One more f-n week!!
03-13-2007, 01:40 PM
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One more f-n week!! Its now almost 10pm here in lovely Iraq. We just got 10-13 mortars dropped on us about an hour ago. I so cant wait to get out of this freakin country and back in the states with my feet in some grass or shifting gears.
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03-13-2007, 01:51 PM
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I appreciate it but I am not a soldier. I chose to come over here 2 years ago now as a contractor. I just build stuff for the soldiers.
They are the ones to salute!!!!!!
They are the ones to salute!!!!!!
03-13-2007, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Randy_S
I appreciate it but I am not a soldier. I chose to come over here 2 years ago now as a contractor. I just build stuff for the soldiers.
They are the ones to salute!!!!!!
They are the ones to salute!!!!!!
Soldier or not you still chose to go over and help. In some fashion you are helping the soldier's and one yourself.
To you
The soldiers and other contractors over there helping out. 
03-13-2007, 10:53 PM
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That place sucks on all levels. Out of all the time I spent all over the world including Turkey for two years. I really can't remember one good thing except the flight line when I left from BIAP
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03-13-2007, 10:58 PM
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Haha!!! At least you were at BIAP and not this craphole I am in. We get two small meals a day, a buttload of work everyday, and are lucky to get the px out here for 3 days out of the month.
03-13-2007, 11:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Adam98Z
Haha!!! At least you were at BIAP and not this craphole I am in. We get two small meals a day, a buttload of work everyday, and are lucky to get the px out here for 3 days out of the month.
heck we got one-two liter's of water a day because our logisitcs were not there yet and the airforce was sitting on the run way with pallets of water. and as far as meals we literally seperated the MRE's into meals.
03-14-2007, 01:41 AM
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Originally Posted by AGRV8D
Dammit Randy... gotta rub it in dont you....******* i cant wait either....
i cant wait either....I just went around and did an assessment of last nights events and now I have a crap load of paperwork to do followed up by about a case of silicone!!
No one was killed thank God, just some injuries. One Army guy had to hold in his guts after shrapnel went through his side. He wont be back in the sandbox.
I have tons of pix from all this stuff but because of security reasons, I cant post them up.
03-14-2007, 05:13 AM
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I'll be counting with you while i'm here in the LONESTAR STATE, I wish we could all come home but in the end we have a mission to complete. I wouldn't wish that place on anyone. I remember looking up at the stars and always thought how me and my wife were looking at the same stars on opposite ends of the earth, that kept me going.
!! we really need to just leave that $hit hole.
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Originally Posted by 1badchicken
yeah but when I was there we were one of the first on the ground so we didn't have no where to live the dang catering center was still burning when we were sleeping in it.
heck we got one-two liter's of water a day because our logisitcs were not there yet and the airforce was sitting on the run way with pallets of water. and as far as meals we literally seperated the MRE's into meals.
heck we got one-two liter's of water a day because our logisitcs were not there yet and the airforce was sitting on the run way with pallets of water. and as far as meals we literally seperated the MRE's into meals.
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Originally Posted by Adam98Z
Pretty funny stuff. I can definitely relate to all that too, did you go through the initial push too? I can remember wearing the same stuff for 43 days and when you finally get to shower even the flies around you die.
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Originally Posted by Randy_S
Its now almost 10pm here in lovely Iraq. We just got 10-13 mortars dropped on us about an hour ago. I so cant wait to get out of this freakin country and back in the states with my feet in some grass or shifting gears.