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Voices from Iraq: Stryker brigade Spc. Thomas Evenson

Feb-13-2006 » Filed Under: 172nd SBCT

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Anchorage Daily News

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... When our unit first arrived and made the 15-minute drive across town to our new home away from home (Forward Operating Base Courage) I think we were all a little nervous. I know I was.

The Daily News has invited Alaska troops serving in the Middle East to write us. Stryker brigade Spc. Thomas Evenson, with Fort Wainwright's 2-1 Infantry Regiment, writes about what it's like patrolling outside the wire in Mosul, Iraq. We are publishing these

As an Air Guard, your upper body is out of the hatch and you scan your sector for anything out of the ordinary. On that evening, as the light was fading, everything looked out of the ordinary.

We made it without an incident. Ninety percent of our patrols are without incident, but being ready to act the other 10 percent of the time is where it can become stressful. The excitement of the action when it comes can be very exhilarating. Days we catch some bad guys or spot an IED before it blows up are good days. [...]


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