My personal War on Terrorism-an account of being in the War Zone in Iraq.

Originally posted by Cearbhall


Devil,
My job there was to escort nationals to various camps around Baghdad to do jobs, I helped search them for weapons and the like, and to escort high level dignitaries.

so body gaurd duty and search duties kool.
iv seen the MP body gaurd course here and its quite cool but looks difficult.
any comments on yourr body gaurd course and duties?

Originally posted by curme
We'd have to go to HQ, the 'green zone' in Bagdad, and all of these cats would have showers and hot food, and complain about how dirty we were. It really made me mad.

Hey I feel ya. Remember the Bob Hope chow hall at BIAP? Man, there was one time they wouldnt even let us in there, we were so filthy. I remember the looks we got from those that lived there, looks of disgust. We felt like taking out the whole damn tent. They told us to go to Burger King, and we were like"holy crap, you have a burger king here too?!" Our chow hall never even got the KBR food!

Anyways, i am typing with only my left hand, and it sucks, so i will get going. They just got arround to fixing a tendon in my R wrist i tore in an IED way back on Christmas morning, so i am in a soft cast for awhile.

Hope you make a quick and full recovery cavscout!
I never went to that Burger King, the line was too damned long!

How do you communicate with the Iraqis? Do many of them speak english? Just curious how they tell you how they feel about things. I'm probably ignorant of Iraqi culture, but I assumed most probably don't speak english. Is that a false assumption? I also assume that those who are opposed to American occupation probably stay far away from the troops.

Glad to hear you're ok, but that whole religion (serving people) thing bothers me, especially when you were involved in a religious war.

Originally posted by curme
Hope you make a quick and full recovery cavscout!

I never went to that Burger King, the line was too damned long!

thanks, they said the surg. should take away about 80% of the pain, and im all druged up now, so the pain dosnt bother me too much

i know, the lines were horrible! it was worth the wait. we used to go out of our way and volunteer for escort missions just to get down there for a burger. infact, thats where we were headed to when i hurt my hand, to drop off personel for r&r. i remember hearing about rpg atacks all around town before we left, and i was praying for the convoys safety in the back of my head when the bombs went off. we lost a truck that morning, but no one died, so i guess God was listening.

Thanks for your service from an old infantryman.

Sorry you all were taken advantage of by the Executive branch like you were. I consider the war, it's disingenuous and hidden premise, and the loss of human life that it has cost an act of fraud, waste, abuse, and last but not least, high treason.

My hope is that those who sold and perpetuated this farce are met swiftly with appropriate justice, and that America will be redeemed in the eyes of the world as a result.

Glad to read you're back in one piece, and that you helped keep the ones to your left and right in similar shape. Tell your mother I said that your actions reflect highly upon her. She should feel proud.

[edit on 26-10-2004 by DeltaChaos]

Cearbhall,

We are all proud of you and thankful to you and all of the others that have served...wish all here that have served, to know that.

I too, feel that you as all of our brave service people have been misused by the higher ups.....Please know that while I criticize the President, I have only the highest reguard for those in 'the trenches'....Thanks again.

for those serving and sharing your thoughts here.

Delta, Saint, Fray,
TY for your words, it is my honour to serve you any time brothers.

Dam,
Yes a lot of the Iraqis I worked with spoke enough English for us to communicate. A lot have degrees, for instance there was an Iraqi contractor who was a English Literature professor. For the most part the Iraqis and us got our points across. A lot like Michael Jackson, his music, anyways, not him. They were also a lot of perverted Iraqis too . I went over there not to kill in the name of Jesus or the like. I went to serve others as Christ commanded me to.

Cav,
FYI, Bob Hope DFAC (it did get better btw) is now closed and now there is only Camp Victory and Slayer operational at BIAP, along with Camp Sather where I was at.

Devil,
Yes my duties were pretty tough, I worked long hours, 12 hours mostly but I did get time off, two days a week roughly to chill at the camp. Sometimes it got harry when your in the armoured cars or going down the road, we saw a lot of bombed out building, the cars are amazing strong too. We had one bomb scare at our search facility, that was fun, staying out in 118 degree heat with 40 lbs of body armour abd all for 2 hours, but hey it was like that all the time, no buildings with AC so you'd try to seek shade if you could. A mortar hit our fuel cells once and we lost a lot of fuel. lots of rockets and mortars hit the flight line. It is something I won't forget, I won't foget the people I served with neither, war does that to you I suppose. I was taught various serach and seizure techs along with challenging people and the use of force stuff, cover and concealment, it was alright.

[edit on 10-28-2004 by Cearbhall]

Cearbhall,

So you were over there doing TCN duty? I am headed out in January to Balad to do the same thing? What base were you at over there?

thanks for the INFO man i'm really apreciateing it.
did you go out on street walks or is/was it too dangerous?

Originally posted by Cearbhall
Dam,
Yes a lot of the Iraqis I worked with spoke enough English for us to communicate. A lot have degrees, for instance there was an Iraqi contractor who was a English Literature professor. For the most part the Iraqis and us got our points across. A lot like Michael Jackson, his music, anyways, not him. They were also a lot of perverted Iraqis too

. I went over there not to kill in the name of Jesus or the like. I went to serve others as Christ commanded me to.

Not to start a religious debate here, but Christ was against killing, I think. Killing wasn't the kind of "serving" he was promoting. They like Michael Jackson's music? That changes everything for me! They should all be killed!!!

Check the title: "My personal War on Terrorism-an account of being in the War Zone in Iraq."

The fallacy of the undistibuted middle:

My personal war on "A" - an account of being in the war zone in "B"


Just thought i'd get all semantic on it...


[edit on 29/10/2004 by Corinthas]

Cearbhall, Curme, and all the other vets past and present,

While I don't agree with the reasons for going to Iraq, I wholeheartedly support all of the troops, and feel that we now have to stay the course. Thank you all for your service to our country.

My friend Sam is in Iraq right now. He was given the "good" news that he had to pack to go to Fallujah.

When the 21st MP Co went to Fallujah last April, they were a squad short. They rounded out their complement with a squad from the 230th MP Co. Now it's time for the 230th to go to Fallujah and they're a squad short. Sam's squad has experience in Fallujah and is the only squad in the 21st to be at full combat strength. Lucky guys...

Right now, Fallujah seems relatively quiet but that's probably deceptive. Working MSRs (Military Supply Routes) is never totally safe and the insurgents are always planning the latest monkey wrench to throw into the works. From what they are being told they are going to be meeting up with some British troops that are heading north from Basra.

Godspeed to all of our forces.

Joe,
I was at BIAP, Balad was up north from us. TCN duty won't be all that bad, just keep your guard up, and when the mortars come, be alert.

Devil,
No it was too dangerous out in Baghdad to go walking around, there was a bounty on US men and an even bigger bounty on US females.

First I want to thank all the military on this thread who have gone through the life-threatening, dirty, scary stuff they have gone through for me. I love you people!

Second, it is interesting to read your thoughts on the election.

Third, THANKS CURME! I didn't know about photobucket. I have an account now! woohoo!