Deployment BLOG

[Bubba's Dragon]

I'm going to be writing a blog during my deployment. It will mainly be daily activities and what funny things that have happened.

I need to talk to my legal dude about it but it shouldn't be an issue as long as I don't talk about specifics and stuff.

Currently I'm living in Kuwait its really hot here...
Will add more when I get the thumbs up.

[Walding07]

jus dont draw us a picture in the sand where you are.......lol

[ZeGuru]

jus dont draw us a picture in the sand where you are.......lol

ahh good old Geraldo...

[MoPOWeR-349]

I need to talk to my legal dude about it but it shouldn't be an issue as long as I don't talk about specifics and stuff.

You should be ok as long as your not talking specifics; time, dates, places, troop strengths, operational plans, strategic or tactical equipment, ect...

[viper3ez]

u sound like you have time on your hands Jeff,

hit me up.

i pick up my car today

[themongrel]

You should be ok as long as your not talking specifics; time, dates, places, troop strengths, operational plans, strategic or tactical equipment, ect...

Exactly, bring it on... Just watch the OPSEC...

[Bubba's Dragon]

Hello Fellow Gear Heads!
I hope that everyone at LXForums can enjoy the information I’m posting so that you can see the life of a Soldier deployed and what its like to work in my career field as a National Police Transition Teams (NPTT) and also just normal experiences while living in Iraq. I’ll also include issues with cars and what the gear heads In Iraq like. There is a mailing list where every week a news letter is sent out so if you would like to receive it, just pm me and I’ll gladly add you.
So far my journey has taken me away from Korea to Kansas to the sands of Kuwait and finally to the date groves of Bagdad. The journey began in Ft Riley Kansas where I was trained to be a military advisor. My destination where I would go to after completing my training was left undetermined until a few days after graduating.
What is an advisor? A quick insight to what we do: In 2005, in order to provide similar mentorship to Iraq’s other security forces, the Multinational Corps-Iraq (MNC-I) began to embed transition teams with the Ministry of the Interior’s paramilitary Iraqi National Police (NP) and regular Iraqi Police Service (IPS). Formerly known as Special Police Training Teams, SPTTs, these national police teams - called National Police Transition Teams, NPTTs - are nearly identical to those supporting the Iraqi Army. Unlike MiTTs, however, these teams are traditionally augmented with a contracted U.S. civilian police officer called an Iraqi Police Liaison Officer, IPLO. The IPLO provides expertise in civilian law enforcement functions to the teams.
After graduating, I was assigned to be part of a small team of military advisors that would travel to Iraq to help the Iraqi National Police force. So far the team has traveled to Kuwait, where we trained for 12 days and acclimatized to the 130 degree weather. There we were also certified that the combat training we received was satisfactory before we would be sent into the lions den.
Kuwait was a very interesting place with sweltering heat that would make your clothing turn wet from perspiration created from any type of activity out side. We arrived during the period with regular occurrences of sand storms that could prick your skin as if being stung by thousands of pesky mosquitoes. My friend said the other day, if you want to experience a sand storm, "first go stand in front of your oven and turn it on broil, second get a leaf blower and 50pounds of fine sand, and finally place your face next to the oven and poor the sand in front of you with the leaf blower blowing directly into your face. That can sum up what a harsh sand storm is. I was unfortunate to be stuck in one and got easily misdirected.
While training in Kuwait the only civilization we were allowed to mingle with were other Soldiers. Unfortunately we did not get to experience Kuwait city or the local food.
Being out in the desert has its pleasantries though slight that they are. You never have to worry about getting to cold because the coolest it was during our stay was 85 deg. This can be deceiving though when the temperature drops from 130 during the peak of the day to 85 deg, you can get a little chilly if taking a shower out side. Some thing we had to do during our training if we wanted to be clean.
The desert acts like a desolate barren place but there is so much life there if you just open up your eyes and pay attention. We saw desert foxes, lizards that could run with blazing speed that would put the cartoon character Road Runner to shame, the pesky sand flees and flies, and finally the shy wild dogs.
We successfully completed our training and were whisked away in the middle of the night on a large C-17 (about the same size as a 747 without the pleasantries) to Iraq.
We will remain near Bagdad while we wait for transportation to take us to another school.
I hope you enjoyed reading about the team and my journey. I'll be keeping you all up-to-date and posting picture of things we experience.
WE will be safe and do are best to complete our mission in assisting the Iraq Police perform there jobs.


V/R
Stiletto 3 (my call sign)

p.s. more stuff on transition teams taken from Wikipedia:

The primary mission of transition teams is to advise the security forces of Iraq and Afghanistan in the areas of intelligence, communications, fire support, logistics, and infantry tactics. The aim is to make the ISF and ANA capable of conducting independent counterinsurgency operations, tactically, operationally, and logistically. When executing military operations with their Iraqi or Afghan partners, transition teams call for U.S. close air support, indirect fire, and medical evacuation, whenever necessary. They also perform the critical role of liaising between the foreign unit and nearby U.S. units to ensure that each unit is aware of and can assist the other in their operations. Transition teams also monitor and report on the capabilities of the fledgling security force. They work with their Iraqi and Afghan counterparts to enhance the understanding of the rule of law and fundamental human rights.

[Bubba's Dragon]

bump second / third week coming up..

not sure how to add a myspace.com/dubc07 address to an email.

My kids keep telling me I need my space.. but not sure how to do it..

[uglyman8]

Any new updates???

[Bubba's Dragon]

Will update tommotorow. Been swamped with paperwork.