2008.12.30
30DEC08--VIP Tragedy
A few days ago, there was an unfortunate incident, in which friendly fire resulted in death of new Iraqi lieutenant, LT Low'a. His battalion, fellow Soldiers and family mourn his death today. Tragic. Read more »
2008.12.29
29DEC08--Election Campaign Ads
The Iraqi elections will be held in a few weeks and political ads are becoming prominent around Baghdad in the form of flags. Read more »
27DEC08--Homemade Explosive (HME) Cache
Today, the Iraqi Army took hundreds of pounds of homemade explosives (HME) off the streets in finding this cache. Read more »
Photo of the Expanded Team
Over the past week, we added eight members to our team. With two of our original members on leave at all times and us working longer hours we are happy to have them. Read more »
2008.12.24
24DEC08--The Gift of Freedom
After getting back from the Iraqi base tonight, the team gathered to open some gifts that a church sent to us. While their generosity was much appreciated, Evan the interpreter received the best gift. Read more »
2008.12.23
23DEC08--So You Think That You Can Dance Iraqi?
Today we went out on patrol with the Iraqis. We stopped for a time at an Iraqi base. The commanders shared tea, meanwhile, the Iraqi Soldiers taught us how to dance Iraqi style. Read more »
2008.12.22
22DEC08--Eye on the Ball
Americans and Iraqis have at least one thing in common: the inability to resist a ball in play. This may be a universal truth. Read more »
2008.12.19
18DEC08--SOI Payday, Day Two
Today, we visited another Iraqi base to oversee SOI payday. Read more »
2008.12.17
17DEC08--SOI Pay, Again
For the next few days, my team will travel to different SOI pay locations in order to supervise. We are helping work through issues with some that are not paid, but make no mistake this is completely an Iraqi operation. Read more »
About this blog
Rich Connaroe graduated from Northside High School in 2000 and VMI in 2004. Now a Captain in the U.S. Army, Connaroe begins a one-year deployment to Iraq in August. During that time, he plans to make regular blog posts that he hopes will connect readers of the The Roanoke Times to U.S. soldiers who are deployed in Iraq.
