Monday, November 15, 2010
We're hitting our last stop before the long trip back home. We're in Basra today, a former British camp. Here we can really see evidence of the drawdown. The base appears to be rolling up the sidewalks and preparing to close-up shop here. We visited...
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Friday, November 12, 2010
After a flight south, we spent the day at Joint Base Balad, also known as Mortar-ville due to the number of bombs shot at the base. In fact, the base got hit the day before we arrived. Here is a summary: * * * DAY 4 - Andy Harp: This is Day...
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Thursday, November 11, 2010
We made it to Mosul today, described as "the last bastion of the bad guys." We all had a great day visiting various units stationed here. Here's a brief summary we posted on the Huffington Post. The fourth day on the USO tour brings us to the northern city...
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
We've reached Baghdad today after an exciting trip aboard a C-130 transport plane. Again here's a summary from the group of us. This is the third report about Operation Thriller, the USO's first authors' tour to a region of conflict. The tour consists of...
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Tuesday, November 09, 2010
After a long haul, we all arrived in Kuwait City, where we visited various US bases and I got a chance to pilot a patrol boat on the Arabian Gulf (so much fun!). Below is a more comprehensive summary of the day that we posted to the Huffington Post. But...
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