Hillah, Iraq. We have decided to stage another, bigger helicopter borne assault. The mission is not for several days, so we have plenty of time to plan. I attended all the briefings, and the SSGT and I generated paperwork.  As I was submitting the paperwork, I happened to glance at the grease board where they […]

Hillah, Iraq. The real horror of war is that a civilized man must make a beast of himself.Wars are rarely fought in the fashionable parts of the globe. The war in Iraq is fought in abject poverty and filth. People live in dirt lots, inhabiting huts framed of stolen lumber and sided with thatched palm […]

Hillah, Iraq. I have found that the mood of the team ebbs and flows. For a while, we will spend a lot of time with each other. We all go to chow together. We will congregate at the pool or in the team room, and there is a festive atmosphere. Sometimes the place is like […]

Hillah, Iraq. We are planning a big helicopter assault tonight. As the air officer, this means a busy day. I had submitted all the relevant paperwork, but there are always a bunch of last minute details. The new espresso machine is quite popular, and was more or less in constant use. Recently, we had the […]

Hillah, Iraq. For a change, we were ahead of the game. We have decided to reschedule the helo assault for forty eight hours later. I merely had to change some dates on my paperwork, and resubmit it. Naturally, there were a few questions, but they were easily dealt with. Nothing much to do but wait. […]

Hillah, Iraq. Being an assaulter in a helicopter borne assault is a lot like being in a Harley biker gang. Both are loud and vibrate tremendously, and if you hear that noise after dark, there is probably trouble on its way somewhere. Tonight we took over a town. Not a few houses, not blocked the […]

Hillah, Iraq. A combat cameraman came with us on the helo assault mission, and continued to hang around today. In fact, he has sort of moved into our C-Hut. But, he did take some cool pictures, so we don’t mind if he sticks around.Today we employed him to take team pictures. Pictures are the sort […]

Hillah, Iraq. Tonight we went back to the area where we conducted the helo assault in an effort to catch more bad guys accused of making car bombs and VBIEDs. We were actually working two objective areas, so the plan was to split the Justice League into two assault elements, one working north of the […]

Hillah, Iraq. Today is one of the Green Beret’s birthday, so we celebrated with a bonfire, some (nonalcoholic) Coronas, and some (nonalcoholic) 151 proof rum. We backed my humvee up to the fire, and thanks to the easily removable speaker box, we had exceptional tunes as we got the bonfire going. Regrettably, there was a […]