| Author | Message | ||
     Firebolt020283 |
hey everyone just letting yall all know im out of iraq and curently in kuwait now. In a month or so ill be my happy butt home (hopfully). | ||
| Krassh |
Hopefully home for a while, congrats! | ||
| CJXB |
Good to hear firebolt !! CJ  | ||
| Doughnut |
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| Bluzm2 |
Carry on son, thank for your service. Welcome back home (almost). Brad | ||
| Court |
Thank you.... | ||
| Drfuyutsuki |
Firebolt020283; Welcome back the land of the living, and normal cooking. Hope your having fun at Doha. Let us know when you make land fall stateside. Josh | ||
| Sportsman |
Congradulations and Thank You. | ||
| Firebolt020283 |
thanks every one drfuyutsuki how did u know i was at doha? | ||
| Cataract2 |
Your throttle hand been twitching lately? | ||
| Firebolt020283 |
more than u know cataract | ||
| Dasbuell |
Great... ...and we may need to talk in a coupla months. I am looking into retiring from federal law enforcement and going to Iraq as a civilian contractor as a police firearms instructor, teaching at an Iraqi police academy. Exact location unknown at this time. But I was asked to send in a pre-employment pack after they received and liked my resume. Nothing happening until after May 1, 2005... related to processing the employment application. I am a Viet Nam era vet, spent a year in Korea, a cop for 8 years and a fed for 20 years. I may want to pick your brain at some point. Anyway... glad to hear you are headed back to the world soon! (Message edited by dasbuell on February 21, 2005) | ||
| Drfuyutsuki |
Firebolt, Educated guess, really had alot of friends who have made their way home through there. Josh | ||
| Seanp |
I thought they were shutting Doha down to move everything to Arifjan. Hmm, we heard rumors about that six months ago. I guess it will take five or more years just like everything else in the military... | ||
| Glitch |
Glad to hear the good news! | ||
| Firebolt020283 |
yea sean i heard that same rumor about a year or 2 ago but here i sit in this boring little camp that i have noticed the fob comander is really bas ackwards cuz we CANT bring weapons in any place such as the px, and defac he wont let u park tactical vehicles anywere exept way in the boondoks (but thats probly cuz he rides around in a new $60,000 suv of some sort) you cant have camel baks in the defac You cant wear the black steasons here (its a 1st cav thing for those that dont know in the 1st cav we are alowed to wear a black cowboy hat like the old cav) and theres about fifty million other really nonseince rules they have around here that make no sence and they all say they are by the instalation comander which leads me to belive he has alot of time on his hands to make stupid rules for people who dont do dick any way. but in a little over amonth from now i will be home any way. Dasbuell: let me know ill answer any questions u need as long as there not about sensitive stuff like exact were abouts of fobs and classifide stuff(which i dont know anything classified anyway) Drfuyutsuki: Yea im at doha and apart of the 1st cav lno and im helping redeploy the rest of cav (which means basicly im one of the last people getting to go home) but alot of cav people are only coming here for the costoms brefings and waht not then they are leaving. and again thanks every one yall have defanatly been my little internet home away from home and sorse of info about the BEST motorcycles in the world. | ||
| Firebolt020283 |
oh and the the intrernet is restricted alot so i am only able to get on when i am at work wich i just started working so now i may be on a little more often now. | ||
| Bigdaddy |
They've been closing Doha since 1992 :-) Arifjan has always had (that may have changed in the past 6 months, but I seriously doubt it) power issues. Fire up a new C3 lab, get it config'd, and running, and then a massive power spike/outage/brown out/whatever. Doha sucks and Arifjan really sucks. I'd rather have dysentery, again, than revisit either location. Are the Bling-Bling Brothers still outside the gate? I need a new Rolex because my old one is turning my wrist green :-) G2 | ||
| Firebolt020283 |
Im not too sure about the bling bling guys but i do remeber when they used to go to arifjan for the rodeo and the would say every thing was bling bling. or they go broke for u and hook a brother up(imagine this from a guy with the voice like apu off the simpsons). Now i know they did have alot of imataion watches and stuff in iraq (i have an extinsive collection of bootleged dvds). | ||
| Seanp |
