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Monthly Archives: March 2013
Jake’s OIF War Journal 11: The Tactical Pause
Happy Easter! Sorry this one is a day late. I’ve been painting the baby’s room and doing other chores while my wife’s away and forgot to finish this post last night. What were you doing when American forces were chilling … Continue reading
Posted in Army, History, Iraq, Journals, OIF War Journal, Operation Iraqi Freedom
Tagged 2003, 3rd Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, 4th Brigade, Apache, Army, Dan Wiltshire, Daniel Wiltshire, Fedayeen, hellfire missiles, Iraq, Jacob Boyer, Jake Boyer, jihadist, Karbala, Karbala Gap, Mason Lowery, Medina Division, Najaf, OBJ Rams, Objective Rams, OIF, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Republican Guard, Saddam Fedayeen, Spc. Dan Wiltshire, Spc. Jacob Boyer, Spc. Mason Lowery
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Jake’s OIF War Journal 10: Ye Gods, The Drudgery
All I can say for this one is that this is what happens when you get stuck on a flight line in southeastern Iraq for almost a week at the beginning of a war. This, my friends and loyal readers, … Continue reading
Jake’s OIF War Journal 9: Sleeping in a Stream
Before you read this, I want to apologize, because the end is a little bit of me staring up my own arse. Having not read further, I recall that I did a little of that in here. I feel like … Continue reading
Jake’s OIF War Journal 8: Martian Dust Storm
This time on “Jake’s OIF War Journal:” the Martian dust storm. It was orange, it was red, it slowed us down. I later heard and recorded stories about American tanks going right by Iraqi tanks in the heat of combat … Continue reading
Jake’s OIF War Journal 7: Still in Jalibah
So where were we? Oh right, I’m in Jalibah. Land of exploding turds and an eventual Martian dust storm. Read on … 24 March 03 Still here at the airfield. We were only supposed to be here 15-20 hours, and … Continue reading
Posted in Army, History, Iraq, Journals, OIF War Journal, Operation Iraqi Freedom
Tagged 2003, Army, Cpl Josh Boyer, helicopters, Iraq, Jacob Boyer, Jake Boyer, Jalibah, Josh Boyer, Joshua Boyer, OIF, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Spc. Jacob Boyer
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Jake’s OIF War Journal 6: It Begins
Now we get to the good stuff. All the posts to this point have been about waiting to go to war in Kuwait. There’s a little of that here, but this is about the start of the war, written on … Continue reading
Posted in Army, History, Iraq, OIF War Journal, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Work
Tagged 1/3 Aviaiton, 1st Batalion, 2/3 Aviation, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Brigade, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, 4th Brigade, Army, Bush, Camp Doha, Camp Udairi, CBS News, cigarettes, Dan Wiltshire, Daniel Wiltshire, Iraq, Jacob Boyer, Jake Boyer, Kuwait, Nasiriyah, OIF, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Phil Ittner, Sgt. Mike Pederson, Spc. Dan Wiltshire, Spc. Jacob Boyer
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Jake’s OIF War Journal 5.2: The (Kuwait) Cutting Room Floor
As I’ve been reading through this journal which I really haven’t read since I wrote it, I’ve realized that there is a lot of stuff I left out, at least in Kuwait. I don’t know about Iraq yet because I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged 2003, 3rd ID, 3rd Infantry Division, 50th PAD, 50th Public Affairs Detachment, Army, Bill O'Reilly, Bittburger, Brit Hume, Camp New York, CFLCC, Combined Forces Land Coalition Command, Dan Wiltshire, Daniel Wiltshire, Daredevil, dust storms, Emma Krouser, Eric Shinseki, Fox News, haircuts, Jack Tilley, Jacob Boyer, Jake Boyer, James Bond, KBR, Kuwait, Mason Lowery, MREs, near beer, OIF, Operation Iraqi Freedom, PX, Spc. Dan Wiltshire, Spc. Jacob Boyer, Spc. Mason Lowery, Spc. tom Nacey, Star Trek, Terminator: Judgment Day, Tom Nacey, whore's bath, X2
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