Posts Tagged ‘iraq’
No Brainer
July 27th, 2009
Cassinos and I went to a conference today for Iraqi Women Business-Owners. It was basically about getting hooked up with contracts and being competitive in the market place. We were there for over 5 hours and a lot of info got lost in translation. The most interesting part of my day was our interview with Sora. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: basra, iraq, Iraq women, sora
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Insider's Look at Military Travel in the Middle East
July 15th, 2009
ESCAPE FROM TALLIL by SSG Derek SmithCONTINGENCY BASE ADDER, Iraq – I stood by the airfield in Talil early on a Wednesday morning patiently waiting for two UH-60 Black Hawks to lift off from across the strip to come over and pick me up for a flight to Kalsu. I was on more of a time-crunch than I would have liked, but I was finally moving on with the next step of my journey. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: adder, iraq, smith, travel
Posted in 343rd MPAD | Comments (0)