Camp Buckmaster out in the desert about 30 clicks from Tikrit where Saddam stored tons of munitions in the covered bunkers you see here - missiles, bombs, landmines, grenades, ammunition, etc - currently being destroyed by the Explosive Ordnance Disposal engineers:
Buckmaster as seen from the air - we had no US military presence at all, so we had to be completely self-sufficient in terms of our security. If we weren't on PSD-duty that day, we were patrolling the desert looking for trouble:
The local ambulance - a US medevac chopper on the apron at, I believe, Camp Speicher:
An afternoon at the range - we try out bits of kit for use while on patrol:
Me at one of the ammo-dumps:
Some aircraft-bombs due to be destroyed:
Ordnance being destroyed:
The Ewok from Hell - our rear-gunner Taff on his piano:
One for a friend who doesn't believe I'm in Iraq...: