Thursday, December 30, 2004
Ghost Company Update
Here’s an email written by our company commander and distributed to our families. Though I believe OPSEC was followed, I sanitized it for good measure. My comments will follow later.
ALCON:
It has been quite some time since I wrote to this group, and I hope all are doing fine. I extend a Christmas greeting to all.
One [Ghost] Company soldier was wounded in action yesterday during a rocket attack on [some place]. [Carl] received a shrapnel wound to the left thigh. Top and I spent about 1/2 hour with him today, and he is fine. [Burt] had a temporary hearing loss after the blast, but re-gained all hearing on [some day]. We got lucky as only one soldier was nearby when the rocket hit, and he was shielded by a vehicle. The loss to our equipment was tremendous as we lost three more Up Armor HMMWVs (M1114) and a number of other pieces of equipment. The rocket landed in front of a row of vehicles and started them on fire. [Steve] saved one vehicle by jumping in it and driving off. The others were destroyed when the ammunition, grenades, and anti-tank weapons started cooking off. This fireworks show went on for about two hours before the fire department finally put the blaze out. The water used to extinguish the fire was pushed into the soldiers' living quarters damaging some personal gear and equipment. It is amazing no one was seriously injured. Thank God!
[Ghost] Company continues to operate in Iraq, now in our tenth month in theater. We have gone through a number of changes since our separation from the Iraq Survey Group in early [some date]. [X] and [Y] Platoons remain at [our FOB] working now for [Zuckerman] out of [some place]. The old higher headquarters … moved to a new mission [some place] back on [some date]. [X] and [Y] Platoons' battalion HQ, [Zulu] MP Battalion out of [some place], departs theater soon. Both parts of the company welcomed a new Brigade HQ back on the [some date] when the [Zenith] MP Brigade headed back to [some place], and the [Zebra] MP Brigade from [some place] took over. The new Brigade Commander visited our company back on the [some date] for a short brief from myself. He and the Command Sergeant Major visited with troops after the brief.
[Ghost] Company now has soldiers living in [n] different locations in Iraq, including [some places]. We are conducting all types of operations from force protection to convoy escort to special unspecified security missions of strategic value.
We are proud of all.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,
[The Commander]
Here’s an email written by our company commander and distributed to our families. Though I believe OPSEC was followed, I sanitized it for good measure. My comments will follow later.
ALCON:
It has been quite some time since I wrote to this group, and I hope all are doing fine. I extend a Christmas greeting to all.
One [Ghost] Company soldier was wounded in action yesterday during a rocket attack on [some place]. [Carl] received a shrapnel wound to the left thigh. Top and I spent about 1/2 hour with him today, and he is fine. [Burt] had a temporary hearing loss after the blast, but re-gained all hearing on [some day]. We got lucky as only one soldier was nearby when the rocket hit, and he was shielded by a vehicle. The loss to our equipment was tremendous as we lost three more Up Armor HMMWVs (M1114) and a number of other pieces of equipment. The rocket landed in front of a row of vehicles and started them on fire. [Steve] saved one vehicle by jumping in it and driving off. The others were destroyed when the ammunition, grenades, and anti-tank weapons started cooking off. This fireworks show went on for about two hours before the fire department finally put the blaze out. The water used to extinguish the fire was pushed into the soldiers' living quarters damaging some personal gear and equipment. It is amazing no one was seriously injured. Thank God!
[Ghost] Company continues to operate in Iraq, now in our tenth month in theater. We have gone through a number of changes since our separation from the Iraq Survey Group in early [some date]. [X] and [Y] Platoons remain at [our FOB] working now for [Zuckerman] out of [some place]. The old higher headquarters … moved to a new mission [some place] back on [some date]. [X] and [Y] Platoons' battalion HQ, [Zulu] MP Battalion out of [some place], departs theater soon. Both parts of the company welcomed a new Brigade HQ back on the [some date] when the [Zenith] MP Brigade headed back to [some place], and the [Zebra] MP Brigade from [some place] took over. The new Brigade Commander visited our company back on the [some date] for a short brief from myself. He and the Command Sergeant Major visited with troops after the brief.
[Ghost] Company now has soldiers living in [n] different locations in Iraq, including [some places]. We are conducting all types of operations from force protection to convoy escort to special unspecified security missions of strategic value.
We are proud of all.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,
[The Commander]
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