May 28-29, 1991: Return From the Mountains
Steven Dutch, Professor Emeritus, Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
Tue 28 May
We loaded out in the morning. Lt. Howells seemed sorry to see us go. He is an excellent officer. I showed Haney the new artifact sites, we visited C and A companies, then got in to Camp Redeye about 1300. SSG Max Mitchell was collecting field gear, which I was delighted to turn in, along with my weapon. Hooray! Then Bill Sieja and I walked out to the wadi beyond Camp 2, about a 4-mile round trip.
We had a meeting at 1745. Camp 3 will be consolidated into vacant spots in Camps 1 and 2. General Colin Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is coming on Thursday for a short visit and tour, a remarkable thing for a task force as small as we are. Convoy assignments for the trip back to Turkey are posted. We are waiting on our final order; we expect to leave between June 1 and June 6, spend two weeks or so in Turkey, and be home around June 23 or so. A tape from Shawn came in the mail today.
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The boundary between dark and light rocks on the mountains is a thrust fault. At the far right of the nearby hill, the layers tilt sharply upward. |
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Above: Poppies |
Wed 29 May
We were supposed to perform vehicle wash in the morning but the arrangements fell through. I went over to Camp 2 to help out and spent the morning helping erect a school tent. The teachers wanted a parachute rigged up as a sunscreen to enclose a bigger play area, so I spent the rest of the afternoon figuring out how to rig it up. The strong wind didn't help a bit. The whole area was paved with "hersey mines"; the Kurds don't like latrines so close to their tents, so many of them defecate in the field. The schoolyard must have had 20 deposits. I finally decided the Kurds put it there, and they can clean it up if they don't like it.
After I got back in I typed up the report on our "archeological site". It's certainly an unusual incident; we'll see what the system does with it. (My guess, turn it over to the U.N.)
Full Moon over Camp Redeye
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Next time I see a full Moon it will be at home. Nice thought. |
- August 2, 1990 - January 5, 1991: From the invasion of Kuwait to mobilization.
- January 6, 1991: Departure
- January 7-14, 1991: Settling in at Fort Bragg
- January 15-23, 1991: Fort Bragg Drags On
- January 24 - February 3, 1991: Preparing to Deploy to the Gulf
- February 4 - 5, 1991: Arrival in Country
- February 6-12, 1991: Khobar and Recon to Jubail
- February 13-20, 1991: Al-Jubail
- February 21-25, 1991: Al Jubail
- February 26, 1991: Tapline Road
- February 27, 1991: Return From KKMC
- February 28 - March 3, 1991: We Move Into Kuwait
- March 4 - 8, 1991: On Patrol in Kuwait
- March 9, 1991: The Choke Point
- March 10 - 11, 1991: A Chopper Ride
- March 11, 1991: Chopper Flight - The Oil Fires
- March 12-14, 1991: Oil Fires and Weapons
- March 15-16, 1991: A Congressman and a Private Museum
- March 17-21, 1991: Oil Fires and Routine Patrols
- March 22-24, 1991:Weapons Fire and Day Turns Into Night
- March 25, 1991: Visit to Iraq
- March 27-28, 1991: On the Coast and More Weapons
- March 31, 1991: Easter and Gergian
- April 1-5, 1991: Farewell Dinner and the Sand-Table House
- April 6-7, 1991: Farewell to Kuwait
- April 10-14, 1991: Khobar and Dhahran:
- April 15-16, 1991: Khobar and Bahrain
- April 17 - 23, 1991: Waiting for Kurdistan
- April 24-25, 1991: From Khobar to Incirlik
- April 26, 1991: From Incirlik to Zakho
- April 27-30, 1991: First Days in Kurdistan
- May 1-2, 1991: Camp I Rises
- May 1-2, 1991: Camp I Rises
- May 3-9, 1991: Camp I in Operation
- May 10-13, 1991: The Eventful Birth of Camp II
- May 14-17, 1991: Camp II in Operation
- May 18-19, 1991: Into the Mountains
- May 20, 1991: Kani Masi and Begova
- May 21, 1991: Nazdour and Begova
- May 22, 1991: Uzumlu
- May 23, 1991: Visit to Camp 1 and Nazdour
- May 24-25, 1991: Sirsenk and Silopi
- May 26, 1991: I'll Teach them to Nickname Me "Indy"
- May 27, 1991: Dohuk (Almost) and Kani Masi
- May 28-29, 1991: Return From the Mountains
- May 30, 1991: A Visit From Colin Powell
- May 31 - June 2, 1991: Chopper Flight over Dohuk; Zakho and Silopi
- June 3-7, 1991: Last Days in Kurdistan
- June 6-8, 1991: Incirlik and an Outing Down the Coast
- June 8 - 18, 1991: Out of Turkey and Back to Fort Bragg
- June 19 - October 11, 1991: Picking Up Where We Left Off
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