Afghanistan and Iraq - where were you?

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Posted: 7/22/2016 9:47:11 AM EDT

For starts, I am not a veteran. I was a contractor in both Afghanistan (31 May 2006 to 30 Sep 2008) and Iraq (01 Oct 2008 to 19 Aug 2011) from age 20-25 for 5 yrs 2 mos and 19 days.

The places and timeframes I've been are as follows:

Kandahar Air Field (Used for transit through June 2007)
PRT Farah/FOB Rescorla (June 2006 to October 2006)

Novmber 2006 to February/March 2007 as follows:

FOB Lane (SF/Infantry)
FOB Baylough (Infantry)
FOB Mizan (Infantry)
FOB Lagman (FOB used for transit)

March 2007 to June 2007:

Firebase Cobra (SF/ETT/Artillery)
FOB Shindand (SF/ETT)

July 2007 to September 2008:

Bagram Air Base

October 2008 to August 2011:

South Victory, Victory Base Complex (Lived about a block or two away from Al Faw Palace)

My customer base: 3rd/7th SFG, 1/4 based out of Germany (a training unit). ETT/Artillery were not technically supported under our contract, however we would provide support to them as well. When I worked at the larger bases I moved from construction to HR for the contractor. The people I began working with on a more consistent basis were Officers and civilians with the DCMA.

There's not a contractor forum, so, hopefully there's no offense taken in posting here as a civilian.

Thank you all for your service.

Posted: 7/22/2016 9:51:37 AM EDT

[#1]

Haditha Dam

Khasfa

Abu Hyatt

Posted: 7/22/2016 9:58:51 AM EDT

[#2]

Al Diwaniyah
Al kut
Talil airbase
Gary Owen
Sparrow hawk
and stopped at many many Cashs and prison camps all over Iraq between 2004-2012.

ETA my avatar pic was taken by my PC at the CASH in Baghdad. I am pointing at a Ballerina pig that I had to retag. How many here have seen these pigs plastered all over Iraq?

Posted: 7/22/2016 10:03:01 AM EDT

[#3]

Basra
Camp Victory
Camp Spearhead
Some other dirt shit pile in between called Tallil

Ret. USN 1993-2014

Posted: 7/22/2016 10:29:32 AM EDT

[#4]

Jalalabad, Asadabad, Korengal valley, and surrounding areas in 2006

Posted: 7/22/2016 10:29:38 AM EDT

[#5]

2003-2004
Cropper
Biap
AL Karkh
AL Nasr
AL Sharaf
Anaconda
Dogwood
Slayer

2008-2009
Cropper
VBC

Posted: 7/22/2016 10:39:23 AM EDT

[#6]

OIF 1 and 2
From Kuwait up through Nasiriyah to Al Kut

OEF 2
Bagram
Asadabad
Korengal Valley

Posted: 7/22/2016 10:46:00 AM EDT

[#7]

'04 Fallujah

'05-'06 Fallujah and Camp Rawah.

Posted: 7/22/2016 11:02:16 AM EDT

[#8]

Shrana

Posted: 7/22/2016 11:05:02 AM EDT

[#9]

Also a contractor. I moved around a lot. KAF, Camp Nathan Smith, Sharana, Jalalabad, Pasab, Bagram and 2 or 3 others I've forgotten about.

Posted: 7/22/2016 11:10:25 AM EDT

[#10]

Feb 04- Feb 05 Iraq - Samarra
Oct 06 - Mar 07 Afghanistan - FOB Warrior, FOB Ghazni, Fire Base Miri
Oct 07 - Jan 09 Iraq - Sadr City
Aug 2010 - Aug 2011 Afghanistan - Malajat, Kandahar

Posted: 7/23/2016 4:53:06 PM EDT

[#11]

OIF 08-09
Habbaniyah
Fallujah
Baharia
Ramadi

OEF 12
Sabit Qadam
LNK

Posted: 7/23/2016 5:30:42 PM EDT

[#12]

Another contractor checking in.

