. not to douche on your mos.
=)Like I said.. its not too bad if you're "on base" nowadays...
Anbar has cooled off a bit in the last few years (metaphorically not in temperature)
back in 04-05 habbaniyah & TQ were shelled on a daily basis.. usually rockets or mortars (sometimes multiple IDF attacks in one day)
I can't speak for today & right now....
But it wasn't a picnic out on Michigan just 7 months ago though.....
Espescially North of the River and into Habbaniyah... (Which is what this devil dog was asking about..)
On base, Habbaniyah is just about as viable and safe as TQ..(they are pretty much the same base, to be honest....)
and TQ is one of the better Marine bases in Anbar.. (AA isn't bad, but it feels too much like a vacation)
7 Months ago in Anbar.......
We were competing with accurate snipers, massive & well-hidden IED's, & coordinated guerrilla attacks on our OP's...
so that quote in your about "**** flavored lollipops" is probably a bit off-centered.... I spent plenty of time in the turret of a cougar and rg, and I stayed down for a reason...
Although the average Iraqi citizen lacks the training and capacity to accurately aim & fire a weapon, I don't think giving young Marines false opinions about the abilities of the enemy is a good habit to get into.....
They are intelligent and adaptive just like us... (Just because we catch a bunch of bumbling idiots with bent shovels and half-inert 122's doesn't mean there are not well trained [and much harder to fight/catch/kill] enemies on the other end of a high-powered rifle looking to kill you.
A Well-Maintained Tobuk or a Dragunov in the hands of a mercenary sniper with military experience (which is what the better insurgent snipers are)
.....Is just as deadly as a Marine with a DMR....
And those are the cold-hard facts that nobody wants to hear.
But I guess in the business of war, its cold-hard facts that keep Marines alive.... (not intel reports)
just my 2c though.. not to douche on your mos.
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