FOB Prosperity

Well this first Picture is the stairs at the Palace at FOB Prosperity. There are 100 stairs to my office on the third floor. Three of us moved our office to the third floor. Its a nice View from up there, but I would not want to do it again. The Palace is bombed out and there are allot of tiles loose. The bottom of the stairs there is a little library. I think it should be a Hard Hat area.

This a relief in the Palace it shows the US forces bombing babies. There is another relief next to it that is covered up because, I am told its too offensive to the soldiers,

This Picture show the roof of the Palace and not much left. Prosperity is tactical and there are some tanks around.

There is a soccer field in front of the palace. My office is on the right high balcony above the two smaller windows. The floor directly below us is wiped out. I will post some pictures of the view from the balcony.

Under the Rino bus

Well it was ground hog day at camp victory everyday for a long time and one day it suddenly change. I came in in work and was told I was going to the IZ (International Zone) but they did not know when. Well the plans changed and I came in the next day at 7pm and they said you are leaving for the IZ midday the next day. So that night I backup my computer profile and went home and packed up my hooch and now I am at FOB union. When they gave back the palace in the IZ everyone that was working there had to move somewhere. That somewhere is FOB union. One of my coworkers Ed said he didn't want to go so I got to go. That is how I got under the Rino Bus. The Rino above is troop transport convoy style to the IZ. Its an armoured bus and it travels with other troops in MRAPs. It does not take long and your there. My guess is I will have more to blog about now. Fob union is close to the new Iraq embassy. My department is still trying to find a suitable place to setup a new office. Tina the deal maker is working at getting us a place in FOB Prosperity so hopefully we are getting a place today or tomorrow.