Baghdad Vacations, Baghdad Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

Well today was the 4th of July, and like most holidays in Iraq came and went without a single mention of what we were missing back home.  I was able to take 14 of my guys to the pool on our FOB, and for 4 hours that day we forgot that we were even in Iraq.  Took our uniforms off, stripped down to just shorts and sunglasses.  For some of my guys it was the first time their bodies had seen the sun in 11 months and now they are paying the price of some good 'ol sunburns.  I...

Many people ask me about what I want to do in my life.  As I am sure many of you are also asked.  About a month ago I watched a movie called The Bucket List, which most have probably seen.  It was definitly a "B" movie, but it got my friend Preston (PostCard on TB) and me thinking as to what we would write on our own Bucket List.  The idea anamored us enough to start writing our own.  I set the stipulation that it could only be 50 items or less due to the fact if you ...

As I rise to my feet I grab my mat and roll it up. I walk into the next room where my son is sound asleep and lay it in the bed next to his head. Trying not to wake him I lean over to kiss him on his cheek but he opens his eyes. I tell him that I love him and to be a good young man and go back to sleep. I tell him goodbye and as I stand upright I fight back the tears that are brewing in my eyes. I stiffen my lips and stick out my chest, today is a joyful day. I walk back into my room I make...

I have been able to see more of Iraq than I would have actually liked to have seen.  I first came over to sunny Iraq in 2003 with the US Army and got to visit all sorts of exciting places and to "meet" tons of new and interesting people.  I came back over to Iraq again in 2006 to work in the Internation or Green Zone.  This time around I have had the chance to go to just about all of the major government places.  The US embassy is located in one of Saddam Hussein's old pal...