Quote Originally Posted by highspeed
Who here has been deployed.....I am leaving in 3 wks to deploy with the 304mp BN and just wondering what people have to say about it...my brother went a couple of years ago and he liked and hated it all at the same time......I will be north of Bagdad at a prison and will also be doing patrols......input needed to ease my mind.....thanx guys and gurls
I was deployed to Turkey for OIF I and Iraq for OIF II. Things have changed so much there in terms of living conditions, that it isn't even funny. One of my former soldiers was there last year and he had wireless Internet in his room. He had to buy the satalite dish and everything, but he had it in his room.

My time in Iraq flew by so quickly. I was there for 14 months and was able to pay off all my bills and save up over $10,000 to pay off my mustang as well. Iraq is what you make of it. If you go over there wanting to hate it, you are going to hate it.

I had a blast over there. I went on patrols/gun truck missions several times a week. I had a 34 inch TV with a stereo and my xbox when I was there. We playe dominos and spades damn near every night. We had alcohol and threw several parties a month.

Like I said, I had a blast.