Friday 011108
It snowed at Balad, Camp Anaconda today. It's not much but it's rare here and we ran out and took some pics. The first pic (below) is me in front of the mosque on base. Camp Anaconda was an Iraqi air base before it was Camp Anaconda. So there are facilities here that are being re-used but the mosque is off limits and surrounded by a fence. General order 1A prohibits any US soldier or civilian from entering a mosque. (No, general order 1A does not say 'unless you are muslim...'). There are problaby some big ass camel spiders and snakes making a good home of the place while it's unoccupied.
The next pic is of me and some Humvees. The 'rhino-nose' is put down while the vehicle is in motion and outside the wire to trip any IEDs that are activated by an IR beam (like in a garage opener).
The next pic is of me and the snow accumulating on some car hoods.
The next pic is a view from a top hooch. You can barely make out some snow below but this gives you an idea of what soldiers and civilians live like over here. How big is a hooch. It's a standard sized shipping container that you'd see on the back of a truck in the states. It's approximately 12x20 foot. Does one 'really' need much more than that?
The last pic is an ad I saw in Stars and Stripes newspaper advertising jobs here in Iraq and the middle east. Yes, they hire all the time. KBR, ITT, Dyncorp and many other companies hire. It can be tough to live here, but for me the alternative was a cubicle at Microsoft. Living/working over here certainly isn't for everyone either.
It snowed at Balad, Camp Anaconda today. It's not much but it's rare here and we ran out and took some pics. The first pic (below) is me in front of the mosque on base. Camp Anaconda was an Iraqi air base before it was Camp Anaconda. So there are facilities here that are being re-used but the mosque is off limits and surrounded by a fence. General order 1A prohibits any US soldier or civilian from entering a mosque. (No, general order 1A does not say 'unless you are muslim...'). There are problaby some big ass camel spiders and snakes making a good home of the place while it's unoccupied.
The next pic is of me and some Humvees. The 'rhino-nose' is put down while the vehicle is in motion and outside the wire to trip any IEDs that are activated by an IR beam (like in a garage opener).
The next pic is of me and the snow accumulating on some car hoods.
The next pic is a view from a top hooch. You can barely make out some snow below but this gives you an idea of what soldiers and civilians live like over here. How big is a hooch. It's a standard sized shipping container that you'd see on the back of a truck in the states. It's approximately 12x20 foot. Does one 'really' need much more than that?
The last pic is an ad I saw in Stars and Stripes newspaper advertising jobs here in Iraq and the middle east. Yes, they hire all the time. KBR, ITT, Dyncorp and many other companies hire. It can be tough to live here, but for me the alternative was a cubicle at Microsoft. Living/working over here certainly isn't for everyone either.
posted by Chris in Iraq @ 5:18 PM
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