Hello

Hello,
I thought I would drop you my first entry.
The trip over here took a few days. We were sent to an undisclosed location for a few days before actually entering into our location. we had to get clearence from the Iraq towers to fly overhead, with that said you would think it would be safe, no way they were shooting at the bottom of the plane but luckly we were higher than 30,000 ft so we did'nt get hit thank god. It was certainly an experience, even just knowing that we are coming into hostile air. What we were told about our base is that we are 140 miles North west of Bagdad in Western Iraq. This base is home of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. We are the major hud for convoy's for supplies and fuel, I have personally seen the convoy's pass through our base, it was approx 100 vehicles. Alanbar is the providence we are located in. Their primary religion is Islam. We have approx 15,000 soilders on our base, mix of Army, Marine, Navy and Air Force. We also have about 5,000 civilian contractors, they are the people we ar e concerned with as far as an attack. It's sad to think we are more concerned with people inside our gates then outsiders. This is all the infomation I have at the time, I will e-mail back when I can. Any questions?

Thank you,
Angelia Heckman