Throughout the summer of 2006 my unit trained in some of the hoarshest conditions in the world. Most days and nights with out sleep and little food or water. We did this for months just for the chance to take on whatever mission we were given or any enemy fool enough to get in our way. These guys are Americas best. I just hope that this gives a little insight into places not many people get to see or better yet feel. As you browse the photos look behind the mens smiles and know the pain and  sacrifice each man goes through to get to that point in there life to which they find themselves in front of my lens. Thank you for viewing their tale.

The photo above shows my squad almost complete with their training preparing to move to Kuwait. The man top center in the photo later in the deployment would give half his right leg to an incomming rocket attack in Baghdad.

Above a gunner loads a 50 cal. heavy machine gun located atop an up-armoured hummvee.

<--- This one: you are looking at our flight into Kuwait. The scene is of mountains inside Turkey.

The picture below is out the aircraft window on a rough flight comming into Kuwait City.

The absolute most amazing thing that happend to us was by sheer luck meeting Mistress Carrie from WAAF 107.3 FM Worcester/Boston Ma radio station in the middle of the Kuwaiti desert. But it gets better. She brought the band "Drowning Pool" to play live for us. My guys hustled front row the pictures and video I have are priceless.

Special thanks goes out to her and the band for putting themselves in harms way just to entertain us!

Drowning Pool !

A disabled Iraqi tank sits in the Kuwaiti desert. A reminder of the past war.

Our convoy rolls along a particular stretch of desert highway protected by our gun jeeps.

Everyday the sun rises in the desert. We welcome the new day and all its challenges.

A column of British tanks rolls along in front of our convoy.

Resting in a "Kill House" a place where we constantly practice our building clearing techniques with live rounds. You would NOT want to be the bad guys!

Two soldiers from my unit during a flight training exercise over the desert in Kuwait.

Myself and a friend opposite the other two soldiers.

This side shot is one of my favorites. This soldiers is a citizen of Ireland and one of the best Americans I know! He still is trying to get his citizenship and its always delayed. There really ought to be a fast lane for citizenship for guys like him!

Below is the last group shot of my squad before we cross the berm into Iraq.

This is the aircraft that carries my guys into Baghdad.

Myself and my driver, a good friend of mine who when I asked him to volunteer to come to Baghdad with me and drive the streets and get shot at said "Hell Ya" they just dont make them like him.

Standing outside the aircraft at BIAP. Our first steps in Baghdad.