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Around the World in 15 Days
September 2nd, 2009
London was awesome… except that Craig left after two days. It’s not as bad as you think… I mean, yes I was left in Europe, but that hurts your pride more than anything – after a day of heart break, I got mad and then I took a deep breath and moved on. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: breakup, cade, Craig, europe, london, sassypants, stone, TyTy
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A Girl and her Crew
July 29th, 2009
The NCOIC (broadcast chief) wasn’t here today since he’s going on leave. I’m filling in while he’s gone and got a head start on 4-month list of to-dos. Today’s task – getting the receive dish on a very tall pole attached to a t-wall. It was easy enough to schedule the crane and labor, but once I got them here the real fun started. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: basra, iraq, receive dish, stone, working
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Insider's Look at Military Travel in the Middle East
July 15th, 2009
ESCAPE FROM TALLIL by SSG Derek Smith
Tags: adder, iraq, smith, travel
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In need of downtime
July 11th, 2009
I’ve worked a total of 34 hours the past two days. At 3 AM last night I found out the file I had been uploaded for the past 6 hours wasn’t going to work and I had to make another file to upload. I ended up leaving around 3:45 since that upload was going to take another 2 hours. When I got in this morning, I found out the power went out last night, canceling 1 of my 2 uploads. I decided to blare britney spears in lieu of a tantrum and danced around the office while fixing my afternoon breakfast of special K. Tomorrow is my day off – I plan to take full advantage (which probably means watching Grey’s and movies all day in my bed… in my new room… with cool a/c)
Tags: uploads, working
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Independence Day in Basra
July 8th, 2009
We didn’t shoot off any illegal fireworks for the 4th, although we could have probably put on a good show with tracers and grenades. We did however celebrate like full-blooded Americans – with a cookout. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 4th of July, cookout
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Happy 4th of July!
July 4th, 2009
If you’re going to have fun with illegal fireworks, please do so safely and enjoy a message from you favorite Army Broadcasters.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS5_n-vzEso[/youtube]
Tags: 4th of July, basra, sassypants, stone
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Why I love these guys
July 2nd, 2009
Here’s Sassypants and Stone jamming out the night before our “blowing minds” Transfer of Authority. I’ve been meaning to post it – enjoy.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYtQVCXIYgQ[/youtube]
Tags: sassypants, stone, toa, videos
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Banished to Charlie?
June 30th, 2009
I mentioned a rumor a couple of weeks ago that people not following the rules in Red Bull LSA would get kicked out and made to live in Camp Charlie – the tent city I call home. That rumor was confirmed today as I read through the Basra Billeting SOP. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 34th ID, camp charlie
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Rocking the Rocker
June 19th, 2009
I don’t want to be “that sergeant.” You know the one I’m talking about – the sergeant that is constantly looking for infractions of stupid rules (that shouldn’t be rules in the first place) so they can use their power and drop a soldier to feel better about themselves. I’m not that sergeant, and am pretty lenient and laid back about a lot of things. This week, I stretched these stripes a little bit. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Craig, sgt mode, stone, TyTy
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Vehicle Shuffle
June 17th, 2009
The beauty of Iraq is our section of 20+ people has one vehicle to share while each contractor is given his very own road-hogging SUV. Although COB Basra isn’t a very big compound, we covet the luxury of driving in a semi-A/C’d Tahoe to get from point A to point B. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: b2, barney, basra, stone, vehicle
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