15-02-2003 20:53									#1
	Ole Sprayber May Be Mid East Bound Support Apolyton, buy GURPS/ Alpha Centauri

As I was getting a bite to eat yesterday morning listening to one of the morning radio talk shows I got a call from my Guard unit. It looks like the 224th will be making a second trip to the good ole Mid East. We were going to California in April for annual training, but it looks like our plane ride may be a lot longer.

It's been awhile since I have made a thread and most of my contributing to poly has been kept to the occasional topic that I find that I must comment about. Mostly I have kept away from most things in order to bring my life back in focus. Valentines day yesterday was the one year anniversary of Rebecca's death. I spent it not only in remembering her but in running around town getting my affairs in order getting things ready to leave. Things are in a state of rapid change here. I have gotten a good new job and I have decided to go back to school in order to become a counselor. Everything was getting back on track and now I find myself on alert awaiting decisions by people far away. Don't get me wrong, I knew it would go down this way. As long as I was miserable and wanted nothing more than to go away to some far away land and leave my grief back in Arkansas, I knew that I would be made to stay here and face up to it. And now that things are getting back on track and my reasons for living are slowly gaining on my reasons to just give up, I find myself going to that far away land. Up until just last month I figured that there would be no great loss if I was to go away and never come back. There was after all nothing here for me except a never ending stream of people that needed to hook up to the great emotional support system that I had become. Just a few weeks ago I began to think in a new way. I realized that at least some of those people did indeed see me as more than that. That my presence did matter to them and that in some way, great or small, I made a difference in some of them. I was more than just a little ashamed of myself for my previous attitude and I suppose I fell into the trap of pushing my victim status. The hurt is still there of course, I just have it put in a new perspective.


So, is there anyone living around Iraq that would like a visit from old Sprayber?

	15-02-2003 21:01									#2
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Damn, this sucks.

Is there any chance you'll be stationed here?

	15-02-2003 21:07									#3
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quote: Originally posted by Sprayber So, is there anyone living around Iraq that would like a visit from old Sprayber?

I understand Saddam has been waiting in vain for some company. Mebbe you can drop in on him.

Good luck, Sprayber.

	15-02-2003 21:15									#4
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quote: So, is there anyone living around Iraq that would like a visit from old Sprayber?

Sure, there's plenty of room in the bomb shelter.

	15-02-2003 21:20									#5
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I don't believe you actually think that something serious is going to happen.

I for once, have no fear of the coming war.

	15-02-2003 21:22									#6
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quote: Originally posted by Azazel Damn, this sucks. Is there any chance you'll be stationed here?

I always wanted to visit the country but it's unlikely that we will be stationed there. Although some friends of mine from another unit left several months ago to the Egypt-Israel border. We will most likely inhabit our unit's old stomping grounds in Saudi Arabia near the Iraqi border.



Some of our veichles were recently repainted to the standard woodland camoflauge and some of us joked that meant we were going to Korea instead of Iraq. Everyone laughed but nervousely so.

	15-02-2003 21:25									#7
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I'll let you sleep with my GF if you can put a bullet in Saddam's head.

Good luck!

	15-02-2003 21:31									#8
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quote: Some of our veichles were recently repainted to the standard woodland camoflauge and some of us joked that meant we were going to Korea instead of Iraq. Everyone laughed but nervousely so.

woodland? do you know why?

You could be going to northen Iraq, you know. They'll work fine there.

	15-02-2003 21:31									#9
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quote: Originally posted by Sava I'll let you sleep with my GF if you can put a bullet in Saddam's head. Good luck!

wow. That's a little more than the army is offering me.

	15-02-2003 21:37									#10
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quote: Originally posted by Azazel woodland? do you know why? You could be going to northen Iraq, you know. They'll work fine there.

We had a few pieces of equipment that were desert camo ever since the gulf war. Last year they started painting them back over to the green camo. They just finished with the last of them a few months ago. Now we are getting them ready to go back to the desert

	15-02-2003 22:15									#11
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quote: Originally posted by Azazel I don't believe you actually think that something serious is going to happen. I for once, have no fear of the coming war.

Me neither. The Arabs dont know where Ashdod is.
*knocks on wood*

But all these rumours in the past few days made me a tad nervous. I'm tired of all the stalling... I wish the rumours were true and the war will really start in less that three hours. Just get it done already.

I'm also kinda hoping for it... People die and stuff, but the civ player in me spent an hour today learning Iraqi geography.

	16-02-2003 05:39									#12
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Good luck Sprayber, especially if you're ME-bound.

	16-02-2003 05:47									#13
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Good luck Spray.

We all appreciate the sacrifice you are making.

	16-02-2003 05:47									#14
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quote: I'm also kinda hoping for it... People die and stuff, but the civ player in me spent an hour today learning Iraqi geography

THAT'S cold.

I hope that it will be over quickly. I'd really hate to see people get hurt.

	16-02-2003 06:14									#15
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The forces going in to Iraq are lucky to have you Sprayber.

	16-02-2003 06:20									#16
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Yankees go home

Americans, murderers of the peopl...errr wait!
This is Spray...

Be careful and I'd be glad to buy you lunch in a taverna should your road brings you to Athens. It's relateively close to the region.

	16-02-2003 06:26									#17
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Yes, most importantly, take care, Spray.


"Yankee go home, and take you with me" - Arab proverb.

	16-02-2003 06:48									#18
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God be with you Sprayber.

	16-02-2003 11:15									#19
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Go get 'em, Spray!

	16-02-2003 11:57									#20
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Try not to kill anyone.

	16-02-2003 12:17									#21
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Spray: I might going there too since I put my name on the alternates list at my old unit. Apparently they'd already filled there quota by the time I told them I wouldn't mind going but I still might go if some one else on the list gets bumped. Either way I'm going to have a bunch of friends there.

	16-02-2003 12:35									#22
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Take care Spray and come back safely.

	16-02-2003 12:41									#23
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Take care of yourself, Spray.

	16-02-2003 14:10									#24
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Good luck Spray, God bless you and bring you victory.

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Just thought I'd update everyone. Right now I'm waiting(something that one prefects when he is in the military) Equipment is all ready and packed but the heavy stuff is still being readied. Could be tomorrow or next week. I'd rather just get it over with. Based on things I have learned, I dont' expect any kind of action before mid March. There are lots of units around here in various stages of getting called up. It sucks cause things have to be put off indefinitly cause i don't know if I will even be here next week. I hate waiting.

edit. I also hate Spanish keyboards.

	19-02-2003 00:39									#26
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quote: Originally posted by Sava I'll let you sleep with my GF if you can put a bullet in Saddam's head. Good luck!

I'll 2nd every word of this.
Good luck, and I have no qualms about letting you sleep with Sava's girlfriend.

	19-02-2003 00:52									#27
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Don't be a hero, keep your head low, try not to hurt anyone. War is bad, and this war is completely immoral.

	19-02-2003 00:55									#28
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Says the "Shock Jock".

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Godspeed and Good Luck. You will be participating in a worthwhile cause. Bringing freedom to a nation now in tyranny.

No matter anyones personal feelings on the war, I know that everyones prayers will be with you and all that are in harms way.

Bring back home brother!!

	19-02-2003 02:56									#30
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Yes, even if against war, don't be anything but prayerful for military members.