351st Military Police Company » Mosul

Keeping Cool in The July Heat

SGT Batavia — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:52:42 +0000

Several Soldiers found a way to keep cool in this May – July heat that averages 110 degrees daily. It feels sort of like you are standing in front of an oven and you can feel the heat blasting you, that is about how it feels here in Mosul during the summer. Florida has nothing on this place, it is crazy hot here. Pictured below are two soldiers enjoying a time out in the wet pool.

Soldiers Swimming in a Pool

Soldiers in a Pool

“Juice” even decided to do some water PT:

Juice Swimming

Juice Doing Flutter Kicks

Juice Doing Pushups

Breakin’ Free

SGT Batavia — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:34:27 +0000

According to Science Museum you can’t reach anywhere from the USA, but here we are in Mosul, trying to get back home any way we can. Our first effort is to dig our way, sure we will need a place to stash all this rock and sand, but those are just the small details. Anyone have grid coordinates through the earth?

5 Kilometer Run

SGT Batavia — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:08:02 +0000

Today the Deuce Deuce along with a few others from each platoon participated in what sometimes seamed like an endless run, although they tell us it was only 5 kilometers. It was a bright and early morning with a wake up at 0415 and race start time of 0500. It took the DD about 36 minutes for all of us to cross the finish line. We started as a squad and finished as a squad, no one was left behind.

5K Runners

My First Day Out

SGT Batavia — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:13:46 +0000

My first day out was and eye opening experience I will never forget. I have heard the stories, I have read the articles and watched the movies. I was yet still not prepared for the overwhelming feelings I felt on my first day out. I went out for two days and saw so many things I can hardly make sense of it yet days later.

Iraq is a country of many people, people of different religions, different ethnic backgrounds, different nationalities and most of all different points of view. It’s no secret that some here love us, and some don’t. You can see on the faces those that smile as you pass, and those that stare with discontent in their hearts.

The Mosul area struck me as a scene taken straight out of a WWII movie, with bombed out buildings and rubble everywhere the eye can see; yet in the midst of it all this, there are still good people trying to make a living and enjoy life. I was in awe of the potential beauty of the city. There are areas that some try to fix up, and other areas that some do anything to destroy.