Ask an Iraq war Vet

[mbillie1]

First off, awesome thread. The best "Ask me" I've read in a while. It's fascinating to hear you describe it. I got a friend in the Marines now (finishing college I guess? I believe he ships out this fall for Iraq) so I'm just trying to get a feel for what he's gonna be going through... sounds awful tbh. No questions yet, just thought I'd throw in my appreciation for your service and for making this thread.

Also,

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[theblackkeys]

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Did you get any training in peace keeping operations before your first tour?
Was your training focused on conventional combat operations against an opposing army or did it include counter insurgency training?
What were you expecting to happen after the initial conflict against the Baathist regime was won?

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No we didn't really get any peace-keeping training. We did a lot of MOUT (Military operations in urban terrain) training, which consists of learning to fight against insurgents who fight with gorilla tactics.

After the "major combat operations" were over. Everyone was kinda like, "uhh.... so what de we do now?" I don't think the guys up top thought it out very well. I'm still not really sure there is any kind of real "plan".

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[4drugmoney]

LOL. yeah I forgot to add a disclaimer that I suck at spelling, punctuation, and pretty much writing in general.
Here some more pics, Ill try to find some more good ones, but they are scattered around everywhere.

The guy on the left and I spent alot of time together.He claimed to be 21, but I think he was closer to 16 and joined the Army anyways.

Antenna hill


The euphrates river.

[wizardplow]

no way that kid is 21.

Also you don't have any insider info on what really happened to Pat Tillman, do you? Any opinion on the subject?

[Lord_Strife]

I'm probably going to be hated forever for what I'm about to say but mind you I'm drunk and that's usually truth serum so here goes...

I'm a republican by nature and I chose not to vote last election (my first legal aged election) because I was an ignorant voter and I accepted the fact that I wasn't allowed to bitch about it. I've found that if the war will directly improve my lifestyle then I'm for it, but if it will not then I'm against it. I haven't noticed anything positive from the war since it started (especially gas priceS) so therefore I am thinking that it didn't improve my lifestyle. With all of this in mind, who do you plan on voting for next November and do you think the war improved anyone's daily life? BTW I didn't read anything except the first few posts so if this was covered I'll read the whole thing in the morning when I'm sober and you can just not reply to this

[pergesu]

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I'm probably going to be hated forever for what I'm about to say but mind you I'm drunk and that's usually truth serum so here goes...

I'm a republican by nature and I chose not to vote last election (my first legal aged election) because I was an ignorant voter and I accepted the fact that I wasn't allowed to bitch about it. I've found that if the war will directly improve my lifestyle then I'm for it, but if it will not then I'm against it. I haven't noticed anything positive from the war since it started (especially gas priceS) so therefore I am thinking that it didn't improve my lifestyle. With all of this in mind, who do you plan on voting for next November and do you think the war improved anyone's daily life? BTW I didn't read anything except the first few posts so if this was covered I'll read the whole thing in the morning when I'm sober and you can just not reply to this

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You're going to be hated forever because you admitted that you're ignorant and are against the war?

You must be drunk and I must be leveled.

[4drugmoney]

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no way that kid is 21.

Also you don't have any insider info on what really happened to Pat Tillman, do you? Any opinion on the subject?

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Yeah Im pretty sure he was like 16-17, also I forgot mention something. Everyone knows how hot Iraq is like 115+F daily. But no one ever mentions who FREEZING cold it gets in the winter. I mean its disgusting cold.

As far as Pat tillman goes I don't have any personall info on what happened. From what I have read/heard it sounds as if he was killed by friendly fire, and then they tried to cover it up. It's pretty easy to see why they would do this, as it would be terrible press for the military.

Also, he was an Army Ranger (Bad-ass mothertrucker)who I assume were conducting Covert Ops with friendly locals. So it would be fairly easy for some other unit to not know who's who and just start popping people. Thats all just my personell speculation though. I really think his family deserves a good answer of what really happened though.

[4drugmoney]

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I'm probably going to be hated forever for what I'm about to say but mind you I'm drunk and that's usually truth serum so here goes...

I'm a republican by nature and I chose not to vote last election (my first legal aged election) because I was an ignorant voter and I accepted the fact that I wasn't allowed to bitch about it. I've found that if the war will directly improve my lifestyle then I'm for it, but if it will not then I'm against it. I haven't noticed anything positive from the war since it started (especially gas priceS) so therefore I am thinking that it didn't improve my lifestyle. With all of this in mind, who do you plan on voting for next November and do you think the war improved anyone's daily life? BTW I didn't read anything except the first few posts so if this was covered I'll read the whole thing in the morning when I'm sober and you can just not reply to this

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Sounds like your just Indifferent and that is a pretty common stance on the war.If you take a deeper look you could probably see lots of ways it will directly effect you eventually.

To be honest I have no idea who I would vote for at this point. If I had to guess it would probably be Obama if Hillary doesn't beat him out (which is what it's lookin like is going happen)

Ill probably vote 3rd party again. Yeah yeah I waste my vote blah blah

[pergesu]

I'll vote for whoever you vote for if you can figure out and tell me who that chick is in your avatar. You get a double vote, OOT gets a new hot chick - everybody wins!

[Brainwalter]

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I'll vote for whoever you vote for if you can figure out and tell me who that chick is in your avatar. You get a double vote, OOT gets a new hot chick - everybody wins!

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selena spice, vote for ron paul.