Finally made it to Iraq

[Tom5572]

After a month of sitting in Camp Buehring Kuwait, I finally made it to Iraq.  For those of you who know Buehring, you know how uncool it is to spend any more time then one has to.   
     So, my friends, as soon as I can get my controllers, I will be up in the cartoon skies of Aces High.  If I am warpy let me know and I will relog but the chances are it will not fix the problem (ran a ping plotter today and was averaging about 769 ms).
     Thanks for all the well wishes when I left, on of the many reasons I love this community and this game.

Tom

[TW9]

ah i remember camp boring. where in iraq are u?

[Tom5572]

Currently I am at COB Adder (Talill Air base formerly) with the possibility of moving down to Camp Bucca (God I should be so lucky). 

[Wagger]

Yes fun and games in the military.  The military since of humor never fails to amuse me.  It falls under the sadist masochistic fetishes. They are the giver and you are the receiver.  Well you are in my families prayers and always remember don't let them know you are enjoying yourself or they might send you home.  Heaven forbid you enjoy yourself.  Thank you for your service.

[ebfd11]

Well and stay safe. We need you here back in the states alive and well. Don't forget if they say duck kiss the pavement, no seriously I mean KISS the pavement.

On a serious note .. Thanks for what you are sacrificing to be where you are.

[USRanger]

Stay safe troop.  Give the whole country the finger for me.  I left some of my leg over there.  If you find it, let me know & PM you my address.

[redman555]

-BigBOBCH

[2ADoc]

Hey H-2 and H-4 Diamondback are both really good bases to go to.  H-2 diamondback has an R/C car track with 7 jumps and a smooth oval, it also has a Great PX, and the Defac is great, the guy who runs it takes care in the prep of the food and it is not like the rest of the Cardboard food in them.  There is a less that 2 hour response time to any thing like A/C service calls, and it has the Ice plant on it.  H-2,H-4 also have the water supply for the rest of the Northern Iraq area.  I spent almost 5 years in the Northern Iraq area, and the new base in Erbil is SWEET, I know I built it.  If you get a chance you should see if you can get the video of the "Bucca Bad girls", and the older one 172BSB gone wild.

[TW9]

Nothing beats Balad (Anaconda). Its a big AFB we all know how spoiled they are 

[uptown]

Keep your head down and 1 in the chamber Tom 

[Zoney]

Be safe sir.  And make sure you let some of your buddies play your set up to add to our circle of addisted friends.

[VonMessa]

 

You had me wondering there for a bit 

[Yenny]

3.5 months til redeploy to the state xD. Meaning 3.5 months til AH again! I have internet over here but it's really really too laggy to play =/. Trust me you can't really play AH w/ 700 ms! Time to order some other aviation games while waiting xD. I think you got lucky on where you staying though. I remember when I first got here, the first 2 months we were cutting cardboard to use as plate. It was always cold cut=/ <-- fear balony sandwiches still 

[68Hawk]

Keep safe out there Tom!

I only had to spend 5 days at Buehring and that sucked pretty bad.  Would have loved to get back there once I was in Baghdad though.  It was just about this time of year when I went through there too. 

Do they still have hesco barriers around the starbucks?  It's one of my most comical and cherished pictures.

Keep your head down.

[jollyFE]

Nothing beats Balad (Anaconda). Its a big AFB we all know how spoiled they are 

Having done 24 years in th USAF, our idea of roughing it is a motel 6 with basic cable.