Me and a bunch of Kurdish Soldiers (Peshmerga) at the checkpoint i was at for 2 days. these guys were diggin' taking pictures.
This rocket landed 100 meters from where i was standing when i was out on this checkpoint. I was on the outside of the compound helping work on a generator when it came in. It actually sounded like a whiffle ball about 2 seconds before it detonated. This type of rocket does not have a very big blast radius (1/2 meter), luckily. It has to score a direct hit to really do anything. But i heard the whiffle-ball sound and looked up right as it exploded. I don't think i ever ran for my protective gear so fast. This stuff usually happens at night, not in the middle of the day. This is what it looked like after it was pulled out of the ground.
The rocket before it was pulled out of the ground.
This picture was taken after only 15 minutes with my body armor on. It was near 110 degrees when we were out filming for that checkpoint story i posted earlier. I filmed for 15 minutes and then went back into the compound and took my gear off.
This was taken late last week when i was on the market walk with the Brigade Commander and his team of advisors and such. This was a juice stand and they made all kinds of smoothies and fruit drinks. But the whole market area was quite colorful like this. I may get some video of the market walk posted later in the week.
Me and a bunch of Kurdish Soldiers (Peshmerga) at the checkpoint i was at for 2 days. these guys were diggin' taking pictures.
This rocket landed 100 meters from where i was standing when i was out on this checkpoint. I was on the outside of the compound helping work on a generator when it came in. It actually sounded like a whiffle ball about 2 seconds before it detonated. This type of rocket does not have a very big blast radius (1/2 meter), luckily. It has to score a direct hit to really do anything. But i heard the whiffle-ball sound and looked up right as it exploded. I don't think i ever ran for my protective gear so fast. This stuff usually happens at night, not in the middle of the day. This is what it looked like after it was pulled out of the ground.
The rocket before it was pulled out of the ground.
This picture was taken after only 15 minutes with my body armor on. It was near 110 degrees when we were out filming for that checkpoint story i posted earlier. I filmed for 15 minutes and then went back into the compound and took my gear off.
This was taken late last week when i was on the market walk with the Brigade Commander and his team of advisors and such. This was a juice stand and they made all kinds of smoothies and fruit drinks. But the whole market area was quite colorful like this. I may get some video of the market walk posted later in the week.
Those are some aweosome pictures. I think the luau looks like soo much fun too bad you didn't get to be at that. The rocket is kinda scary. Glad you are still well and all I can say is you look great & drink water.
ReplyDeleteJD, when are you coming down?
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