Category: Iraq

Good Spirits in Iraq

as-salaam sgt grit,
i am sgt david howard, USMC 84-91 from union city, ok and have driven by your warehouse out off of airport road for several years. in august 04, i had to stop in to pick up a NEW k-bar (my old k-bar is perfectly serviceable-but has done its time) for my travels to IRAQ. your staff was courteous and helpful. when a friend of mine (he was a USMC SGT 74-78) was getting ready to join me here, he also went and got a new k-bar….it seems old jarheads still love and prefer k-bars. my father, PFC thomas howard, USMC 44-48 used to talk a lot about his k-bar. well sgt grit, i just wanted to let you know you got a hell of a web site. i have included a pic, there are a bunch of us old marines over here spread throughout the country and a hell of a lot of younger marines doing one hell of a job in fallugah. i had the pleasure to stay a night with some wounded marines & and a grunt corpsman, boy were they in good spirits and typical MARINES………..”WHO’s YER BAGHDADDY?” read more

Telling the Fallujah Story to the World read more

A Visit from Arnold

Hello everyone-
As all of you know, my brother Austin, was injured in Fallujah on Nov. 8th. He has been through many surgeries and faces a road of recovery and rehab ahead. He has been in the Bethesda Naval Medical Center in Maryland since Nov. 15th receiving care. My mom and dad drove to Maryland on Nov. 19th, they drove straight through. They were in a bit of a hurry to get to their son 🙂 Well on Thanksgiving, Nov. 25th, Austin and fellow Marines were visited by the Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, his wife, Maria Shriver, her mother (don’t know her name, but she was a Kennedy), and Arnold and Maria’s children. Pretty cool HUH!! Austin got his autograph and they all shook mom’s and dad’s hand, they also took a picture of Austin with Arnold.(Which is what I attached.) Mom and dad said that Maria and Arnold kept telling their kids that that these were the real heros. They wanted to come and thank all the Marines who were in the hospital, this was not the first time for them to pay a visit, they do this often. Our REAL HEROS do deserve to know that their sacrifices are never unnoticed. I just wanted to share. Also, OUR HERO (and Arnold’s)-AUSTIN, should be returning home Tues. from Maryland. YAH!!!!
Love-
Proud sister-Alisha read more

From the Front

Wonderful Power Point Presentation sent in by Chief Lane.

Military Photographers

This is an awesome group of slide shows of work done by military photographers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Picture from Iraq

Here is a picture that I got last year from a buddy who was in iraq.

A “For Real” Daisy Chain

22 – 155mm artillery projectiles connected by det cord uncovered from their holes just waiting for a convoy to pass!!!

Iraq War Puppy

This is a picture of two of my marines in Al-Fajir, March 2003. This pup was one of many war puppies we adopted along the way. Give a grunt a minute away from the madness and he’ll find peace every time. Sgt. Riley F 2/23 read more

3-11 News from Iraq

30 July 2004

Dear family and friends of 3/11,

Well the month of July has flown by for most of us here, I hope the same is true for all of you waiting patiently and working diligently to take care of all the projects I and every other father, son, and brother in this Battalion have evaded this past five months. Thanks for all you are doing. read more

To A Great Friend

Sgt Grit,
Here is a photo of myself and SSgt Junjak at the airfield in Camp AL Asad, Iraq taken around late August, early September 2004. I was a Sgt at the time of the photo. Athough I’ve got many friends in the Marine Corps, no one person, especially a female, has made me laugh as much as she could. She will never really know the impact that she has made in my life. SSgt Junjak; adored by all, loved by her husband and children, a great friend, and forever a hard-charging Marine. Tearfully, she will always be missed. Thank you for your time……
SSGT VICTOR DIAZ
1ST MARDIV G-1
CAMP AL ASAD, IRAQ read more