Posts tagged Iraq
Goodbye Operation Iraqi Freedom, Welcome Operation New Dawn
Say goodbye to Operation Iraqi Freedom. Effective Sept. 1, the war in Iraq will acquire a new official moniker: “Operation New Dawn.”
Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced the move Wednesday in a memo to Gen. David Petraeus, chief of U.S. Central Command, that was first reported by ABC News.
In the brief, one-paragraph memo, a copy of which also went to Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gates said the name change is designed to coincide with “the change of mission for U.S. forces in Iraq.” (link)
Is this why we are getting out of Iraq?
Basra, Iraq: I kinda miss the noise of sirens, rockets, mortars, C-RAMS, and the adrenalin. Luckily, I’m still alive and I cannot wait to deploy again.
Study: British troops less likely to get PTSD
its because they have a british accent and they “blog fags” instead of smoking a cigarette. For the dum dums out there… In british slang: A “fag” is a cigarette.
Take a minute to watch this moving video about Operation Proper Exit.
Then make a tax-deductible donation to help the USO stand with our service men and women.
Thinking about sending a care package to our troops?
VI. Don’t put “Word Finds” in your care package. How effing old do you think your audience is over here? The minimum age of a person to join the military is seventeen, and that’s with their parents permission. Don’t insult our intelligence. Yes, we joined the military, but we can also tie our own shoes and operate a phone.You may as well just send us coloring books or a poster-sized letter that says we support you retarded morons. […]
Disclaimer: I love each and every care package I receive. Hopefully you have a sense of humor if you choose to read on.
![When I moved to Camp Basra which is operated by the Royal Air Force and the British Army, I discovered Zoo and Nuts magazines, they are fully nude weekly lad magazines published in the UK. If you go to a US camp in Iraq or Afghanistan, you are limited to Maxim and FHM because of the G.O. #1.
Let me tell you something about General Order #1
Prohibited Activities
[…] c. Introduction, possession, use, sale, transfer, manufacture, or consumption of any alcoholic beverage. […]
e. The introduction, possession, transfer, sale, creation, or display of any sexually explicit photograph, videotape, movie, drawing, book, or magazine. For purposes of this order, “sexually explicit” means any medium displaying the human anatomy in any unclothed or semi-clothed manner and which displays portions of the human torso […]
In other words, U.S. troops aren’t allowed to drink alcohol and to have pornographic materials while in Iraq or Afghanistan.
There is a reason behind G.O.#1 
We don’t want drunk and horny American troops running around the A.O.R.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuprqnvV0c1qz4tjpo1_400.jpg)
When I moved to Camp Basra which is operated by the Royal Air Force and the British Army, I discovered Zoo and Nuts magazines, they are fully nude weekly lad magazines published in the UK. If you go to a US camp in Iraq or Afghanistan, you are limited to Maxim and FHM because of the G.O. #1.
Let me tell you something about General Order #1
Prohibited Activities
[…] c. Introduction, possession, use, sale, transfer, manufacture, or consumption of any alcoholic beverage. […]
e. The introduction, possession, transfer, sale, creation, or display of any sexually explicit photograph, videotape, movie, drawing, book, or magazine. For purposes of this order, “sexually explicit” means any medium displaying the human anatomy in any unclothed or semi-clothed manner and which displays portions of the human torso […]
In other words, U.S. troops aren’t allowed to drink alcohol and to have pornographic materials while in Iraq or Afghanistan.
There is a reason behind G.O.#1
We don’t want drunk and horny American troops running around the A.O.R.
Blackwater’s McDonnell Douglas MD-369FF Loaches are essentially defenseless, unless you count the two mercs hanging out the cabin doors with their rifles.
Army mascot “Liberty” killed in Iraq
He was doing cartwheel and he tripped on an IED
To our fallen comrade, you memories will always be remembered.
Donkey Punch the Movie: Now availiable in your nearest hadji mart! They have everything from singing alarm clocks to DVD’s, they also have this Disney Box set for only 50 USD and it inlcudes all disney movies like Cinderella, Lion King, Mulan, Snow White, South Park, Beavis and Butthead, and High School Musical. I swear to God! It has South Park and Beavis and Butthead.
Remember Lt. Dane from Forrest Gump? MMmyeah he started a program called Operation Iraqi Children. His program is actually making progress compare to Operation Iraqi Freedom. (I think)
Operation Iraqi Children (OIC) is program established to bring desperately needed school supplies to the children of Iraq. This program, founded by actor Gary Sinise Forrest Gump, Apollo 13)
With the help of the United States Armed Forces, OIC’s contributions are distributed to children throughout Iraq. The goal of Operation Iraqi Children is to improve the quality of education for Iraqi children by ensuring their access to the basic tools of learning, and to foster goodwill between American troops and the Iraqi people while promoting the peace process.
