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This was a "let's see if this works" photo that actually turned out pretty well. This was taken through my night
Date: 28-Mar-2003
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The compound we were guarding was an ammunition storage facility. There were dozens of bunkers like these with all sorts of...
Date: 29-Mar-2003
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More Iraqi ammo stockpiles.
Date: 29-Mar-2003
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Me at one of our outlooks. The American flag was a necessary measure to prevent friendly-fire accidents. An American attack...
Date: 14-Sep-2003
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Me on my front porch. The garden was actually doing pretty well when we arrived, but was dead by the time we left (maybe we...
Date: 30-Mar-2003
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My living area for our stay at Tallil.
Date: 31-Mar-2003
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My adopted stray puppy, Boots. I figure she was probably about 8 months old. There were dozens of stray dogs in our area; I...
Date: 02-Apr-2003
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More of Boots napping. It must be pretty rough to have a black coat in the middle of the desert, so she spent most days...
Date: 04-Apr-2003
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It took a lot of ingenuity and scrounging to improve our living conditions. We found some lace material that we were able to ...
Date: 14-Sep-2003
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Some of my platoon members enjoy a nice game of lawn darts, using some empty mortar shells we found.
Date: 09-Apr-2003
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Heating some coffee on a stove I built from bricks, sand, and some chicken wire. We found a drum of kerosene that we...
Date: 12-Apr-2003
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Boots nosing around the front door of my troops' living quarters.
Date: 12-Apr-2003
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On April 15, there was a summit at Talil airfield between several of the players in the new Iraqi government. This is one of ...
Date: 15-Apr-2003
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More of the roadblock.
Date: 15-Apr-2003
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The bald shaving the bald! A fly swatter was required equipment for any outdoor activity.
Date: 17-Apr-2003
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Here we are dragging an abandoned vehicle off the compound, in an attempt to prevent looters from relentlessly trying to...
Date: 14-Sep-2003
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The welcome sign to our compound.
Date: 21-Apr-2003
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Here is the Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit getting rid of some of the excess ammo in our compound. Giant explosions like...
Date: 21-Apr-2003
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A platoon photo from the top of one of our outposts.
Date: 23-Apr-2003
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Another shot of the front porch. My "WWHD" sign in the upper-right corner ("What Would Haji Do?") was a remi
Date: 27-Apr-2003
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Boots sleeping under my chair. Reminds me of another dog I know!
Date: 27-Apr-2003
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What a wonderful day it was when we finally got electricity! We were able to get one of the battalion's spare generators...
Date: 02-May-2003
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We actually had a day of rest between being relieved of our Iraq guard duty before we flew to Jordan to guard an airstrip...
Date: 12-May-2003
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Waiting for our airplane to arrive that would take us to Jordan.
Date: 12-May-2003
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After about 20 hours of waiting, our C-130 finally arrives.
Date: 13-May-2003
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Not exactly TWA!
Date: 14-Sep-2003
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Self-portrait during the trip to Jordan.
Date: 13-May-2003
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