Iraq
Sept '04 - Aug '06 - Fallujah, TDY to Echo for a month or so in '06
July '08 - Oct '08 - Speicher, Warhorse
Oct '08 - Dec '09 - Ramadi; I was the one guy for my program in MNF-W so I covered all of Anbar. That one took me on trips as far north as Ubaydi and south to Ar Ar.
Dec '09 - Jan '10 - TDY trips through Kalsu, Delta, Shocker
Jan '10 - Aug '10 - Speicher

Afghanistan
Lots of short trips throughout 2012-2013, including
BAF
KAF
Kabul
Phoenix
Apache
Pasab and surrounding FOB's and COP's - only remember Sanjaray and Ghundy Gar (?) by name

Posted: 7/27/2016 10:08:50 AM EDT

[#13]

I spent 10 years in the Navy and 5 as a contractor

Nov 06- June 07 Tallil AB/ An Nasiriya (Navy deployment) I flew on ISR aircraft operating out of the airfeild
We flew all over the Middle East from Northern Iraq down to Oman and off the coast of Iran spying on those persian assholes when we werent supporting troops on the ground or running route recon for convoys.

As a Contractor
April 2010-Sept 2010 Al Anbar (Al Asad AB)
Dec 2010-April 2011 Helmand Province (Camp leatherneck, Dwyer, FOB Edinburgh)
Aug 2011-March April 2012 Helmand (Fob Edi)
July 2012-Dec 2012 Helmand Province (COP Shikvani, Sangin, Camp Dwyer)
June 2013-Sept 2013 Kapisa Province (Fob Kutchsbach)

From there I went to Africa for 2 years

Posted: 7/27/2016 5:18:07 PM EDT

[#14]

I 3/11 guns plt section chief for OIF1. Kuwait to Baghdad.
I 3/11 squad leader OIF2 Al Anbar

Posted: 7/28/2016 2:40:47 AM EDT

[#15]

I was in Al Taqaddum from Feb. 2007 until March 2008. I guess that counts as a deployment...sort of.

Posted: 7/28/2016 5:23:23 PM EDT

[#16]

Kandahar Airfield - January to March 2002

Posted: 7/28/2016 5:30:07 PM EDT

[#17]

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OIF 08-09

Habbaniyah

Fallujah

Baharia

Ramadi

OEF 12

Sabit Qadam

LNK

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I was in Habbaniyah from Jan 2008 to Aug 2008. Made regular runs up through Ramadi and down through Fallujah.

I was in Camp Stone from 2012 to early 2013, then moved over to Leatherneck till early May of 2013.

Posted: 7/30/2016 12:44:17 PM EDT

[#18]

Kabul (living at KAIA but advised at PeH (the AAF Air University on the other side of the runway)) Jan-June, then Kandahar June-December, all 2014.

Posted: 7/30/2016 4:31:46 PM EDT

[#19]

2003 Afghanistan

FOB Salerno

Fire base Shkin

KAF

2007-2008 Afghanistan

BAF/KAF

FOB/COPs:(was at all 1-3 weeks)

Metherlam

Cobra

wilderness

Vegas

Korengal OP

Bella

Blessing

Able main

Michigan and some others

2014 Afghanistan

FOB PASAB

Cop Hutal

KAF

Posted: 7/30/2016 5:30:10 PM EDT

[#20]

OIF '05-'06
FOB Duke

Kalsu

Dogwood

Tallil (sp?)

Posted: 7/31/2016 3:00:30 PM EDT

[#21]

KAF
Lindsay
Frontenac
Panjwai
SpinB

Posted: 8/1/2016 8:02:12 AM EDT

[#22]

Iraq

OIF I (2003)I Taji, Balad (OBJ Anaconda), Tikrit, Tuz, and Jalula

OIF III (2005-2006) Taji ( AST/MiTT)

OIF (2009-2010) JSS McHenry ( Hawija )

Posted: 8/1/2016 5:00:11 PM EDT

[#23]

2013-2014 Afghanistan

Kunar Province-
FOB Joyce
FOB Wright

Posted: 8/1/2016 7:58:56 PM EDT

[#24]

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I was in Habbaniyah from Jan 2008 to Aug 2008. Made regular runs up through Ramadi and down through Fallujah.

I was in Camp Stone from 2012 to early 2013, then moved over to Leatherneck till early May of 2013.

