GHOST BATTALION

I don't have alot of pictures for this one but just would like to share a little information with all about where I call home for at least the next year (10 1/2 months). There really is nothing I'm about to tell you that you cant really Google but I'll have it all together here for your reading pleasure. Ghost BN is responsible for over 93,000 square miles north of the Tigris river in the ancient city of Mosul. We have 3 international borders surrounding us. With 11 major cities, numerous patrol bases with a civilian population well over 4.5 million citizens. There ethnic/religious backgrounds range from Arabs, Kurds, Christians, Sunni, Shiite, and a dozen more. Of course throw in some of the richest oil reserves in the known world and there you have it. My wonderful, happy section of Iraq.

The place that we lay our heads at night actually used to be one of the compounds that in Northern Iraq Saddam used to stock pile his chemical weapons that he would use on the Kurds. My room in fact is one of the office's that used to be an Iraqi Soldiers. So much fun. We have a theory around here concerning the rats. Yes we have lots of rats and mice. We think that the chemicals that were stored here helped to create some supper rat that is bullet proof, rat trap proof, sticky paper proof and poison pellet proof. Basically like an immortal rodent. (yes we have shot at them) they look like over-sized guinea pigs with long tails.

Because we, 4 Brigade 1 Cavalry Division deployed separate from the rest of the Division, we fall under whatever Division is currently in charge of Iraq at the time. There is a change of command going on at the moment and of course that means that we receive alot of visitors who are very high ranking. Generals, Colonels, lots and lots of Majors, more Colonels and more Colonels. (you get my drift) Which follows alot of pomp and circumstance that precedes all such visits. Oh, and yes which also means alot and alot of meetings. I mean meeting upon meeting. Meetings to prepare for meetings in order to have meetings. Absolutly insane if you ask me. But what to do? But thankfully I believe that most of the "interesting" meetings are over. Well till next time.