Well, I finally made it to my new camp. I had been working in Kuwait for 2 years and Monday I finally got to go north. I flew from Kuwait to Tallil in southern Iraq.  Spent the night there then had a 3 hour convoy to Camp Echo. The ride was uneventful and boring which is a good thing! :)
I took a few pics of the trip up and I'll post them later today. We were escorted by coalition troops, (Slovakians), and they were pretty cool. Saw plenty of kids begging on the side of the road for MRE's and bottled water. Also saw new construction all over the place so progress is being made despite what the media keeps harping on about. I'll also get some pics of my new camp over the next few days and put them up as well. If anyone is interested google up a map of Iraq. Look for a town called Ad Diwaniyah. That'll be home for the next year or so.

Pics incoming...

As promised...

Big Boy in another convoy


Ad Diwaniyah


Crossing the Euphrates


An Iraqi checkpoint


Some Iraqi women standing by the side of the road


An Italian soldier at the Iraqi checkpoint.


Our convoy


Another shot of the Iraqi checkpoint


Kids begging for water and MRE's


And yours truly (A.K.A. The Goon)

Sounds like fun Stay safe, and thanks for the incoming pics and news!!

Whew....I was hoping you werent going to say "Sommerall" or "McHenry"....

Ad Diwa....thats near Najaf....bout 80mi south of Baghdad, it looks like?  Not too shabby.


Welcome brother.  

Looking forward to the pics, and updates letting us all know how you're doing  


Godspeed to you, man !    Lots of us back home here, thinking about all of you over there this Christmas, saying a little prayer and eagerly awaiting the day you come home safely.  

Never forget that    You guys rock !

Good LUCK and GOD BLESS

Hey a map

town
www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/ad-diwaniyah-map.htm

Town's location

www.travelpost.com/ME/Iraq/Al_Qadisiyah/Ad_Diwaniyah/7002023

Lookes like you're not between Baghdad and the Syrian border, along the river.  That's good.

WELCOME!

Keep your head down the best you can and good hunting.

Good luck and keep safe!

Updated. BTT

s1rGr1nG0: Just curious, what is your function in Afghanistan, pls don't pass along anything confidental or info that the enemy can use.

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Burkah Burkah


good luck, stay safe. What you doing over there if you don't mind me asking?

Quoted: s1rGr1nG0: Just curious, what is your function in Afghanistan, pls don't pass along anything confidental or info that the enemy can use.

I'm in Iraq, not Afghanistan. I work in the IT office for one of the contractors over here.

great pics! thanks!

I see the Iraqi soldiers are picking up this soldiering stuff pretty quickly Seems they missed that class on the low ready though.

Thanks, great pics.  Stay safe!

The suburban is an bullet resistant type, yes ?
They dont let you were a sidearm ?

Good luck thanks for the pic's

Quoted: The suburban is an bullet resistant type, yes ? They dont let you were a sidearm ? Good luck thanks for the pic's

Usually civi contractors arent allowed firearms.

And its probably an uparmored suburban, ya...

Quoted: Quoted: The suburban is an bullet resistant type, yes ? They dont let you were a sidearm ? Good luck thanks for the pic's Usually civi contractors arent allowed firearms. And its probably an uparmored suburban, ya...

Correct! The doors on the suburban weighed a damn ton and the windows were bullet proof.
Unfortunately they won't let us have weapons. If they did I would have my M4gery and Sig here!

Cool pics!  Stay safe and keep us posted!

Neat pics.



Thanks for sharing them.