Oct 28, 2004 00:02
greetingsfrom camp victory in baghdad, iraq. i have been here 4 days now and have gotten shelled every night. tonite, about half an hour ago, a mortar was fired into our perimeter about 200 meters from our clinic. me and my battle bud got to stand on the roof for 20 minutes with m-16s locked and loaded watching enemy fire over the gates, trying to spot insurgents climbing the wall and infiltrating our area. wow, i'm a real soldier. yesterday was interesting because we treated an air force major who was walking down the street and a stray bullet from an ak-47 landed in his hand and we had to extract it. we dubbed him the LMFOE for the day. LUCKIEST MOTHER FUCKER ON EARTH. the bullet was from iraqi celebratory fire. i guess one of the most dangerous times for stray fire is after soccer games, cuz they fire TONS of rounds up into the air. apparently, the morning of the day we got to camp victory, a civilian contractor was taking a shower in the "trailer park" across from ours, and was killed by a rocket-propelled grenade. scary stuff. oh well, the weather is really nice, like in the 80s every day. the food here at camp victory is fucking awesome, and im afraid im gonna get fat instead of skinny like im supposed to. our trailers are pretty weak, and i dont have a dresser or anything to put my clothes in, so im pissed about that. we watch a lot of movies and i caught a lizard today. so far so good. that's all for now, im gonna try and get some pix posted soon. oh and if you want to write me or send me naked pictures or food or something...my address is
SPC Ian Mogg
C Co 118th MED BN
APO AE 09342
xo