Iraqi War Journal

[Ash6110]

This iis my journal that I'm making while I'm in Iraq

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday May 18th

 

Well I'm leaving for Iraq tomorrow. And to be honest I have the crap scared out of me. I got a paper in late March saying "Hi, were sorry but instead of serving in Pearl Harbor like you were, we will be transferring you to Iraq" That just sucks. So yeah, I start my tour of Duty on May 20th. I'm gonna be stationed South of Baghdad so if anyone is in the Triangle of Death anytime soon pop in and pay me a visit. Anyone else here serving or know someone who is serving in the armed forces?

 

 

 

BTW: Next time i'm gonna be back in the sweet states is November 12th that is if its not pushed back :roll:

[Echofish]

Aww man, good luck!

[tomdavies90]

oh my god good luck man, wish you the best of luck, just hope nothing bad happens too you =s this makes me feel so bad...god i can't imagine what it must've been like in Vietnam, so many people a few years older than me off fighting

[Viktorkrum77]

I had relatives visit Iraq in 2002. Said it's a beautiful place, much like the rest of the Middle East.

[Grizzlycomet]

Good luck man. Stay safe.

[fatbill]

Good luck I guess is all I can say, except I have a hugh amount of respect for you and well again good luck.

 

 

 

Care to say what job your be doing? As im interested.

[No_OnE]

Good luck. Try to have some fun even though you would rather be at Pearl Harbor. Stay safe.

[gonpost]

Wow...

 

 

 

The brother of a friend of mine is coming home in just a few days from Iraq after having been there for just over a year. I haven't gotten a chance to talk to him and hear, but I'm sure it's interesting...

 

 

 

If you can, pop on the forums and let us know how it is over there! :)

 

 

 

I wish I could say something that would really help you...Well, use your head and stay rational. Best of luck, best of fortune.

[Ash6110]

Thanks, and by the way I am just standard infantry except I have a light machine gun instead of the standard M16A4.

 

 

 

Also changing thread to a war journal.

[splatmster24]

well, i guess the only thing that i can really say is that i wish you luck and godspeed, i know it sounds cliche but thats about the only thing to say. good luck man.

[BlueLancer]

You're a brave little fellow. :) I've had experience of Kosovo and Cyprus but I'm not sure I'd be ready to enlist in Iraq (and not as a peace enforcer.. You're apparently a combatant?). The risk of death is very realistic so I wish you all the luck possible.

 

 

 

I only know personally 1 guy who is serving in Baghdad, as a field medic and translation duties (Farsi/Arabic into english)+ radio interception. He could be very near to you, I can give you his email address but sadly I haven't got a reply from him since 2 months ago last..

[Errdoth]

Good luck, my cousin just got back from tour #2, got his knee really badly messed up, and shot in the shoulder with an rpg (it didn't go off). He is in Hawaii right now, good luck to you!

[angryjoe]

Good luck.

[Bubsa]

You stay safe, now.

[MyPurpleCrayon]

Good luck man, keep us updated.

[Captainkidd]

Good luck, my cousin just got back from tour #2, got his knee really badly messed up, and shot in the shoulder with an rpg (it didn't go off). He is in Hawaii right now, good luck to you!

WTF? Do you even know what a RPG is? Its a rocket propelled grenade, I doubt that if some one got hit with one it wouldn't blow up...Also why would they fire them at men? I mean my brother (who served 3 years in iraq) said that they only used them to fire at helicopters, tanks, trucks pretty much any thing big they want to blow up. I guess it it possible...I guess, but I still think you have a greater chance of living playing russian roulette loading the gun with 6 bullets. :roll: :lol:

 

 

 

Anways, I am a little septic that you are really going into war...as your grammer first struck me, how would a 18 year old use such crap grammer? Well its like the russian roulette with 6 bullets, lol. So I searched some of your threads and I am 99% sure you are lying for attention.

 

Wrong side of town + Wearing the colors of an enemy gang there (It aint hard cause its jeans and a blue t shirt) + Plus patrolling gang members + switchblads, bats, and brass knuckles = Major beat down!!!!!!!

Your in a gang?

 

TMNT FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

Though ive never hadd the balls to say it irl yet :oops:

So you have the balls to get in the line of fire and get your self blown up or captured and torchered but you can't say that in real life?

 

 

 

I also went here and put in your name, that you put on another thread, even left to the broadest search possible, home town and last name, didn't come up as anything...I wonder why? :roll:

 

 

 

Final comment, stupied little 7 year old boys who want attention so they lie about stuff. Now normaly I wouldn't care but its about the war and my oldest brother was in it and almost died in it so I don't care for people who lie about stuff like that, pretty panthic if you ask me...

