Letters from Baghdad - Page 6

xoxoxoBruce · 01-10-2008, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by classicman

How the hell do you get a friggin tank stuck in the mud????

High centered, no traction = stuck.

TheMercenary · 01-10-2008, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by classicman

How the hell do you get a friggin tank stuck in the mud????

I have seen it happen. That is why you need one of these:

regular.joe · 01-10-2008, 09:03 PM

Merc...that looks like an '88 in both pics.

TheMercenary · 01-11-2008, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by regular.joe

Merc...that looks like an '88 in both pics.

Tank recovery vehicle.

TheMercenary · 01-11-2008, 09:12 AM

It is snowing in Bagdad for the first time in decades. Does that blow out the theory of global warming?

Btw, they are getting ready to give total control of Anbar to the Iraqi military.

Happy Monkey · 01-11-2008, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

It is snowing in Bagdad for the first time in decades. Does that blow out the theory of global warming?

No, global warming screws with the wind currents, and local effects are unpredictable.

But the snow in Baghdad story is very nice. A little sad, as well, as the power of snow to create delight and wonder is always fleeting.

yesman065 · 02-08-2008, 11:13 AM

Well I had a good time talking with you at Stanley's Tavern. Sorry I missed your M & D on their way back to the east coast. I hear they are having all kinds of snow out west. They should be buried in powder.

It is now starting to reach 70 degrees in the day and low of mid 40's at night. Nigel is now getting out more in the morning since it is
warming up, as least he is not complaining as much any more! Well we are all bracing for more of the suicide attacks that seem to be coming at us here in Baghdad. Al-Qaeda used 2 "mentally" ill women for their attacks in Baghdad and killed 90 people. We have known for some time that they are now training young children to come in and attack. Well it looks like they are already out here so it is going to get really ugly here in Baghdad. We are doing what we can to try and prevent these attacks. Its like living in another world looking at a young boy and wondering about him, and don't let him get close to you! It is very strange here in Baghdad.

Well you take care and stay out of that yellow snow

CDR Baghdad USN
"Avoiding Malls in Baghdad"

yesman065 · 02-14-2008, 12:02 PM

Yesterday, my Aussie hooch mate, had a couple of his men out on
the wire on the green zone driving along on the perimeter and it seems
they were driving along in their armored humvee and just
"gazing" out across the wire, drove up to the check point and
stopped. The Aussies were talking to each other about how funny it is for the Iraqis to be ridding around on motor scooters, well as they
watched an Iraqi on a motor scooter approached the check point. He
stopped and tossed 2 hand grenades at the Aussies in their humvee and then the Iraqi turned around and got away. No one was killed or injured, some damage to the vehicle.

Now He has to sort it out with his men on what they were really doing and why they didn't shoot at the fleeing Iraqi. It is almost like some kind of "reality lawyer show". It would be funny if it was not for the fact that this is Iraq.

Oh well this is Iraq and it is what it is!

"In the Outback of Baghdad"

xoxoxoBruce · 02-14-2008, 10:22 PM

No relaxing allowed, they'll never be safe there, no matter how quiet it gets

yesman065 · 02-24-2008, 12:55 AM

Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 1:23 AM

This is one of the sand storms that the FOB's (Forward Operating Bases) outside of Baghdad had to deal with last week.
We had a bad storm for 2 days last week, no air operation unless it was an emergency, (air strikes or medivacs), it got a bit weaker when it got into Baghdad but still bad. I think I would rather sit it out at Stanley's tavern having a cold beer, how about you? I know "Crash" wants to go out into it, but he can do that by himself.

CDR Rayfer USN
"Riding out the storm in Baghdad"

richlevy · 02-24-2008, 08:15 AM

Wow that looks intense. I would be spitting sand for a week after something like that.

Are you talking about Stanley's Tavern in Wilmington, DE? I haven't been there in years.

