http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/?cxntfid=blogs_georgianswar From homefront to battlefront with soldiers based in Georgia. en-us pgast@ajc.com 2008-04-04T09:14:33-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 From homefront to battlefront with soldiers based in Georgia. http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/entries/2008/04/04/new_truck_can_keep_bombs_at_ba.html?cxntfid=blogs_georgianswar Baghdad, Iraq — Staff Sgt. Jamie Linen’s crew hits the road every day, taking supplies and transporting soldiers from Forward Operating Base Falcon to nearby patrol bases where Georgia-based “surge” troops of the 3rd Infantry Division are based. Every time... 2875203@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/ Moni Basu 2008-04-04T09:14:33-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/entries/2008/03/29/us_base_in_iraq_offers_no_safe.html?cxntfid=blogs_georgianswar BAGHDAD — This is a different sort of fear, the kind that can do a number on your head. You begin to live with the chilling notion that you can die a gruesome death at a random moment, in a... 2733903@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/ Moni Basu 2008-03-29T18:25:12-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/entries/2008/03/25/talkin_trash.html?cxntfid=blogs_georgianswar Patrol Base Hawks - Remember the movie “Jarhead?” I’m talking about the scene where Jake Gyllenhaal’s tough Marine character gets put on latrine duty. Not a pleasant thing to have to pull out large tin drums of poop and burn... 2624303@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/ Moni Basu 2008-03-25T10:54:29-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/entries/2008/03/24/grady_baby_honored.html?cxntfid=blogs_georgianswar Capt. Micah Hutchins had his moment in the sun here in Baghdad, a proud Grady baby made good. Hutchins, 28, born at Grady Memorial Hospital and raised in Decatur, relinquished command Friday of Georgia-based 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment’s Fox... 2600303@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/ Moni Basu 2008-03-24T12:42:56-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/entries/2008/03/22/robin_hood_risks_life_for_his.html?cxntfid=blogs_georgianswar Arab Jabour, Iraq — Brig. Gen. Mustafa Kamel beams with pride. He adjusts his red-and-white head scarf, tied and knotted the way Iraq’s Jabouri tribe wears it, and the leather holster that holds his 13 mm pistol. He stands and... 2578003@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/ Moni Basu 2008-03-22T21:30:00-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/entries/2008/03/20/welcome_to_the_war_zone.html?cxntfid=blogs_georgianswar Baghdad, Iraq — We’ve been moving around in an area southeast of Baghdad with the chaplain for 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment. The Georgia-based unit has soldiers scattered at several bases: Forward Operating Base Falcon, patrol bases Red, Murray and... 2529803@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/ Moni Basu 2008-03-20T14:14:06-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/entries/2008/03/18/switching_gears_just_part_of_d.html?cxntfid=blogs_georgianswar Arab Jabour, Iraq — Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Brisley remembers the day he crossed the berms from Kuwait into Iraq in his Bradley Fighting Vehicle. It was March 20, 2003. He had his mental “kill” switch on. His company rolled... 2483403@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/ Moni Basu 2008-03-18T20:55:41-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/entries/2008/03/18/my_house_is_your_house.html?cxntfid=blogs_georgianswar Patrol Base Red, Iraq - Ken Adgie says he wanted to be an air-conditioning repairman but when that didn’t work out, he joined the Army. He rose all the way to commander of a Georgia-based 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment.... 2472803@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/ Moni Basu 2008-03-18T14:40:18-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/entries/2008/03/17/wanted_a_few_good_men.html?cxntfid=blogs_georgianswar Patrol Base Hawks - Tariq Abdullah Ali jumps up to grab the pull-up bars. After struggling through a handful, he hits the ground for 20 sit-ups and 10 pushups and then takes off for a 100-meter dash on bed of... 2446703@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/ Moni Basu 2008-03-17T14:03:19-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/entries/2008/03/13/gone_with_the_wind_almost_1.html?cxntfid=blogs_georgianswar Patrol Base Hawks, Iraq — The wind began picking up right after the guys were done with chow. On the menu this evening: BBQ ribs, rice and mixed veggies that arrived in the Army’s Mermite containers from nearby Forward Operating... 2361703@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/ Moni Basu 2008-03-13T16:59:26-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/entries/2008/03/11/bond_on_the_battlefield.html?cxntfid=blogs_georgianswar Baghdad, Iraq — Mitchell Chambers longed to see his daughter Natasha. His heart ached for the little girl who used to dance on his feet. He taught her to work on cars and took her to Disney World. He cheered... 2308003@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/ Moni Basu 2008-03-11T22:12:48-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/entries/2008/03/11/once_a_terrorist_haven.html?cxntfid=blogs_georgianswar Arab Jabour, Iraq — We took our first ride in the highly touted MRAP. More about the military’s new anti-mine vehicle in the days ahead. But I have to say I felt safe in there - perhaps falsely so -... 2205103@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/ Moni Basu 2008-03-11T06:00:00-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/entries/2008/03/07/on_a_new_mission.html?cxntfid=blogs_georgianswar Arab Jabour, Iraq - The U.S. convoy of Humvees, heavy equipment trucks and new Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected (MRAP) vehicles finally pulled in through the gates of Forward Operating Base Falcon Tuesday afternoon, with two hours of sunlight to spare. This was... 2204603@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/ Moni Basu 2008-03-07T16:18:41-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/entries/2007/05/14/angels_of_war.html?cxntfid=blogs_georgianswar Louie Favorite / AJC Spc. Keith Martin of the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, goes over his medical supplies before setting off on a patrol in strife-ridden Ramadi, Iraq. Ramadi, Iraq — Spc. Keith Martin learned to kill and... 165426@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/ Reports from Iraq 2007-05-14T11:39:01-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/entries/2007/05/11/family_ties_give_comfort.html?cxntfid=blogs_georgianswar Raised by a single mom, Army Spc. Kishma Gumbs did not know her father and stepmother, Richard and Paula Martin, until adulthood. Now, in the midst of war, she is grateful she did. Courtesy U.S. Army Spc. Kishma Gumbs (right)... 165072@http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgiansatwar/ Moni Basu 2007-05-11T18:33:09-05:00