The Anchorage Daily Newscaught up recently with the commander of the 1/25 SBCT, COL Burdett Thompson.
In a teleconference with Alaska reporters from his headquarters at Forward Operating Base Warhorse in Diyala Province, Col. Burdett Thompson said Iraq remains a dangerous place, with suicide bombers, insurgents and militiamen trying to disrupt security.
But it's also long past the day when American forces regularly patrolled on their own or faced complex, coordinated attacks on their forward bases, at least in Diyala, just to the north and east of Baghdad, Thompson said.
"The days go by extremely slow sometimes, but the weeks go flying by," Thompson said.
The Anchorage Daily Newscaught up recently with the commander of the 1/25 SBCT, COL Burdett Thompson.
In a teleconference with Alaska reporters from his headquarters at Forward Operating Base Warhorse in Diyala Province, Col. Burdett Thompson said Iraq remains a dangerous place, with suicide bombers, insurgents and militiamen trying to disrupt security.
But it's also long past the day when American forces regularly patrolled on their own or faced complex, coordinated attacks on their forward bases, at least in Diyala, just to the north and east of Baghdad, Thompson said.
"The days go by extremely slow sometimes, but the weeks go flying by," Thompson said.
