Oif 1/ Oif 2

[amarine0311]

Kinda quiet for a while. Anyone out there still care? Where did you serve?

[outlaw3179]

I was in OIF 2-1 was with 2/24 in Muhmadiya, Lutafiyah, and Yusafiah

[ecfree]

wtfo:!:

[outlaw3179]

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[usmchauer]

Ramadi with 2/5 September 04 - April 05 Went from Combat Outpost (before the Army took it over) to Hurricane Point then Junction City then back to HP. Funniest thing I've ever seen: 3 hadji's riding the same moped. The guy in the middle had a big grin on his face.

[Pete0331]

OIF 1 LOD - Al Hilla
OIF 2 An Najaf

[byoung54]

How do you know? I was lost in the sauce half the damn time. No one knew sh*t. All I remember is someone yelling "look its the Tigris River" or a sign that said Baghdad. LoL, I do remember Babylon though and some sculpture of an AK-47 wrapped in an Iraqi Flag. I must have Post Traumatic Disorder... cant remember anything.

[Pete0331]

How do you know? I was lost in the sauce half the damn time. No one knew sh*t. All I remember is someone yelling "look its the Tigris River" or a sign that said Baghdad. LoL, I do remember Babylon though and some sculpture of an AK-47 wrapped in an Iraqi Flag. I must have Post Traumatic Disorder... cant remember anything.

I can't remember half the towns we passed through or the areas we stopped at. Its a common occurrence when someone is in a high stress situation with little sleep.

[byoung54]

High five for us Pete, forgetful ones.

[SpartanMullet]

OIF1 An Nasiriyah

[0231Marine]

I was in Ramadi (Blue Diamond) with 1st Intelligence Bn in 2004, Ramadi (HP) with 1/5 in 2005, Ramadi (HP - Gov Center) with 3/8 in 2006 and Ramadi (HP) again with 3/7 in 2007...now I'm in Baghdad as a contractor! I swear, I might as well buy property out here :)

[2ndCEBSupply]

I was in Fallujuah from 04 -05 it was a real experience for me. Why was the food better in iraq than on Camp Lejeune.

[mgkusmc]

I went a little bit everywhere in 07. Lots of little towns, the one thing I remember most was almost getting into a fight with an Army Ranger in Baghdad only to find out that I had taken Spanish II in high school with the guy. He had graduated a couple years before me with my brother.

Other than that I just remember getting shot at sometimes, going through towns where like 5 yearolds would try to bum ciggs off of me, and IEDs in Ramadi.....for the most part though....unless I'm talking to another combat veteran....I usually dont like to talk about it....


Oh and to answer your question 2ndCEBSupply the reason the food was better in Iraq than at Camp Lejeune was because we werent at Camp Lejeune lol.

[amarine0311]

Amen, mgkusmc!!!
0231marine- which contractor? I have a lot of friends in that line of work.

[0231Marine]

Amen, mgkusmc!!!
0231marine- which contractor? I have a lot of friends in that line of work.

I was working on Camp Slayer for MNF-I

[2ndCEBSupply]

I went a little bit everywhere in 07. Lots of little towns, the one thing I remember most was almost getting into a fight with an Army Ranger in Baghdad only to find out that I had taken Spanish II in high school with the guy. He had graduated a couple years before me with my brother.

Other than that I just remember getting shot at sometimes, going through towns where like 5 yearolds would try to bum ciggs off of me, and IEDs in Ramadi.....for the most part though....unless I'm talking to another combat veteran....I usually dont like to talk about it....


Oh and to answer your question 2ndCEBSupply the reason the food was better in Iraq than at Camp Lejeune was because we werent at Camp Lejeune lol.


That only states the obvious LOL. I feel you on the i dont like to talk about it part, i dont like to be someones amusment for a good story.

[justinrod09]

CAMP FALLUJAH BOTH TOURS...
FEB 04 - SEPT O4: IMEF/MHG MOTOR T
SEPT 05 - MAR 06: RCT 8/CLB 8 TS Co.

HAD A HELL OF ALOTTA CLOSE CALLS WITH THE MORTARS MY 1ST TOUR...

[pheartnov2904]

OIF 1- All over southern Iraq with an MST. Made as far north as Al-Kut.

OIF 2- FOB Kalsu with the 24th MEU. Operated in Mussayib, Iskandayriah, Latifyiah, Yusifiah, Mahmudiah, Hilla, Fallujah and a bunch of other villages in the North Babil AO.

The Marines I served with were amongst the finest in the world and I wouldn't trade my time next to them for anything.

Semper Fi

[MSgtSki]

Ramadi with 2/5 September 04 - April 05 Went from Combat Outpost (before the Army took it over) to Hurricane Point then Junction City then back to HP. Funniest thing I've ever seen: 3 hadji's riding the same moped. The guy in the middle had a big grin on his face.

Visited you a few times out there at COP, hauer. Went from Ramadi (BD and Camp Ramadi/JC) in Aug-Oct 04 to Fallujah for Al Fajr and then was all over and around that area (Fallujah, Ramadi, TQ, Karmah, Saqalweigha (sp?), Ferris, etc.

Were you at Combat Outpost when the terp got rolled up?

S/F

[egbutler1]

OIF 4 Anti - Terrorism Battalion Combined Anti Armor Team 2 Red Section. Call Sign Nemesis. Eastern Iraq Balad Bakuba, Diyala province.

[re8elmonk0341]

OIF 1: Kuwait the the initial push to Baghdad turn it over to 101st Aireborne then to Karbala.

