Iraq Travel Blogs - Page 2

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 …

I'd love to say that I have been worse places but that would be a lie. Never-the-less it was an experience that I'll never forget and for better and worse have made me who I am today. I'll never forget back in '03 when I saw the Euphrates and Tigris rivers for the first time. When I was young I never thought that I'd have that opportunity to see places mentioned in the bible.

An overview of my 2nd Operation Iraqi Freedom Tour.

The majority of the time when you hear stories from Iraq it is of unpleasant things.  People generally think stories of getting shot at or bombs going off are much cooler.  I personally enjoy the peaceful times alot more.  Once such instance was when I was escorting someone around No…

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James, (jamesuah) had a birthday on Aug 16th and I looked at his profile photo and thought, I could give him a gift by changing his shot. I downloaded the shot and did a little lighting and color changes and I hope he is happy with the outcome.  Happy Birthday!!   If this is a photo of…

Just a short little blog...about the desert. Written way after the fact, but written as if I was still there.

My deployment to Iraq from Jan - June 2008

IRAQ

3 months is long enough

Mosul second largest city, Mosul is also called Um Al-Rabi'ain (The City of Two Springs), because autumn and spring are very similar. It is on both banks of the Tigress river. The University of Mosul is located here, and is one of the largest universities in the Middle East. There are many Mosques all over Mosul that are beautiful to look at......

I am in the United States Army and just wanted to share some pics from Iraq. It really is a neat country. It has alot of history behind it and theres is some awsome architecture. Maybe one day when the war settles down it could be a nice place to come and visit and stay a while.

ok well took as many pictures of iraq as i could but really its more of the USA base. i was not allowed to leave the base because i was only there for a month.

Living the dream in Iraq

This was my best deployment out of all my deployments.  I had a great crew, and we even had the fortune to break for a week in Yerevan, Armenia.