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Where and when were you in Iraq

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#1 ·
I was at FOB Iskandaryia from Jan 2005-to Jan 2006
and at FOB Balad from June 2009- to March 2010.
 
#89 ·
I hear ya man, Think everyone coming off a deployment deserves a long vacation, Mine was down to Key west for a week, It was pretty nice.. Keep your head up and stay safe dude..:cheers2::cheers2:
 
#96 ·
Yes It could. Had my cousin Killed by an IED and another cousin got hit with IED and finally had to have his leg amputeded. Now the Goverment is saying they paid him to much disability from which was barely enough to support his family and now they are saying he has to pay back $46,000 dollars.. You would think giving up a leg would be worth way more than that.. Hell guess they want the arm too..
 
#107 ·
Nothing like anything you guys have been through, but I was bobbing around off the coast of Kuwait in 1991 in a giant gas can (Clicky link).

Closest I got to combat was when we were between the USS Missouri and her assigned target when they were told to open up with the 16" guns. Missouri advised command that we were down range. The chilling response? "Sucks to be them. NGFS on your target NOW!!" :fear:

Never seen the old Rolling Joke haul *** quite like that day!! :tea:
 
#114 ·
Iraq 2005

Iraq 2006

Iraq/Afghanistan 2007

Been out for about 5 years now, Got back home, bought a JKU, and getting paid to go to school. I'm glad I'm out now but def glad I served.. Wouldn't trade anything for my time in.
:cheers2::cheers2:
 
#128 ·
rakkasan240b said:
I would have much rather done a second tour of "the ghan". Than go to Iraq.
Agreed! Iraq sucked. At least Afghanistan was all mountains and different seasons, at least you had something nice to look at to take your mind off of all the bull**** that comes with the job. Iraq is nothing but desert unless your by the tigris or Euphrates river. But one thing I did like was the stars at night, clear as could be, you could actually see the Milky Way. Crazy

"If you seek peace, prepare for war!"
 
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