Just wanted to say Hi from Al Asad airbase,Iraq. Seems to be a pretty good forum.

Welcome, you better go get the beer or there will be hell to pay

Anyone serving is Iraq should be excused from beer. We owe him one.

That sounds fine to me, more than one.

Thanks for the welcomes. When I get home, I'll bring the beer.

agreed, welcome...when your back in town let us buy you a beer....

As beer is unavailable in Iraq, we'll let the beer thing slide this once.

wow  even pcr  exused  the beer   ill have too watch this post
Welcome new  guy and thanks from all of us who could not serve.

Welcome!

Sorry to hear about your stay at Al Asad...I was there for a whole 18 hours once...what a shit hole!!!

They've got lots and lots and lots and lots of near beer in Iraq.
You can even get it in the DFAC.

Be nice to your AFN & Radio guys.

Good call Jasonfin.  I second that motion.

Welcome new guy!  And thanks for servin!

I'll go one better how about a Team Membership on me as a thank you for your service

We are glad to make your acquaintance.

Don't take things here to serious. For the most part these are good folks. One will be by shortly.

Bring the beer.  These drunken fucks will excuse the beer thing under the assumption that there is no beer in Iraq.  We have a WAHTF member called Matt45 who is over there right now, and in all his pictures he looks drunker then shit.  Red faced, watery eyes, squinting, and general tomfoolery.  So if he can be drunk, you can bring beer.   Or if you bump into Matt45 please take him to a meeting.  It could a Halafal of the month meeting, just tell him it is an AA meeting.  If he stands up at any point and introduces himself as an alcoholic then starts crying, take some pictures so we can make fun of him.

Now that we are talking about ammo keep your eyes open.  Bring some back with you.  It isn't really stealing because my tax dollars bought it, and I want to shoot it.  Bring a lot back.  If you can't get the ammo, get the brass.  Brass is currently going for $90-$110 per 1000 of 223/5.56.  

Stay safe.  Not sure how we can get that accomplished but if I was you I would put papers in for Afghanistan.  My personal belief is the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are like public buses in Chile or Argentina.  When one of those fully loaded buses goes off a cliff on those windy mountain roads and 180 people fall 2,000 feet to their death, you want to be riding in a bus after that because all the bus drivers take it easy.  Since there was some bullshit in Afghanistan last week, you want to be there.  When something happens in Iraq, transfer back.  The only way this doesn't work is if you are on one of the buses that goes off the cliff.  Can't help you there, maybe 1GUNRUNNER can because he is the brains of this retarded outfit.

Speaking of assholes.

Not much going on, we have had some dust-ups lately as people have sobered up, things mellowed out again as people got blitzed and more loving of their neighbors.  We lost a couple of people to banning, they are missed by a few, not by some, and mocked by all.

Other then that welcome and hope you make it back in one piece.  If you don't bring the beer you at least need to bring beef jerky.  If you can't get beef jerky you need to bring jam.  Raspberry preserves (preserves have the seeds).

And if anybody asks, yes you are a Fed.  

Thanks man!  That's the nicest thing you have said to me ever!

Be patient, it won't be long now.

Good job G30, and welcome to the site kyleskaggs. Stay safe and be good at your job. WE buy the beer when you get back.

Thanks for your service.

Welcome. You out of Lewis, or is  Washington State your home of record?

That there is one cool mother fucker! Hes got a chair!

and he included his toes!!!!!!

Welcome!!!



Matt45 is an interesting character, as are most of us    The unifying fact is that all of us appreciate your service and wish you a safe return whereupon much beer may be consumed!!!!

Matt, according to AR 670-10, that is not the proper Army PFTU (mandated by CENTCOM) you are wearing in that picture.

By the way new guy...what are the seating arrangements in AL Alsad airbase?

Do you sit:
On the ground
in a chair (and if so, what kind of chair)
On a helmet
or on a sand bag.

And is there a pool on the airbase?

And don't worry about Matt and his blood pressure (Or sentence structure).  He used to stuff a lot of anger and it wasn't doing him any good.  So the Doctors told him to let it all out.  And may I point out the last time I took a day off we lost Strat and Spyda.  So I'm like that guy in the TV show Lost that has to reset the clock.

And for you guys in the sandbox (When I was over there we didn't have sand, just rocks) don't ever forget you can get drunk of Listerine and Scope.

Not to be off topic, but I just got ass reamed cause I went to the shower trailer with an untucked PT shirt. I mean fuck I was wearing flip flops, and he had the nerve to bitch about an untucked shirt.. ...sorry the PTU thing reminded me of that.

If only there were beer....

Welcome!

You ever fire an AR-15 type rifle?

Er, AR 670-1, Governs the wear and appearance of the UNIFORM. Since I ain't in a uniform, there isn't a reg the mandates my appearance. There is no reg, MNC-I or CENTCOM that actually spells out you must be in a service uniform at all times.

CSM, SGM, and other admin types have to do something to earn that Bronze Star.

Don't even get me started about officers and those Bronze stars...Makes me sick that a listing of who received a Bronze award, a PFC will have equal billing as a Lt Colonel when you know the PFC was died doing domething heroical while some Lt Colonel got his for not having any troops rape a chick on a liberty call...

It is fucking bullshit.

welcome Kyle!
play safe in the sand...