A Moment of Silence, Please!
Thursday, April 9th, 2009 Posted in Iraq War Journal | No Comments »April 8th & 9th, 2004 a bloody day for all in Iraq. The days preceding the 8th & 9th were not easy days. Things were heating up all over Iraq. On April 7th, I took a convoy through Baghdad. We had ...
A Contractor's war journal (the tale of 2 brothers)
Thursday, December 28th, 2006 Posted in Iraq War Journal | 1 Comment »Here is a bit more of my journal from my time in Iraq. Please forgive me, but I have cut some of the more emotional parts out. They deal more with how much I was missing my own boys. It ...
A Contractor's war journal
Tuesday, December 26th, 2006 Posted in Iraq War Journal | 8 Comments »Cpl M asked that I post some of my stories from when I was in Iraq. As I said, most of that is either on my blog or in the book, but I do have a few stories that didn't ...
How to Lose Your Soul
Monday, October 2nd, 2006 Posted in Iraq War Journal, Military Perspective | 9 Comments »I've been debating sharing this story here for a LONG time. Even when I sort of wrote about it when I shared my journal a few years ago, I glossed over this episode. I've been ignoring it for ...
2 May 2003 (My Struggle With Islam)
Monday, May 2nd, 2005 Posted in Iraq War Journal, Military Perspective | 5 Comments »(Warning: To a great extent, this post is void of editing. Some things I say were said following a very difficult day of trying to solve everyone's problems, getting shot at, getting spit at, being denied the opportunity ...
Uday's Lions
Sunday, April 17th, 2005 Posted in Iraq War Journal, Photo Perspective | No Comments »The heat ruined a few roles of film, but this one barely survived. These are pictures of the lions at Uday's palace. You can see the legbone at the base of the lioness's paw.
17 April 03 (Uday's Lions)
Sunday, April 17th, 2005 Posted in Iraq War Journal | No Comments »1748Z, 17 April 2003, Thursday Things changed today. We had a meeting at the company. It's pretty much official that SASO (Support And Stability Operations) is starting. Mr. Walker's team was recalled from 3/7 Cav. Him and ...
16 April 2003 (Our First Ice Cream)
Saturday, April 16th, 2005 Posted in Iraq War Journal | Comments Off0508Z, 16 April 2003, Wednesday I haven’t written in awhile. It’s difficult to find the time to write when there really isn’t much going on. Our ...
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Thursday, April 14th, 2005 Posted in Iraq War Journal, Photo Perspective | Comments OffThis is view from the front of our home. You can see the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier across the street over the wall. It's the huge round UFO looking thing and the spire. You can also ...
Temporary Home
Thursday, April 14th, 2005 Posted in Iraq War Journal, Photo Perspective | Comments OffThis was our home for a few days. This building was located about 2 building over from the Al Rasheed Hotel and across the street from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. It was my first home with ...
Roadside puppies
Thursday, April 14th, 2005 Posted in Iraq War Journal, Photo Perspective | Comments OffI took this picture of some puppies next to a highway. What you don't see is what they're eating. I made a point of never taking pictures of dead people out of respect while I was there. ...
House in Baghdad
Thursday, April 14th, 2005 Posted in Iraq War Journal, Photo Perspective | Comments OffThis is just one of the nicer houses in Baghdad. Not sure why I took this picture, but it may have ended up being a target because there are a lot nicer homes in Baghdad.
Cj in Baghdad
Thursday, April 14th, 2005 Posted in Iraq War Journal, Photo Perspective | Comments OffThis was my recreation of the famous Saddam video you've probably seen where he's watching his soldiers parade past him and he shoots his shotgun in the air. What you don't know is that the shot he fired killed ...
13 April 2003 (We Have Pepsi, We Have Pepsi!!)
Wednesday, April 13th, 2005 Posted in Iraq War Journal | No Comments »0609Z, 13 April 2003, SundayThere isn’t a lot going on, I’m just bored and thought I’d get started early with my day. We woke up at about 0400 because we had to meet the manager of the Al Rasheed Hotel. ...
12 April 2003 (Finally, A Nice Home)
Tuesday, April 12th, 2005 Posted in Iraq War Journal | No Comments »1504Z, 12 April 2003, Saturday I did not get to kill any dogs last night. I tried to but they kept running away from me. So, I guess they got lucky. We moved to a new home today. We ...
