by Jeff_Werner

My First 7 Months In Iraq, The Shocking Truth You Didn’t Hear On CNN

My First 7 Months In Iraq, The Shocking Truth You Didn’t Hear On CNN.

I worked for KBR.
My First Six Months Of 2006. These are my unedited Iraq journal entries.

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February 29 – March 16

Well, I did not go to Cedar yet. However the very next week I passed my driving test and over the course of the next week went on three missions. First was a mission to warhorse some 20 miles away from Anaconda. It went well, however the road was incredibly bad due to IED holes and VBED holes.
(VBED=Vehicle Born Explosive Device)

The next mission was to TQ at Al Taqqdum Air Base southwest of Baghdad. Definitely the most dangerous mission I’ve been on yet. Despite the risks or the 6 hour drive, both our convoy and military escorts escaped the breadth of the mission without a scratch.

March 17 – March 22

Finally I have arrived at Cedar near Tallil Air Base. I like it a lot here, but unfortunately Cedar doesn’t have even one tree. Tallil is only 7 miles away. It has trees. So I don’t know why we don’t? Like Anaconda the dust is bad but the smoke is light. Cedar is just 12 miles from Al Naziriyah.

March 23

We sat around much of the day in a minor but very irritating sandstorm. A mission up to Scania was cancelled. Perhaps tomorrow they will reschedule the mission. Also today we were given an escort class. Dealing in how to properly lead around third country nationals. Otherwise known as TCNs. A short but boring class.

March 24

Yesterday the airplane that took us from