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The 596
Signal Company is in the Baghdad area with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team
and the rest of the 1st Armored Division. They arrived at Camp
Pennsylvania, Kuwait around early May 2003. They received their
vehicles on 8 May at the port in Kuwait City and, some days later, moved
up to Baghdad Airport to replace elements of the 3rd Infantry Division.
They are scheduled to be rotated home in February 2004 though that is
tentative.
The photos below had no subject or
dates other than being of the 125th and 596th. I stole them from
the Fort Riley website.
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125th Forward Support Battalion
in Kuwait or Iraq
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Booo!!.......President's
sneaky Thanksgiving trip to Iraq
27 hours in the air for a 2 hour visit. I will try to
steal more pics soon |
596th Signal Company in Kuwait or Iraq |
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I
received this by e-mail on Tue. 012004
Well, it
finally happened, but not just once today, it happened twice!!
We were out on
a recon of the next site we're supposed to be going to this
week called Camp Falcon. This new site is just south of the
airport where we were up to two weeks ago. On the way to this
site, we came upon some M.P.'s blocking the road in both
directions. They said they had just found an Improvised
Explosive Device, IED, up ahead. Just a few minutes after he
said this, EOD detonated the device in place. The sound of the
explosion along with the size of the crater it left once all
the debris hit the ground says that this one could have
seriously caused some damage. We were then cleared to proceed
on.
Once we finished up our site recon and briefing from the
Divarty Sigo, we headed back to the college. On the way,
we stopped by the Brigade Support Area, BSA, and then
continued on to the college. Along the way, a few of us
noticed a fuel can on the side of the road with wires attached
to what looked like a battery sitting beside it. We were in
the middle lane and traveling at about 45-50 mph. Much
too fast for any real damage to us but there were quite a few
Iraqi nationals around this area. I believe we were very
lucky today. Upon our return to the college, the S-2
came over the radio to announce that the road we were just on
was closed down.........................due to positive I.D.
of that IED. Just sharing.
Keep us in your prayers,
Russ
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| Our primary mission is to provide
"reach-back" communications to the rear as well as to garrison
units. We're currently here at the newly renamed Baghdad
International Airport (BIAP) providing comms for the 1st A.D.
main site where all the top brass stay. |
The attacks you hear
and read about in the news are very real. The diehard Saddam
loyalists and foreign fighters just want to create chaos and try
to get the U.S. to back out and leave like they did in Beirut
and Somalia. We're in this one for the long haul.
Most of today's soldiers know this and are committed to this
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Satellite
photo of the Baghdad area
Pictures From The Front
Here are some more pictures and comments sent to us by SFC Russell
D'Andrea.
They show some of the sights on the way to and in & around Baghdad Airport.
More should be coming soon. Click on
an image to enlarge it. Thanks a bunch SFC D!
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| Baghdad Sign |
Camels |
You Can't Hide |
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| SFC D with Sign |
L-R= SFC
D'Andrea, CPL Evans,
Saddam Hussein,
PFC Wennersten, PFC Hendricks |
Road
Kill |
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Building Damage |
Blown Up |
Bob Hope
Dining Facility
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| Bunker
Search in Mosul |
Weapons Cache |
Weapons Cache
Aftermath |
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| One
Of Ours!! |
Monkey
Spank |
Mosque
In Najaf
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| Iraq
Airways Flight 911 |
Iraq
Airlines Flight 911 |
Tribute
from Iraq |
New photos received 092603 from SFC
D'Andrea of part of the platoon (LEN 78) personnel
and Recreation Tent (MWR)
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| Our Tent |
MWR Tent
SPC Craft & PFC Hendricks |
SPC Craft's Table |
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| MWR TV Room |
MWR Weight Room |
PV2 Valles shooting
pool |
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Switch Section
L-R= 2LT Wolfe, SSG(P) Hands, PFC Avelar,
SFC D'Andrea, PFC Smith, SGT Jarr, SGT Miller
Kneeling= SPC Anderson, SPC Mulholland |
Transmission Section
Standing with rifles= PFC
Shaw, PFC Govens
L-R= PFC Wennersten, SPC Williams, PV2 Valles,
PFC Hendricks, SGT Rogers |
Local Construction
Crew
Soldiers L-R= SPC Mulholland, 2LT Wolfe,
SGT Jarr. Kneeling= SPC Anderson with
Mr Mohamad, Site Supervisor. |
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Air Force SSG Anderson on 062503 |
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1st
Armored Division
Leaders
<CSM Bush & BG
Dempsey>
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Visit
of 1st AD CSM Bush to 596th
L to R = 2lt Wolfe, SGT Jarr, CSM Bush
SPC Alvarez, CPL Kenney, SPC Mulholland
Kneel = SGT Rogers, SFC D'Andrea |
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BG
Dempsey, 1st AD CDR,
with a local Sheik |
The
WWE in Iraq
The WWE show "Smack Down" was recently
filmed at Baghdad International Airport on Camp
Victory.
The show should air Christmas week or New Years
week. Thurs. or Sun. night. |
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| Farook
& Rikishi doing autographs in our MWR building |
SSG
Cox & SFC D'Andrea
sneaking into a shot with Stone Cold |
Jon
Cena taking grub at the Bob Hope Dining Facility |
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| Robin
Williams With Gens. Myers & Sanchez Dec
2003 |
NASCAR
Mike Wallace, WWE Kurt Angle, Gen. Myers
&
Model Shannon Tweed Dec 2003 |
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Here are 3 pictures of a captured
MI 24 helicopter presently flying in Afghanistan.
Check out the very special paint job our guys did!
Thanks again to SFC "D"
Here is the chain of command: 596th Signal
Company, 125th Forward Support Battalion (FSB), 3rd Brigade Combat Team
(BCT), 1st Armored Division (AD), V Corps, Coalition Joint Task Force 7
(CJTF7), 3rd Army, United States Central Command (CENTCOM), United
States Army (quite a mouthful).
This map is current as of August 2003.
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