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A personal account of my first major convoy trip to a base in Baghdad, including experiences with IEDs and comparing amenities between bases.

The ArmyTimes published this story/poem that does a good job of describing the feelings and events that go into a convoy/mission for engineers here in Iraq.

The forecast for the next 30 days is a daily low of 95 and highs in the 130s. Going to be the hottest part of the year. It doesn’t really feel as hot now as it did when I first got in-country, but that’s just …

Some more FYI info for anybody getting called up… There are ATM machines as far as Kuwait, but none in Iraq that I’ve seen. For cash, you need to go to Finance and either cash a check or get a draw from your …

It’s been a few days since I’ve had a chance to post. Blew some stuff up today (yay!). I’ve been out on a few more missions in the meantime including one a couple of days ago that involved a decent …

USA today seeking to reach other IRR soldiers being activated.

Commentary on the Pentagon's resistance to increasing Army troop strength despite heavy reliance on reserves and IRR soldiers.

Well, I got my first experience with the locals today when we did a drive through a village area today. I was in the back of an APC in a small convoy; basically we were just patrolling and trying to find out what was in …

Today was my first mission outside the base camp. I’m serving as a platoon leader for a combat engineer line platoon. There’s actually a PL already here whom I’m shadowing until he leaves in a few weeks …

First update from FOB Caldwell during my Iraq deployment.