Are those the guys that sell movies? Man, they had a good selection, but they were $7 instead of the $5 or $3 that they cost in Baghdad... They had a bunch of computer stuff too, but it was all crap. And yeah, they had the same rules when we were there. Man, it used to •••• us off, especially when we found out we were going back into Iraq, to walk around Doha and see all those bastards complaining about the Starbuck's line being too long, or Baskin Robbins being out of Mint Chocolate Chip. Grrr... | ||
| Bigdaddy |
Sean, Yes, you've identified the Bling-Bling bros. Firebolt, "I go broke for you." That's a classic line. G2 | ||
| Firebolt020283 |
Yea these guys are very spoiled in doha i dont htink that half of them would beable to last in iraq though i liked it better in iraq no one cared about stupid rules as long as u got the job done.well at cuervo any way it was a bit different at some camps like the biap area they had silly rules there but the only one that we had at cuervo was to have eye protection on at all times and be in proper uniform when out side. | ||
| Buelliedan |
I don't know if you come to San Antonio much but if you ever need a place to crash I have a guest room available. | ||
| Firebolt020283 |
thanks for the invite dan i used to love going to san an but i havent been in a while (oh wait i have been in iraq). Heck if nothing eles i may just get bored one weekend and ride down there for something to do (though the wife would probly get jelous if i stayed the night) | ||
| Blublak |
Hey BOLT, glad to see you comin' back to the world.. now, do your time like a good boy (pretend for as long as you can, or until you hop a flight, whichever is shortest) and get back here and we'll go ridin' when your in the area.. Good to have you back safe.. Thank you. Later, | ||
| Buelliedan |
Bolt, I don't know if you have kids but if not throw the wife on the back and both of you come on down. Lets go to Toms ribs and get the family platter!! | ||
| Firebolt020283 |
buelliedan: well i got one little one but a baby sitter is not hard to find so we will see ill get with ya when im back in texas and stuff. blublak: ill take u up on that offer if i ever go to virginia though i have never been there yet. | ||
| Blake |
That is great news! Is there anything at all that you'll miss about the place? | ||
| Dasbuell |
Firebolt... Just want to know generic stuff... like what I REALLY need to bring... what is hard to get... what is easy to get... weather related stuff. If I am hired, I MAY be living in a tent for a few weeks... when electricity is found, what adapters if any... etc. What barter stuff might be good to have, etc. I understand the other stuff... had a TS a long time ago, now have a secret... understand all too well the "need to know" stuff. Just want to know day to day needs and personal gear recommendations, plus any input of wouldn't know to ask it type stuff. Thanks! When it gets closer to happening would like to talk on the phone to someone who has been there, and really knows the "you need" stuff... not some goofy list. | ||
| Shawn_9r |
Don, Glad your almost out. I painted a sign that used to hang up at "Frosty's" when I was there in 99' it was when I was in the 82d. Anywho get home safe...later bro. Shawn | ||
| Firebolt020283 |
Blake: ill Probly miss getting 4 free meals a day and getting to brake every traffic law that i can posibly think of (well on 4 wheels anyway) but other than that im ready to get home to the civilised world were i can go were i want and do what i want shawn: your sign may still be there cuz the signs havent changed none in there at least since the last time i was here. Dasbuell: Just let me know if you get the job and ill give you some insite for all that stuff. | ||
| Socoken |
Doha was a libo run for us and a treat, same for arifjon. 'Bolt- if you need tips on how to get contraband home, or have any questions, ping me, i was customs, and know a little. if you saw anything stressful in country, CONUS will screw you up, if you need any tips on decompression, ping me. glad to hear you are coming home, and have a safe trip. Ken | ||
| X1tx |
There's a World Superbike race this weekend in Qatr. Losail circuit. I think it's supposed to be somewhere near Doha, but my own geographical knowledge of that area is quite poor. Could get a 'bike fix' if you can make it there.....  | ||
| Firebolt020283 |
x1tx: doha qatr and camp doha are to different places camp doha is in kuwait. But yea i did read in a mag a while back about the gp bikes being in qatar. socoken i wish i would have known this about a month ago cuz i was ploting on bringing home some cigars (cuban) but im not in iraq no more so i cant get them no more (i dont think). |
