 MAJ Zollar sleeping in the Air Force terminal before leaving Ft Dix. |
 View of US and State flag first morning in Kuwait. Look at that sky! |
 One of the armored 2-1/2 ton trucks. It's seen it's share of fights. |
 CPT Dunn, B Cdr, sits across from me as we do an aerial recon of our AO. |
 This is one of the power plants that our unit manages. |
 A shot of the Tigris as we pass over it. |
 This is part of North Central Iraq...rather desolate. |
 Look at this building. The 101st took no mercy on it last year. |
 This is a view of the connexes we live in with A/C, heat, and electricity. |
 Standard intersection in the city. Looks like America almost. |
 MAJ Dunn, S2 and me standing behind a captured Iraqi AA gun. |
 Battalion formation for the Transfer of Authority. |
 Incoming: LTC Morgan, 276th EN Cdr. Outgoing: LTC Camper, 1092d EN Cdr. |
 Flags of the transfer - West Virginia, United States, Virginia. |
 276th EN BN salutes and pays tribute to the 1092d veterans. |
 276th EN BN - Sapper's on the Ground!! We now assume all the 1092d missions. |
 Passed this village on our way out to Sinjar Mountain for a recon. |
 Bedouin (nomad) village in the Northwestern part of Iraq. |
 Sappers working on Force Protection improvements. |
Sappers using a SEE for force protection improvements. |
 The weather isn't all roses...this is golf ball sized hail. |
 It's me...CPT Doss took this pic...caught me like a deer in headlights!! |
 MAJ Zollar and me inspecting the RPG damage to the IED Bullet truck |
 LTC Morgan and CSM Yancey discuss the days |
 SFC Garner supplementing his military income (he wasn't paid, this was voluntary) |
 Part of our new gym. This section is the weightlifting section. The cardio is just out of the shot. |
 The other half of our gym. This is the indoor basketball court where our intra-FOB B-Ball tourney was held. |
 CPT Kaulfers, MAJ Strobel, and me prior to us leaving Kuwait. |
 Me and 1LT Wheeler at Camp Doha in Kuwait. What an appropriate sign to see on a military base. |
 CPT Bentley, BN S4. And yes, he always has this cheery look on his face! |
 Me at Badush Ammo Supply Point. |
 CPT Gray at Badush, standing in the opening of a bombed out bunker. |
 Destroyed Bunker at Badush ASP. |
 The Tigris River flows right past Badush. How inviting it looks. |
 A Soldier stands near a row of artillery shells scheduled for destruction at Badush |
 This is what an Iraqi Ammo Bunker looks like when the Air Force hasn't bombed it. |
 A bombed out ammo bunker |
 More UXO wating for destruction. |
 Another intact bunker the Air Force didn't feel was necessary to demolish |
 MAJ Zollar crawling over one of the destroyed bunkers. |
 And this is only a very small sample of what was at Badush |
 Example of the absolute desolation around Badush. |
 Support pillars for what's left of a cleared bunker. Not sure why we left them standing. |
More UXO...no wonder the insurgents have so many IEDs. They're everywhere!! |
 Soldiers and Contractors return to the Strykers to depart Badush. |
 This is a close up look at what American missiles can do!! |
 Standing: Me, SPC Holmes, SPC Egan, CPL Chambers, SGT Tyler, SGT Suggs, SPC Moore. Kneeling: SGT Mosley, MSG Scholtz, SPC Wigglesworth |
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