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OIF 08-09
Habbaniyah
Fallujah
Baharia
Ramadi

OEF 12
Sabit Qadam
LNK

I was in Habbaniyah from Jan 2008 to Aug 2008. Made regular runs up through Ramadi and down through Fallujah.

I was in Camp Stone from 2012 to early 2013, then moved over to Leatherneck till early May of 2013.

Who were you with in Iraq? In Hab I was part of a detachment from CLB-5 Engineer Co, supporting 1/2 right there in Hab.

Posted: 8/2/2016 12:38:01 PM EDT

[#25]

Balad
Kandahar
Bagram
Karshi-K2
Snoopy-Qatar

Posted: 8/2/2016 12:43:36 PM EDT

[#26]

Quote History

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Who were you with in Iraq? In Hab I was part of a detachment from CLB-5 Engineer Co, supporting 1/2 right there in Hab.

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OIF 08-09

Habbaniyah

Fallujah

Baharia

Ramadi

OEF 12

Sabit Qadam

LNK

I was in Habbaniyah from Jan 2008 to Aug 2008. Made regular runs up through Ramadi and down through Fallujah.

I was in Camp Stone from 2012 to early 2013, then moved over to Leatherneck till early May of 2013.

Who were you with in Iraq? In Hab I was part of a detachment from CLB-5 Engineer Co, supporting 1/2 right there in Hab.

I was deployed with 2/24 at the time.

Posted: 8/8/2016 9:52:42 PM EDT

[#27]

I was in A Co 1-5 Infantry, 25th ID in Iraq.

2008 - Baquba. COP Khatoon
2009 - Mosul. COP Ribay

Posted: 8/12/2016 1:07:47 AM EDT

[#28]

Convoy Escort. Navistar and North. 2005-2006.

Posted: 8/12/2016 1:32:53 AM EDT

[#29]

as a civilian... 03 -04 Green Zone , CPA, Baghdad Central, and all around Baghdad

First week sleeping arrangements

Office bathroom was nice

One of my jobs, swerving eviction notice to a bad guy representative occupying a government building

The day these came down...

Posted: 8/12/2016 1:33:33 AM EDT

[#30]

2007-2008 COP Heider

Posted: 9/1/2016 3:17:28 AM EDT

[#31]

Balad.

Posted: 9/1/2016 11:07:23 PM EDT

[#32]

Sather: 06'-07'

Posted: 9/5/2016 4:22:06 AM EDT

[#33]

Afghanistan, camp Dehdaddi II, 2010-2011

Posted: 9/5/2016 5:47:19 AM EDT

[#34]

OIF II
2004-2005
Bayji - FOB Summerall (formerly Camp Lancer)

Posted: 9/5/2016 6:36:21 AM EDT

[#35]

OIF 08-09
-Habbaniyah
-VBC
-Multiple points as far West as Saudi and Syria, and South around FOB Delta and Echo.

OEF 10-11
-FOB Ramrod

OFS 16-17
-New Kabul Compound

Posted: 9/13/2016 11:56:08 PM EDT

[#36]

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Feb 04- Feb 05 Iraq - Samarra
Oct 06 - Mar 07 Afghanistan - FOB Warrior, FOB Ghazni, Fire Base Miri
Oct 07 - Jan 09 Iraq - Sadr City
Aug 2010 - Aug 2011 Afghanistan - Malajat, Kandahar

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We were in the same bde for oif 2, matter a fact I spent a fair amount of time in samara, and got to play in op Baton Rouge
I was still "in division" when you were in Sade city, but belonged to someone else and wore civilian clothes
Malajat? The stronghold? Y'all weren't the plt that got abandoned there were you?

Posted: 9/14/2016 9:17:54 AM EDT

[#37]

AFG 2012 - RC West and SW. As far north as Bala Murghab and as far south as Leatherneck

Posted: 9/14/2016 9:24:06 AM EDT

[#38]

1991: ODS

2004-2005: Baghdad

2007-2008: Balad

Posted: 9/14/2016 5:09:33 PM EDT

[#39]

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We were in the same bde for oif 2, matter a fact I spent a fair amount of time in samara, and got to play in op Baton Rouge
I was still "in division" when you were in Sade city, but belonged to someone else and wore civilian clothes
Malajat? The stronghold? Y'all weren't the plt that got abandoned there were you?

