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    Anyone ever visit this particular province in Iraq? I was thinking about summer vacationing there. If I like it enough, maybe I will even stay a year.
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    Oh yeah, I was there for Spring Break last year. I highly recommend it
    THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
    AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
    AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
    DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTF

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    • #3
      When'd you get the orders and when do you ship out?

      Anyway, that's actually a relatively safe place for a tour, assuming Sadr's homies don't get too uppity this year.
      Unbelievable!

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Darius871
        When'd you get the orders and when do you ship out?

        Anyway, that's actually a relatively safe place for a tour, assuming Sadr's homies don't get too uppity this year.
        I got my orders about a week ago and I leave in mid June.

        The big question is whether it is safe because it is safe or it is safe because the US hasn't even really been there yet. Also, an IED hit a C130 in the province so it really isn't *that* safe.
        "Yay Apoc!!!!!!!" - bipolarbear
        "At least there were some thoughts went into Apocalypse." - Urban Ranger
        "Apocalype was a great game." - DrSpike
        "In Apoc, I had one soldier who lasted through the entire game... was pretty cool. I like apoc for that reason, the soldiers are a bit more 'personal'." - General Ludd

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        • #5
          Well, I did say relatively. A buddy of mine wound up in Anbar and it makes Maysan look like an afternoon ladies' tea.
          Unbelievable!

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          • #6
            Have either of you even been to Maysan?
            "Yay Apoc!!!!!!!" - bipolarbear
            "At least there were some thoughts went into Apocalypse." - Urban Ranger
            "Apocalype was a great game." - DrSpike
            "In Apoc, I had one soldier who lasted through the entire game... was pretty cool. I like apoc for that reason, the soldiers are a bit more 'personal'." - General Ludd

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            • #7
              I've been in and around Wasit when I was based in Al Kut but that's north of Maysan.
              Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Apocalypse

                I got my orders about a week ago and I leave in mid June.

                The big question is whether it is safe because it is safe or it is safe because the US hasn't even really been there yet. Also, an IED hit a C130 in the province so it really isn't *that* safe.
                How exactly does an IED hit a C130? Do you mean a home made rocket? If it was a rocket then it was likely supplied by Iran and wasn't some crude device made in someone's garage.
                Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Oerdin
                  I've been in and around Wasit when I was based in Al Kut but that's north of Maysan.
                  Any anecdotes about Maysan you can share at least, considering this is The Maysan Thread and not The Wasit Thread?
                  "Yay Apoc!!!!!!!" - bipolarbear
                  "At least there were some thoughts went into Apocalypse." - Urban Ranger
                  "Apocalype was a great game." - DrSpike
                  "In Apoc, I had one soldier who lasted through the entire game... was pretty cool. I like apoc for that reason, the soldiers are a bit more 'personal'." - General Ludd

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Apocalypse
                    Have either of you even been to Maysan?
                    Hell no, I just know the demographic makeup and average level of violence. So far I've only been stationed in Armchairgeneralstan.
                    Unbelievable!

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Oerdin


                      How exactly does an IED hit a C130? Do you mean a home made rocket? If it was a rocket then it was likely supplied by Iran and wasn't some crude device made in someone's garage.
                      THE RAF Hercules transport aircraft destroyed in Iraq two weeks ago was crippled by an insurgent booby-trap as it landed under cover of darkness on…


                      Basically the British didn't secure an airstrip. An IED was placed directly on there and went off when a C130 was landing.
                      "Yay Apoc!!!!!!!" - bipolarbear
                      "At least there were some thoughts went into Apocalypse." - Urban Ranger
                      "Apocalype was a great game." - DrSpike
                      "In Apoc, I had one soldier who lasted through the entire game... was pretty cool. I like apoc for that reason, the soldiers are a bit more 'personal'." - General Ludd

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                      • #12
                        Here is a map
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                        "At least there were some thoughts went into Apocalypse." - Urban Ranger
                        "Apocalype was a great game." - DrSpike
                        "In Apoc, I had one soldier who lasted through the entire game... was pretty cool. I like apoc for that reason, the soldiers are a bit more 'personal'." - General Ludd

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                        • #13
                          Also, an IED hit a C130 in the province so it really isn't *that* safe.


                          An IED hit a plane?

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Kuciwalker
                            Also, an IED hit a C130 in the province so it really isn't *that* safe.


                            An IED hit a plane?
                            Yes. It was a British special forces plane too.

                            While in the US, special means elite, in Britain special means special.

                            I will be working with British apparently. Hopefully I will get a cool British medal.
                            "Yay Apoc!!!!!!!" - bipolarbear
                            "At least there were some thoughts went into Apocalypse." - Urban Ranger
                            "Apocalype was a great game." - DrSpike
                            "In Apoc, I had one soldier who lasted through the entire game... was pretty cool. I like apoc for that reason, the soldiers are a bit more 'personal'." - General Ludd

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Apocalypse

                              I got my orders about a week ago and I leave in mid June.

                              The big question is whether it is safe because it is safe or it is safe because the US hasn't even really been there yet. Also, an IED hit a C130 in the province so it really isn't *that* safe.
                              I'll be attending LTC in Fort Knox around the same time. Luckily, all I have to worry about are airplanes flying over releasing knockout gas

                              I will be working with British apparently. Hopefully I will get a cool British medal


                              Aim for a knighthood

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