Hillah, Iraq. Last night was even more fun. The plan was to pick a couple of roads along known insurgent routes of travel. We wanted to set up a lead element of two vehicles hidden from the road to report suspicious traffic. The suspicious traffic would be halted a kilometer or so down the road […]

Hillah, Iraq. Tonight’s mission was postponed until tomorrow night. We have some good intel on a dozen or so bad guys in two neighboring towns that The Justice League is going to take down. Our informants were late showing up, so our intel guys opted to delay a day to further develop the intel. Which […]

Hillah, Iraq. Even on the planning board, the operation looked pretty complicated. Since I am a Subject Matter Expert (calling air strikes) attached to the unit that is supporting the unit that supports the strikers, I have to be somewhat careful in how I voice my concerns. Besides, I am not an expert in kicking […]

Hillah, Iraq. We spent most of today waiting. The intel guys had a lead they were developing, so we had to stand by in case something was workable. Things didn’t work out, but it was okay as I got other stuff done. Firstly, the chow hall: It is a poor picture, I know, but I […]

Hillah, Iraq. As part of the upcoming campaign, we have opted to submit a bunch of requests for air support. And not just requests for jets with bombs. We are asking for Apache helicopters on one mission, and an AC-130 gunship on another. Also we are asking for rides in helicopters to two of our […]

Hillah, Iraq. Yesterday was a slow day. Nothing worth writing about happened. Actually, that is not quite true. As you know, drink boxes (pausing patiently while everybody rolls their eyes at the mere mention of drink boxes)….as I was saying, drink boxes are popular here. However, just so you don’t get the idea that this […]

Hillah, Iraq. Our mission for tonight was canceled early, also due to not working and playingwell with others, so I decided to spend the morning cleaning. I took most ofthe stuff out of my hooch, swept it out, then mopped it with water lightlydosed with Clorox and the local Mop and Glo. Ah, the heady […]

Hillah, Iraq. Happy Memorial Day! And to kick our Memorial Day off, we had a hurry up mission this morning. The El Salvadorans got some intel bright and early, and decided to act on it pronto. We had a brief at 0730, and stepped off at 0830. This was a primarily El Sal operation, and […]

Hillah, Iraq. We had another regrettable mixup between local and North American power today. Happily, I was not involved, but a television has met its demise. The Marines clean up the Special Forces recreational area as a token of thanks for the food and entertainment facilities the SF guys provide. Today the Marines went all […]