| Posted on: Monday, April 5, 2004 |
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Stray animals are part of the family in Kirkuk |
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Kirkuk Air Base is going to the dogs. And geese. Even hedgehogs. Soldiers here for a year have started adopting stray puppies wandering around the sprawling base as one more way to bring the familiar back into their lives more than 8,000 miles from home. |
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| Posted on: Thursday, March 4, 2004 |
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Iraqi base fortifications unnerving but effective |
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The first troubling thing you notice upon arrival at Forward Operating Base McHenry, about 40 miles southwest of Kirkuk, is the green sand bags. The second troubling thing is the number of 8-foot-square wooden bunkers that are completely sandbagged, sides and top. |
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| Posted on: Thursday, February 26, 2004 |
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Base's old bakery is home sweet home for 'Rats' of platoon |
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The "Rats" of Charlie Company's 2nd Platoon out of Schofield Barracks recently found a new home at Kirkuk Air Base. The unit of the 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry, moved out of "conex" shipping containers and into the old base bakery. |
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| Posted on: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 |
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Audio notebook: Bomb patrol |
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Several days a week, Schofield combat engineers head out to the Iraqi countryside to destroy leftover munitions. Listen to Advertiser staff writer William Cole's account of what they're facing. |
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| Posted on: Thursday, February 19, 2004 |
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Audio notebook: Kirkuk Air Base |
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Hear Advertiser staff writer William Cole describe the atmosphere at Kirkuk Air Base, where Schofield soldiers are trying to turn the former Iraqi military base into a home. |
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| Posted on: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 |
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Iraqi children learn the shaka |
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Chaplain Everett Franklin of the 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, visited the Citadel in Kirkuk, an old fortress that's said to contain the tomb of Daniel the Prophet. While Franklin was there, upwards of a dozen children gathered around. That's when he saw something demonstrated by children — the shaka sign. Soldiers from Schofield gave the shaka on the first of three convoys from Kuwait. That's all it took. |
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| Posted on: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 |
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Schofield soldiers turn to luxury items for comfort |
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At Kirkuk Air Base in Iraq, Pfc. Cameron Taylor and his three roommates live in a 20-foot shipping container and have a new 29-inch color TV. It's just the start. |