OIF 2: Al Qaim, Husaybah, Camp Gannon and FOB Tiger....What is was called then...Not sure they call it now.

OIF 3: Ar Ramadi Hurrican Point -Gov Center.

All with 3/7 kilo

[SgtArty]

OIF II
Feb 04' - Oct 04'
At first it was Junction City, then the Army (Big Red 1, to be exact) changed it to F.O.B. Ramadi. With Btry K, 3rd Bn 11th Mar. Right across the way from Blue Diamond and Hurricane point. ;)

[oifvet23]

ok newbie question here, whats this OIF1 and OIF2 stuff, what did we invade twice? I was there for the 03 invasion. What category dose that fall in.

[oifvet23]

never mind, i get it now, it means tours

[PaidinBlood]

never mind, i get it now, it means tours
OIF I & II were simple enough-when did the numbering system break down and what does it all mean? my understanding is if you can't write your tour in Roman Numerals, you missed it... (I had the honor of setting the conditions for a free Iraq in OIF's 05-07.1 and 06-08.something.)

[mgkusmc]

OIF I & II were simple enough-when did the numbering system break down and what does it all mean? my understanding is if you can't write your tour in Roman Numerals, you missed it... (I had the honor of setting the conditions for a free Iraq in OIF's 05-07.1 and 06-08.something.)

I always thought it was like this
03 OIF I
04 OIF II
05 OIF III
06 OIF IV
07 OIF V
08 OIF VI

have I been wrong this whole time?

[oifvet23]

Be careful, I was called a poser for not knowing by somebody who dose not even know where iraq is on a map.

[PaidinBlood]

I always thought it was like this
03 OIF I
04 OIF II
05 OIF III
06 OIF IV
07 OIF V
08 OIF VI

have I been wrong this whole time?

Yeah, that's what I thought 'til I went, and came back with those funky op designators. 05-07 and 06-08. Those would seem to overlap but were 14 mo. apart...

[mgkusmc]

Hmmmm now I'm confused cause I've seen guys on here who I know for a fact are Marines and have only served one tour and they'll say they were in OIF IV or OIF V.......hmmmm weird.

[PaidinBlood]

They refer to it as that, but that is not the official designation. Don't know what to tell you. It is in my SRB and citations in that way.

[2ndCEBSupply]

Hmmmm now I'm confused cause I've seen guys on here who I know for a fact are Marines and have only served one tour and they'll say they were in OIF IV or OIF V.......hmmmm weird.


That means they were there for both like myself i was present from 04 to 05.

Before the we took over Fallujah (all the fing 12 to 14 hours shift) thanks for going UA Thompson and leaving me with all the work for BN.

After Fallujah i got to clean up the city and look at the after effect of what rounds can do.

Who gives a F how many times you were there.....

[SGT VAS]

OIF 2 - Started out in good ol' Korean Village (****** moon dust):) and went on to Hit, Fallujah, and Ramadi.

[MotorT3533]

OIF I
Kuwait - BPW
Iraq - Viper, Anderson, Chesty, Al Kut

With ESC 6th Engineers

[Fievel]

Kuwait - Camp Ripper
Iraq OIF I - Safwan, Zubayr, Basrah, Nasariya, Diwaniya, Najil, Afak, Budayir, Al Kut, Diyala, all over Baghdad, and Hillah

I was an AAV operator with 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, Alpha Company, 2nd Platoon. We were attached to Kilo 3/4. A reporter actually wrote a book about it titled "McCoy's Marines - Darkside to Baghdad."

For the most part, I can't remember most of it. I remember losing some friends at Diyala, losing a friend during the huge sandstorm March 25th, getting shot at quite a bit, and driving an AAV while trying not to fall asleep. The details are just a blur, but I was lucky because I kept a journal. We floated back home, during which time we were debriefed about everywhere we went in Iraq. I wrote all the names of the cities down on the way home. While I was there though, it was "shoot the hell out of the city and move on to the next one."

[usmchauer]

OIF II
Feb 04' - Oct 04'
At first it was Junction City, then the Army (Big Red 1, to be exact) changed it to F.O.B. Ramadi. With Btry K, 3rd Bn 11th Mar. Right across the way from Blue Diamond and Hurricane point. ;)

Counter Battery. NICE! I remember coming back from the Government Center, thinking I was hot sh it because I actually got the chance to leave the wire, going up to the BC and asking him what the deal was with counter battery. Specifically, why were we getting rocked by indirect fire and why wasn't CBR wrecking someones life?

You were relieved by 2/11. Oddly enough one of my Drill Instructors was in 2/11 and I saw him a few times while we were deployed.

[Fievel]

Here's a picture I took after we engaged the 51st Republican Guard Armor Division during the invasion. This was on the way to Zubayr, if I remember correctly. We smoked a lot of sh*t that day.

This was an MTLB that tried to run. He didn't make it.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/m6zero/mtlb2.jpg

[Petz]

I was in Ramadi (Blue Diamond) with 1st Intelligence Bn in 2004, Ramadi (HP) with 1/5 in 2005, Ramadi (HP - Gov Center) with 3/8 in 2006 and Ramadi (HP) again with 3/7 in 2007...now I'm in Baghdad as a contractor! I swear, I might as well buy property out here :)


haha the pink taco!!! that's where all the ladies were!

[boomer56328]

All over southern Iraq with 1st LAR and as far north as Tikrit when we were assigned to Task Force Tripoli. Also went as far west as the Saudi border to try to find smugglers toward the end of my tour. All this was in '03.

[Toxik]

OIF II Hit, Iraq 1/23 C.CO Semper Fi