His family will be the first to know if anything is wrong. All the time in Iraq and Afgan Soldiers mission change without any notice and this Soldier could be at a FOB or Fire Base without a phone or there could be a unit wide black out which means that Soldiers are not aloud to use the phone for different reasons until the command says to open ...

Right, well my husband is in AIT to be a 33Whiskey, now called a 35Tango.  He's graduating in early August, and just recieved orders for Korea.  And I can't go.  Apparently less than 10% of married soldiers get to take their families, and they're all higher-ups.  Before my husband and I agreed that if he got ...

Like most of the media, my local paper tends to have a pretty strong bias against the conflict in Iraq (and, generally, any conflict) in its own editorials and those it chooses to print from national syndication, along with most Letters to the Editor.  However, last week there was a letter that made me want to just stand up and cheer ...

I was off to a short vacation in Kish island.  Saturday morning (Local Time), I got up and turned on the TV to see what's going on around the world before leaving hotel.  CNN reported that Saddam Hussein is executed on 6:05 AM (Baghdad Time) by hanging and showed an initial video from execution. There are many many things to ...

Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, said he's responsible for any gas attacks against Iran in 1980-1988 war with honor.  Reuters reported this yesterday. Saddam used chemical weapons in this war and killed many persons, especially Kurds, in Iraq and Iran. Still many guys who had participated in this war are dying everyday in Iran ...

Italian Ambulance

Mortar Damage

Golfing in Iraq

Baghdad Palace With Damage

Sadaam the Camel