Taji

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Just got back from Al Taji. Spend the 17th to the morning of the 19th there. Al Taji Army Airfield is located approximately 27 kilometers Northwest of downtown Baghdad, at the town of Taji. There is a lot of enermy activit outside the wire. The first night there mortors were coming in and going out. The facility is massive as you see in the photos there is also a grave yard for hundreds of Iraqi takes and Artillery from Saudams regime. On the way back from Taji I got to see some of the country side from a Blackhawk. I hope you enjoy the pictures.

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Photos

CHU (Cantainer Housing Unit)
These are two person housing units on Taji. I stayed in this one while there. They are much better then my four person room I'm in at Balad.

The bone yard
This a grave yard of Saddam's former army. There are hundreds of tanks, mortors and other stuff of war baking in the sun.

Mercenaries
Contractors preparing to roll out.

Eye in the sky
This blimp has a camera attached for force protection purposes. There have been several aggressive acts against post and it acts as a deterrent .

Convoy
This is a convoy I was following which was on there way out. I wasn't going with them though.