[Bubsa]

Wow...you seriously have no life, Kidd.

 

Who cares what his grammar or spelling is like? That's an indication to eligibility for the army now? Last time I checked, it's not even a reliable check on intelligence, as someone might have dyslexia or learning difficulties.

[Ash6110]

Good luck, my cousin just got back from tour #2, got his knee really badly messed up, and shot in the shoulder with an rpg (it didn't go off). He is in Hawaii right now, good luck to you!

[what the heck]? Do you even know what a RPG is? Its a rocket propelled grenade, I doubt that if some one got hit with one it wouldn't blow up...Also why would they fire them at men? I mean my brother (who served 3 years in iraq) said that they only used them to fire at helicopters, tanks, trucks pretty much any thing big they want to blow up. I guess it it possible...I guess, but I still think you have a greater chance of living playing russian roulette loading the gun with 6 bullets. :roll: :lol:

 

 

 

Anways, I am a little septic that you are really going into war...as your grammer first struck me, how would a 18 year old use such crap grammer? Well its like the russian roulette with 6 bullets, lol. So I searched some of your threads and I am 99% sure you are lying for attention.

 

Wrong side of town + Wearing the colors of an enemy gang there (It aint hard cause its jeans and a blue t shirt) + Plus patrolling gang members + switchblads, bats, and brass knuckles = Major beat down!!!!!!!

Your in a gang?

 

TMNT FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

Though ive never hadd the balls to say it irl yet :oops:

So you have the balls to get in the line of fire and get your self blown up or captured and torchered but you can't say that in real life?

 

 

 

I also went here and put in your name, that you put on another thread, even left to the broadest search possible, home town and last name, didn't come up as anything...I wonder why? :roll:

 

 

 

Final comment, stupied little 7 year old boys who want attention so they lie about stuff. Now normaly I wouldn't care but its about the war and my oldest brother was in it and almost died in it so I don't care for people who lie about stuff like that, pretty panthic if you ask me...

 

 

 

I really shouldn't dignify this with a response but.......

 

 

 

1. I'm not in a gang, I was walking through a bad area wearing a blue t shirt. and these guys mistook me for someone in a rival gang

 

 

 

2. Do you even know my nam dude?

 

 

 

3. So my grammar isn't all that great, and?

 

 

 

I have a feeling your just another one of the angst filled, acne ridden, adolescents that have nothing better to do than sit at the computer all day to flame people for attention. Oh well it's probobly just a phase....At least I hope so!

 

 

 

Got anything else feel free to pm me.

[Captainkidd]

Wow...you seriously have no life, Kidd.

Coming from some one who has 11k posts...yea ok :lol:

 

 

 

I researched this because I doubted that a 18+ year old would have grammer like that that is in the army...to see if hes lying...which is is if I might add. Hes getting people to 'wish him luck' when all hes doing is going down to micky d's and getting a big mac to come back and see all the people hoping he dosn't die so his self esteme(sp?) goes up.

 

 

 

No brother went to war a few years ago, you didn't see me or him) making a journal of it because first theres really no time to update it as the only net there is from the goverment and I think they'd start wondering why this solider is going on a site about a game...

 

 

 

Last time I checked, it's not even a reliable check on intelligence, as someone might have dyslexia or learning difficulties.

You must be pretty old because they don't let people into the army unless they passed the 10th grade, also you are going to give some one who has a learning problem and has a mind of a seven year old at the age of 30 a gun and grandes? :lol: Thats like trying to win a [wagon] kicking contest with one leg! Hosntly you think they'd let someone in the army that has dyslexia, what if they learn somthing wrong, lives are at risk. I am sure you don't care but if you were surrounded by seven year old minded people with lethal weapons I bet you'd be a bit uneazy, or some one who jumbles up words and reads a gade wrong and send your plane right down. Yes the army dose do a test to see if the person has some common sense and no they don't just let any old person join.

[BlueLancer]

I doubt that if some one got hit with one it wouldn't blow up...Also why would they fire them at men? I mean my brother (who served 3 years in iraq) said that they only used them to fire at helicopters, tanks, trucks pretty much any thing big they want to blow up

 

 

 

Actually rocket propelled grenades and heat seeking stingers ARE used against infantry as well; Large concentrations. This isn't a waste of money; The explosive tips launched can be sometimes as primitive as a molotov coctail, filled with bits of aluminium and nitrocellulose, or unstable peroxides. They are often homemade, cheap to make and definitely powerful against personnel as well

 

 

 

(Whether a hit of an RPG in your shoulder would let you stay alive or not is up to the quality of the explosive, and purely in an analytical sense the chances of surviving of a direct body hit would be pretty slim)

 

 

 

 

Anways, I am a little septic that you are really going into war...as your grammer first struck me, how would a 18 year old use such crap grammer?