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Feb 04- Feb 05 Iraq - Samarra
Oct 06 - Mar 07 Afghanistan - FOB Warrior, FOB Ghazni, Fire Base Miri
Oct 07 - Jan 09 Iraq - Sadr City
Aug 2010 - Aug 2011 Afghanistan - Malajat, Kandahar

We were in the same bde for oif 2, matter a fact I spent a fair amount of time in samara, and got to play in op Baton Rouge
I was still "in division" when you were in Sade city, but belonged to someone else and wore civilian clothes
Malajat? The stronghold? Y'all weren't the plt that got abandoned there were you?

I was with 1/26 1ID in Samarra, 2/30 in Sadr City and with 1/22 in Malajat at the PR, ACS 4 and AC 5. My platoon was the platoon at the stronghold.

Posted: 9/14/2016 5:33:56 PM EDT

[#40]

1/7 in samara, we had opcon of the ng gun bunnies with you
"Other" in Iraq the second time

In Malajat I was 2/170th mp, and the only "non diverse" squad leader. (And the one that set pss 16 on fire with a flare for shooting at our position during eid)
My squad was the one that went out of pss2 to help extract your guys that got ambushed at nds in April. The (medical) after effects of that little clusterfuck were a leading caused my getting retired at 18 years

I was at pr for awhile too.

Posted: 9/14/2016 6:05:14 PM EDT

[#41]

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1/7 in samara, we had opcon of the ng gun bunnies with you
"Other" in Iraq the second time

In Malajat I was 2/170th mp, and the only "non diverse" squad leader. (And the one that set pss 16 on fire with a flare for shooting at our position during eid)
My squad was the one that went out of pss2 to help extract your guys that got ambushed at nds in April. The (medical) after effects of that little clusterfuck were a leading caused my getting retired at 18 years

I was at pr for awhile too.

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Now I'm racking my brain trying to figure out who you are.

Posted: 9/14/2016 7:37:29 PM EDT

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Posted: 9/15/2016 4:21:41 PM EDT

[#43]

Quote History

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OIF 08-09
-Habbaniyah
-VBC
-Multiple points as far West as Saudi and Syria, and South around FOB Delta and Echo.

OEF 10-11
-FOB Ramrod

OFS 16-17
-New Kabul Compound

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Who were you with in Hab?

Posted: 9/15/2016 4:34:53 PM EDT

[#44]

AFG, 2011
KAIA
Camp Marmal
Camp Dehdadi 2
Camp Mike Spann
Bagram

Posted: 9/15/2016 4:42:55 PM EDT

[#45]

OIF 1 and some of OIF 2, back and forth between Al Asad and Al Taqaddum doing communications stuff as a contractor

Posted: 9/25/2016 8:30:18 AM EDT

[#46]

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Who were you with in Hab?

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OIF 08-09
-Habbaniyah
-VBC
-Multiple points as far West as Saudi and Syria, and South around FOB Delta and Echo.

OEF 10-11
-FOB Ramrod

OFS 16-17
-New Kabul Compound

Who were you with in Hab?

341st MRBC.

Posted: 9/27/2016 3:19:35 AM EDT

[#47]

OIF 2

FOB Prosperity
FOB Cuervo

Posted: 9/27/2016 10:20:01 AM EDT

[#48]

Most of 2005 thru early 2006, Army Infantry

I actually never knew they were "numbers" for OIF deployments until I read thru this thread. I guess this would be 2 or 3?

Mahmoudiyah, Yusufiyah spring/summer 2005. Patrolled with Marines from 2-24 mad ghosts and some estonians. Combination of compound raids, mechanized patrols, light squad element night patrols, and multiple day small team snipers OPs.

Fall/winter 2005 based out of camp Taji, spent most time on multiple day range patrols in the hinterlands around Sabaa Al Bour. there was a rough compound built on a small house called "the tac" that hosted various infantry platoons and Estonian infantry again.