Been to Iraq???

[jase25064342]

hey just wondering if any of you been to iraq yet,what day to day life really like, i am being deployed in november in the infantry role...normall i am artillery but someone decided otherwise.....
any info would be great..

[mfat_man]

Hi Jase

My mate from MFAT has been out with the Army and and then as a contractor, will see if I can get him to post

[Stinky]

Why don't you look at some videos of iraq. You can find them lying around on google video etc. After all a picture says a thousand words.

[Sonne]

Why don't you look at some videos of iraq. You can find them lying around on google video etc. After all a picture says a thousand words.

Looking at a picture and talking to someone who is there / has been there are two very different things.

Sonne

[jase25064342]

thanks for that lads....
ill look around on the net a bit,obviously i know the pr version of life in iraq but i wanted to skip the bullsh*t and get the real story.....

[Sonne]

Try the sister site www.militaryforums.co.uk there are a few people who'll be a little more help.

Sonne

[Stinky]

Of course talking to somebody who has actully been there will be better as you can't ask a picture questions. I was just advising him to do that aswell or in the mean time.

[jase25064342]

thanks again...

[mfat_man]

Try the sister site www.militaryforums.co.uk there are a few people who'll be a little more help.

Sonne

Good idea. I did hear from my friend he said he would post in here but he's away on holiday this week. Hopefully he wil post something in the future.

[Paratrooper]

I was based in camp smitty, had pretty good facilities there, scoff was better than most of the camps ive been to in the uk. had a big welfare which included sky tv, pool table all the usual stuff. Also had good internet and phone facilities. The majority of the time we did escorts for the british police around all the various iraqi police training establishments, we also did patrols with auzzies and we sometimes staged on a iraqi police station. Most of the camps are well established and have got good facilities, especially the US camps which you will probably visit a few times. food there is brilliant.