11-20-2003, 12:11 PM | #1 |
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Soldier update Thread
Well, here it is. Valandil asked me to put up a thread on the war, so, here you go buddy . I am in Iraq right now, and if you have any questions, I will answer them if I can. If I cant, Ill give you some sort of canned "no comment", or "I can neither confirm or deny" answer. Seriously, I may not be able to tell you much, except that everything is alright, and I miss my wife and kid. I'll keep yall as informed as possible though.
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11-20-2003, 12:41 PM | #2 |
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I wish you the best Beor and stay safe. Do you think the situation is really bad in Iraq? Some military personnel have stated that when they came home on leave that they could not believe how the media only reported the bad things and it made it seem much worse than it actually is. (This was before the helicopter attacks) Also - are you in Baghdad?
My brother will be heading back to Bahrain in a couple of months he said.
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Hang in there - we in the West think about you guys in Iraq
So where in Iraq are you? What are your assignments?
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Hey All... after Beor posted in the "Far From Home" Thread that he was in the US Infantry and in Baghdad, I asked him to give us some updates. He had trouble staying online enough to start a thread at first, but here's an excerpt from a PM he sent me that answers some of those questions:
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11-21-2003, 04:42 AM | #6 |
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Yeah, that PM to Valandil still holds true. I just keep on keepin' on. I dont know how the media is handling it, but things really arent that bad here. We have had some bad things happen, and it sucks, but overall, things do seem to be improving. I thank you all for your kind words, too. We all appriciate that stuff.
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11-21-2003, 06:09 AM | #7 | |
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all the best over there Beor, i guess its another life experiance and it will give you many stories to recollect to children and grandchildren in years to come, i loved my grandpas war stories.
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11-24-2003, 11:01 PM | #8 |
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We're proud of Beor.
I'm getting mixed messages from the media and the /whole/ truth. So there's something I'm wondering: How is the general morale over there? The soldiers must all miss their families I'm sure, but how are you guys holding up?
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11-25-2003, 03:34 AM | #9 |
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Ah, were holding up fine. Of course we do miss our loved ones, and everybody compalins sometimes, but on the whole were doing fine, as I see it.
It does get real [edited] sometimes though...
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Beor sent me this in a PM and OK'd me putting it here:
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Beor -
Now that you are back you need to update this with new information. Maybe you want to come to entmoot though to escape Iraq a bit though - which is understandable. Hope everything improves there.
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01-24-2004, 03:34 AM | #12 |
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Yeah, I really should, but that PM to Valandil summed it up pretty nice. I do come here to escape, I suppose, but all in all, the moot is just a good time, and one can get alot of good information and get diffenent viewpoints on things. But yeah, everything is going Okay, we (my Battalion) should be leaving here for Germany in about three months, so that is REALLY cool. Other than that, not too much has happened, of course its only ten-thirty in the morning here. We did a raid last night, no one got hurt, thats about it.
-- Beor
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Our best wishes are with you Beor.
What is the biggest threat to peace, or, is everything fairly calm right now? Is there any trouble with Saddam loyalists?
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The biggest threat to peace seems to be these guys that want to bomb everything. We are apprehending a lot of them, but they still pop up everywhere. Also, they dont just bomb us anymore, they bomb the Iraqi Police too. I dont really know exactly who they work for, they may be Saddam loyalists, but I'm sure a few of them are just radicals bent on blowing stuff up. Also, alot of them want to try to make the US look bad to the Iraqi people. The big thing right now is to keep the people feeling secure. I think we're doing a good job, no matter what the media says (which I dont really know, I really dont have time to watch the news).
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Finally visited the thread Beor, so that answers my question from my PM. Stay safe.
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hey Beor-FUBAR.
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Hello Beor!
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