Oerdin's Iraq thread.

[Dinner]

Besides low crawling around on roof tops in my boxershorts and tee shirt shooting at gunmen these are the other things I've been up to: Roscoe the dog is now gone. The CO was afraid he'd get in trouble if we kept a dog and he wouldn't let me take Roscoe with me to Kirkuk. It really is to bad since there is another dog here and compound is completely walled in so Roscoe would have had a large yard to play in. I'm kind of pissed off at how the 1SG got rid of Roscoe in the middle of the night without telling anyone (he said he was afraid we'd argue with him; he's right I would have) but I am happy that he let Roscoe go off post so at least the bastards won't get to kill him. Roscoe has been a house dog all of his life so I doubt he'll live very long as a stray but it is better then letting one of the vets put him to sleep. Maybe one of the Iraqi families will adopt him.

[Theben]

Glad your still safe. Any casualties in the compound?

[East Street Trader]

Try not to kill anyone you shouldn't, Oerdin.

Sorry to hear about your mum.

[child of Thor]

Originally posted by Oerdin edit....
Roscoe has been a house dog all of his life so I doubt he'll live very long as a stray but it is better then letting one of the vets put him to sleep. ...edit...

wow - you put them too sleep! In Bosnia they just shoot them.

[self biased]

crikey... it's amazing to hear a firsthand account of this. thanks...

[Auntie H]

Wow, glad to hear you are ok. Keep safe.

[Bloody Monk]

Glad you are okay and got thru your first firefight. It is amazing how different it is from training and how it changes your world view. Kill the bastards is not always a bad idea. Keep your head down.

Monk

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Theben
Glad your still safe. Any casualties in the compound?

None, though one building is worse for the wear. Nearly all of the buildings here in Iraq are made of rebar reinforced concrete so they can take a beating and not sustain real structual damage. There were some real shook up people in the building though.

[Chemical Ollie]

Originally posted by Oerdin

None, though one building is worse for the wear. Nearly all of the buildings here in Iraq are made of rebar reinforced concrete so they can take a beating and not sustain real structual damage. There were some real shook up people in the building though.

Reminds me of my buddy who was UN soldier, when he was at a checkpoint in Lebanon and a militia guy on dope fired a long burst from an AK-47 into the side of the APC my buddy was riding. Even if there was no chance the bullets would penetrate the armour, he told me the sound of the bullets hitting the outside wall, when you half-sleepingly lean your backhead to the inside wall, would ring in your ears forever.

Let's hope your first fire fight was also your last. It seemed to turn out well for all parts, except for one of the guys in the Opel, who was asking for it anyway. Opel drivers are evil!

But don't expect me to care about the dog. People matters more.

[Arrian]

Holy ****. It is weird hearing a first-hand account by a polytubbie. I'm glad you're ok, Oerdin.

-Arrian

[Last Conformist]

This reminds me why I should check in on 'Poly with some sorta regularity. Very interesting read, Oerdin.

(Nitpick: Spain hasn't not got a president - they're a monarchy.)

[DanS]

Good account. Glad nobody with the white hats got hurt. Sounds like the Sufi guards kick butt!

Seems like these insurgents are of the incredibly stupid variety, which is reassuring.

[Lonestar]

Good to hear you're all right Oerdin, I'll drink a Margarita for ya.

[Chemical Ollie]

I already had 3

[Lonestar]

Yes, but you haven't drank a Mararita with him.