Abu Ghraib: Day 287
Happy Anniversary, Iraqi Freedom. I don't care what the media says about you, the people of this country are better off today than they were three years ago. Don't believe me? Drive to the airport, hop on a plane, take three connecting flights and two convoys, and stop by the prison. I'll show you the death house, the drowning pool, and the crematorium. I'll show you pictures of some the last writings of political prisoners, which were written on their cell walls in their own blood. After that, then you can tell me what your opinion is...
Or you can go to Google and type in "death house" and "Abu Ghraib." Have fun...
Stepping off my soapbox.
Tomorrow is a sad day for some of us here. Engine Company 902 will be disbanded at 0700 Monday morning. We placed our Tanker, which had been out of service for 14 months, back in service this week after it finally got repaired. This, compounded by new stations at other bases opening up, means that we will loose one of our two Engines. No personnel leave with it, but we have to get it and all the items that came with it packed up so that it can be put on a flatbed truck and convoyed out this week.
In semi-related news, I received word this week that I passed both my Driver/Operator-Pumper and Driver/Operator-Mobile Water Supply classes. I am pretty happy about this. Those are two classes that I won't have to worry about when I get home.
Or you can go to Google and type in "death house" and "Abu Ghraib." Have fun...
Stepping off my soapbox.
Tomorrow is a sad day for some of us here. Engine Company 902 will be disbanded at 0700 Monday morning. We placed our Tanker, which had been out of service for 14 months, back in service this week after it finally got repaired. This, compounded by new stations at other bases opening up, means that we will loose one of our two Engines. No personnel leave with it, but we have to get it and all the items that came with it packed up so that it can be put on a flatbed truck and convoyed out this week.
In semi-related news, I received word this week that I passed both my Driver/Operator-Pumper and Driver/Operator-Mobile Water Supply classes. I am pretty happy about this. Those are two classes that I won't have to worry about when I get home.