I'm still having a hard time understanding what Navy personnel are doing at an FOB. I know that a lot of the aircraft are Navy, but doesn't the Air Force manage land bases?

xoxoxoBruce · 02-24-2008, 09:03 AM

I know the Navy and Marines have a lot of medical units working the war zones.

richlevy · 02-24-2008, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I know the Navy and Marines have a lot of medical units working the war zones.

One of my son's friends just joined the Navy. Last I heard he was still in basic training.

TheMercenary · 02-27-2008, 05:39 AM

Good update

http://www.michaeltotten.com/archive...in-the-des.php

xoxoxoBruce · 02-27-2008, 10:45 AM

Thanks, Merc.

01-10-2008, 09:03 PM	#78
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01-11-2008, 09:12 AM	#80
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	It is snowing in Bagdad for the first time in decades. Does that blow out the theory of global warming? Btw, they are getting ready to give total control of Anbar to the Iraqi military. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

02-14-2008, 10:22 PM	#84
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No relaxing allowed, they'll never be safe there, no matter how quiet it gets __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-24-2008, 12:55 AM	#85
yesman065 Banned - Self Imposed Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,847	Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 1:23 AM This is one of the sand storms that the FOB's (Forward Operating Bases) outside of Baghdad had to deal with last week. We had a bad storm for 2 days last week, no air operation unless it was an emergency, (air strikes or medivacs), it got a bit weaker when it got into Baghdad but still bad. I think I would rather sit it out at Stanley's tavern having a cold beer, how about you? I know "Crash" wants to go out into it, but he can do that by himself. CDR Rayfer USN "Riding out the storm in Baghdad" Attached Images

02-24-2008, 08:15 AM	#86
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Wow that looks intense. I would be spitting sand for a week after something like that. Are you talking about Stanley's Tavern in Wilmington, DE? I haven't been there in years. I'm still having a hard time understanding what Navy personnel are doing at an FOB. I know that a lot of the aircraft are Navy, but doesn't the Air Force manage land bases? __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

02-08-2008, 11:13 AM	#82
yesman065 Banned - Self Imposed Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,847	Well I had a good time talking with you at Stanley's Tavern. Sorry I missed your M & D on their way back to the east coast. I hear they are having all kinds of snow out west. They should be buried in powder. It is now starting to reach 70 degrees in the day and low of mid 40's at night. Nigel is now getting out more in the morning since it is warming up, as least he is not complaining as much any more! Well we are all bracing for more of the suicide attacks that seem to be coming at us here in Baghdad. Al-Qaeda used 2 "mentally" ill women for their attacks in Baghdad and killed 90 people. We have known for some time that they are now training young children to come in and attack. Well it looks like they are already out here so it is going to get really ugly here in Baghdad. We are doing what we can to try and prevent these attacks. Its like living in another world looking at a young boy and wondering about him, and don't let him get close to you! It is very strange here in Baghdad. Well you take care and stay out of that yellow snow CDR Baghdad USN "Avoiding Malls in Baghdad"

02-14-2008, 12:02 PM	#83
yesman065 Banned - Self Imposed Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,847	Yesterday, my Aussie hooch mate, had a couple of his men out on the wire on the green zone driving along on the perimeter and it seems they were driving along in their armored humvee and just "gazing" out across the wire, drove up to the check point and stopped. The Aussies were talking to each other about how funny it is for the Iraqis to be ridding around on motor scooters, well as they watched an Iraqi on a motor scooter approached the check point. He stopped and tossed 2 hand grenades at the Aussies in their humvee and then the Iraqi turned around and got away. No one was killed or injured, some damage to the vehicle. Now He has to sort it out with his men on what they were really doing and why they didn't shoot at the fleeing Iraqi. It is almost like some kind of "reality lawyer show". It would be funny if it was not for the fact that this is Iraq. Oh well this is Iraq and it is what it is! "In the Outback of Baghdad"

02-24-2008, 09:03 AM	#87
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I know the Navy and Marines have a lot of medical units working the war zones. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-27-2008, 05:39 AM	#89
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Good update http://www.michaeltotten.com/archive...in-the-des.php __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

02-27-2008, 10:45 AM	#90
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Thanks, Merc. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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