1st deployment wasn't bad at all, was stationed on a huge base (FOB Speicher) in tikrit (one of the more U.S. friendly places), 2nd deployment was rough, was part of the surge that got sent in, spent a year living in an iraqi police station in adhymiah, which was the place where we set up walls to split the town in half.....i feel it was worth it, being in such a small area with a lot of fighting when we got there i definitely saw first hand the positive difference we made, i was dispatched to support the scouts, i got to ride out on a few patrols with them but for the most part those guys had it 5x as rough as me, spend all day on a patrol, think you're coming in for some downtime, and BOOM, no sooner than you take your gear off you gotta turn around and roll out again.....i signed up in june of 01, so honestly can't say if i'd do it again knowing that a war's going on, but i like to think that i would.....very proud to have served and made some very good friends who are like family even though i've been out close to 2 years now.....if i ever decide to drive across the U.S., i'd have a place to stay every few hours no matter which route i took.....a great feeling to have
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