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Echo5Oscar · 11-25-2006, 09:40 PM

Well, I was "deployed" to southern California. For OEF/OIF, I was at March Air Reserve Base, out by Riverside loading USMC Gear on C-5's and C-17's, and Marines onto Civilian Airliners. I may have sent a few of you off, or welcomed you home. Half of my unit was sent to the sandbox, and half of us had to stay and handle Arrival/Departure Airfield Control. Makes for kind of a wierd situation after our unit was reunited, as no one ever volunteered to stay behind, they just sent one platoon abroad and kept one in SoCal. Half of our company wished we had been there, and some of the guys that went wished they hadn't.

**eric_t12** · 11-30-2006, 07:45 PM

I'm signal and was originally with the 5BCT 1st Cav at Camp falcon, now i'm at Liberty with the Air Cav Brigade.

xdsti · 12-20-2006, 04:10 PM

SPC/E-4
OIF 3
860TH MP CO
MAY 04 to NOV 05
CAMP RUSTAMAYH
CAMP VICTORY

Slilock · 12-22-2006, 02:26 AM

USAF (C-130's) - Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar - Apr '04 - Jul '04

USAF (C-130's) - Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait - Oct '05 - Dec '05

USAF (C-130's) - Balad Air Base, Iraq - Dec '05 - Feb '06

gsh341 · 12-22-2006, 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slilock

USAF (C-130's) - Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar - Apr '04 - Jul '04

USAF (C-130's) - Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait - Oct '05 - Dec '05

USAF (C-130's) - Balad Air Base, Iraq - Dec '05 - Feb '06

You Air Force guys have it easy!

I did 1 tour and my deployment was for 12 months in country and 3 months of mobilization training before the war started for a total of 15 months. You've been deployed 3 times and are still 6 months behind.

Just kidding you. We're all on the same team, just using slightly different rules.

CPES · 01-03-2007, 06:13 PM

Yeah, different rules...I think the majority of it comes from our manning. We aren't quite as befuddled as the army and marines becasue we have very few combat losses compared to you guys. No infantry in the USAF, you know?

I was at Al-Udeid AB from July 05 - October 05, the short tour due to the three other units that made up our AEF rotation. We can break it up like that.

Hats off to the ground pounders though, you guys do a tough and underappreciated job. 127*F average was hot for us on the flightline trying to get combat ready aircraft off the ground, but I bet it gets a helluva lot hotter when you're getting shot at...

Still, it's an awesome feeling seeing our '16s loaded up with live munitions, then coming back completely empty. You KNOW that someone just got their day fu*ked up.

184SFS · 01-03-2007, 08:43 PM

I was in Iraq from 2004-2005, while deployed I was doing convoy security attached to the 1st ID & 5th SFG. I was wounded by an IED on Dec. 31 2004, and later discharged from the Army. I returned to the US Military in April of 2006 when I joined the Kansas Air National Guard.

kg4bcn · 01-04-2007, 12:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crit

I was at BIAP (formerly Saddam International Airport, really...) in Army Air Defense and curious who else was over in the hot with me.

What was your MOS?

I was in Desert storm as a 16R and converted to a 16S shortly after we returned.

Stryker_11a · 01-06-2007, 05:08 AM

FOB Summerall Bayji Dec 04-Nov 05

XD_Mike · 01-06-2007, 06:00 PM

USAF E-5

Oct 02-Feb 03 Seib North AB, Oman
Feb 03-May 03 Thru out Iraq dropping off a little JP8
May 06-Sept 06 Balad AB, Iraq(a.k.a. LSA Anaconda)

11-25-2006, 09:40 PM	#41
Echo5Oscar XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: California Posts: 177	Well, I was "deployed" to southern California. For OEF/OIF, I was at March Air Reserve Base, out by Riverside loading USMC Gear on C-5's and C-17's, and Marines onto Civilian Airliners. I may have sent a few of you off, or welcomed you home. Half of my unit was sent to the sandbox, and half of us had to stay and handle Arrival/Departure Airfield Control. Makes for kind of a wierd situation after our unit was reunited, as no one ever volunteered to stay behind, they just sent one platoon abroad and kept one in SoCal. Half of our company wished we had been there, and some of the guys that went wished they hadn't. __________________ "Truth is treason in the empire of lies." -Ron Paul, in the Preface to The Revolution, A Manifesto.

11-30-2006, 07:45 PM	#42
eric_t12 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: SD Posts: 3,662	Camp Falcon and Liberty I'm signal and was originally with the 5BCT 1st Cav at Camp falcon, now i'm at Liberty with the Air Cav Brigade.

01-03-2007, 08:43 PM	#47
184SFS XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kansas Posts: 136	I was in Iraq from 2004-2005, while deployed I was doing convoy security attached to the 1st ID & 5th SFG. I was wounded by an IED on Dec. 31 2004, and later discharged from the Army. I returned to the US Military in April of 2006 when I joined the Kansas Air National Guard. __________________ SSGT, 184th Security Forces Squadron McConnell AFB Emergency Service Team Iraqi Freedom Veteran, Combat Wounded SA 1911-A1 Mil-Spec Loaded,Glock 22/CCF Race Frame, SA M1A Scout, LWRC M6A2

01-06-2007, 05:08 AM	#49
Stryker_11a XDTalk Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 31	FOB Summerall Bayji Dec 04-Nov 05 __________________ MAJ Doug Sloan; SGT Brahim Jeffcoat; SGT Francis Straub; CPL Genaro Pelligrini; SPC Kurt Krout; SPC John Kulick; PFC Nathaniel DeTample. You never let your country or your brothers down, we will never forget you.

01-06-2007, 06:00 PM	#50
XD_Mike XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Montgomery, Alabama Posts: 6	USAF E-5 Oct 02-Feb 03 Seib North AB, Oman Feb 03-May 03 Thru out Iraq dropping off a little JP8 May 06-Sept 06 Balad AB, Iraq(a.k.a. LSA Anaconda) __________________ XD 40 Ported RRA AR15

12-20-2006, 04:10 PM	#43
xdsti XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 9	SPC/E-4 OIF 3 860TH MP CO MAY 04 to NOV 05 CAMP RUSTAMAYH CAMP VICTORY

12-22-2006, 02:26 AM	#44
Slilock XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 1	USAF (C-130's) - Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar - Apr '04 - Jul '04 USAF (C-130's) - Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait - Oct '05 - Dec '05 USAF (C-130's) - Balad Air Base, Iraq - Dec '05 - Feb '06

01-03-2007, 06:13 PM	#46
CPES XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Castle Rock, CO Posts: 1,031	Yeah, different rules...I think the majority of it comes from our manning. We aren't quite as befuddled as the army and marines becasue we have very few combat losses compared to you guys. No infantry in the USAF, you know? I was at Al-Udeid AB from July 05 - October 05, the short tour due to the three other units that made up our AEF rotation. We can break it up like that. Hats off to the ground pounders though, you guys do a tough and underappreciated job. 127F average was hot for us on the flightline trying to get combat ready aircraft off the ground, but I bet it gets a helluva lot hotter when you're getting shot at... Still, it's an awesome feeling seeing our '16s loaded up with live munitions, then coming back completely empty. You KNOW that someone just got their day fuked up.

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