 

 

 

.. No comment. Sorry, I just had to because your post is so ironic. You have no room to flame his grammar.

[Captainkidd]

Your right, he has the same grammer is me, and I am 13...See what I mean?

[deloriagod]

Wow...you seriously have no life, Kidd.

Coming from some one who has 11k posts...yea

 

 

 

I'm gonna back Bubsa up on this one.. You have no life.. And I'll go out on a limb here.. You're a moron. It is possible for an RPG to hit something and not detonate. Not every bomb that is dropped will detonate. Weapons are made by humans and therefore have the chance of being flawed.

 

 

 

Also, I'm pretty sure there are not many requirements to join the army.

 

 

 

Active Duty Enlistment Requirements and Benefits

 

Age Requirements Be between the ages of 17-34 years.

 

Length of Service 2-6 year commitment/Serve a total of 8 years in the military

 

Retirement May Retire after 20 yrs. of qualifying service

 

Job Choices 200 jobs to choose from

 

Medical / Dental Benefits Medical and dental benefits

 

Job training opportunities Specialized job training (AIT)

 

Location of duty May be stationed at home or on foreign soil

 

 

 

Work Schedule Serve 5 days a week

 

Vacation & Leave 30 days military leave per year (paid vacation)

 

Social & Recreational Programs Unlimited access to all military Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) facilities or programs

 

Education Benefits Educational benefits

 

Commissary Privileges Unlimited post exchange and commissary privileges

 

Physical Requirements Physical training 3-4 times a week

 

 

 

 

Oh wow.. I was right.. :roll: Now go cry in a corner because you were wrong.

 

 

 

 

 

As for the original post.. Sorry but I'm going to have to confirm this is a lie. If my memory serves me well, Ash isn't 17. Nor was he in the army (stationed in Hawaii) last I remember.

[Captainkidd]

Active Duty Enlistment Requirements and Benefits

 

Age Requirements Be between the ages of 17-34 years.

 

Length of Service 2-6 year commitment/Serve a total of 8 years in the military

 

Retirement May Retire after 20 yrs. of qualifying service

 

Job Choices 200 jobs to choose from

 

Medical / Dental Benefits Medical and dental benefits

 

Job training opportunities Specialized job training (AIT)

 

Location of duty May be stationed at home or on foreign soil

 

 

 

Work Schedule Serve 5 days a week

 

Vacation & Leave 30 days military leave per year (paid vacation)

 

Social & Recreational Programs Unlimited access to all military Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) facilities or programs

 

Education Benefits Educational benefits

 

Commissary Privileges Unlimited post exchange and commissary privileges

 

Physical Requirements Physical training 3-4 times a week

 

I didn't know you had to have 200 jobs to pick from to be in the army, oh also you have to have a paid vacation to be in the army also...huh, I didn't know you had to have all them things to get into the army, oh wait. Thats what you get, whos the moron now?

 

 

 

EDIT: So I have no life because I simple spend 10 mins (If that) finding evidence to prove hes a lier? Yea, alright, then you must have no life to, cause you spand about 1 min on searching that idoitict list, yup searching stuff is for no lifers I guess, or atleast thats what you and bubsa says...

[deloriagod]

Active Duty Enlistment Requirements and Benefits

 

Age Requirements Be between the ages of 17-34 years.

 

Length of Service 2-6 year commitment/Serve a total of 8 years in the military

 

Retirement May Retire after 20 yrs. of qualifying service

 

Job Choices 200 jobs to choose from

 

Medical / Dental Benefits Medical and dental benefits

 

Job training opportunities Specialized job training (AIT)

 

Location of duty May be stationed at home or on foreign soil

 

 

 

Work Schedule Serve 5 days a week

 

Vacation & Leave 30 days military leave per year (paid vacation)

 

Social & Recreational Programs Unlimited access to all military Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) facilities or programs

 

Education Benefits Educational benefits

 

Commissary Privileges Unlimited post exchange and commissary privileges

 

Physical Requirements Physical training 3-4 times a week

 

I didn't know you had to have 200 jobs to pick from to be in the army, oh also you have to have a paid vacation to be in the army also...huh, I didn't know you had to have all them things to get into the army, oh wait. Thats what you get, whos the moron now?

 

 

 

You are. Reread the first line of that quote. It states that those are the requirements and the benefits. Don't try to talk me down, it's not going to work.

[deloriagod]

Now he's realised how stupid he looks and won't speak anymore :(:lol: