So I've been out for a couple of days.
I was on a dismounted search mission with the IA.
We got droped off at 01:00 a few days ago to walk in to our objective.
the Cav air assaulted in on black hawk to of the birds saw our Infra Red strobes and thought we were the Landing Zone and drope those trooper tow KM north of the actual LZ.
We searched a village a Masque and secure an abandoned compound for a base camp.
We droped our Packs and search the palm groves for weapons. we finished up around 14:00 and finally got some rest.
The next day up at 03:00 to escort the detainees to the transports and then on to search more palm groves we finished around 13:00 returning to the transports to wait for our ride.
one of our trucks struck an IED inroute no damage. all total we probably walked 20 KM in those to days. that would be bad if we weren't waring 80 lb of body armor and equipment.
once back to the patrol base we found the in ternet was down and then we had a como blackout. Then today we had to go sit on a IED at the same spot as yesterdays IED we sat for 11 hours until EOD showed up finally
so how was your week?
I was on a dismounted search mission with the IA.
We got droped off at 01:00 a few days ago to walk in to our objective.
the Cav air assaulted in on black hawk to of the birds saw our Infra Red strobes and thought we were the Landing Zone and drope those trooper tow KM north of the actual LZ.
We searched a village a Masque and secure an abandoned compound for a base camp.
We droped our Packs and search the palm groves for weapons. we finished up around 14:00 and finally got some rest.
The next day up at 03:00 to escort the detainees to the transports and then on to search more palm groves we finished around 13:00 returning to the transports to wait for our ride.
one of our trucks struck an IED inroute no damage. all total we probably walked 20 KM in those to days. that would be bad if we weren't waring 80 lb of body armor and equipment.
once back to the patrol base we found the in ternet was down and then we had a como blackout. Then today we had to go sit on a IED at the same spot as yesterdays IED we sat for 11 hours until EOD showed up finally
so how was your week?
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I don't know how you find the time.
Well I still live on a patrol base in Iraq with 30 US soldiers and 300 Iraqi soldiers.
I fix about evey thing.
I actually grew up in the Army as a wheeled vehicle Mechanic witch is how I got here.
I help out and train the Iraqi Mechanics.
Being on a small Patrol Base we have Two 350 KW generators a main one and a backup.
from what I've been told they were put in about a year ago one of witch I was told had a bad curcuit card
the other ran great until November. It ran for six months with no servicing just adding oil. Them I got here.
on the main bases they have the same large generators those get serviced by civilians and they don't come out here. they have sent local contactors to service them but they show up with a tool box and an oil filter "no oil".
So I have gotten a crash course in power generation. I have never worked on generators but I figure after all it is an engine. I figure I can fix anything if I have the right manual, oh I don't have the manuals for them. I did manage to get the backup gen running, good thing the main generator blow a fan belt and now won't start. I have always been able to at least get it running once it quits. oh well I'll work on it tomarrow.