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Fraser From Iraq
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REPORTS FROM JAMIE FRASER, A MILITARY HELICOPTER PILOT ON HIS FOURTH TOUR IN THE BEAUTIFUL DESERT PARADISE WE CALL IRAQ.
Recent Posts
So What’s Up In Iraq?
Posted by the Editor – Monday, December 29th New York Times had an article titled, TV News Winds Down Operations In Iraq. Quietly, as the United States presidential election and its aftermath have dominated the news, America’s three broadcast n...
AFN (Armed Forces Network)
The Armed Forces Network is basically our cable TV provider in the Sand Box. We have 10 channels to choose from, two of which are identical menus that tell you what is programmed for the next two hours. Did I mention they are identical? Makes a l...
Christmas, A Brief Update
This Christmas is in Iraq was the best ever, I mean compared to a Turkish Prison (à la the movie “Midnight Express”). Let’s see, the Internet was out for two days and the phone lines were hit and miss. We were busy and missed the big feast a...
Merry Christmas, My Friend
Written by Lance Corporal James M. Schmidt in 1986. Published in the December 1991 issue of “Leatherneck - Magazine of the Marines” . ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas, He Lived All Alone, In A One Bedroom House Made Of Plaster And S...
Friends and Family Questions
I always get questions from my friends and family about the War (or conflict, or disagreement, or sustainment, or whatever the flavor of the day). My opinion? I really don’t have one opinion. I have many opinions, a different one for every p...

