I was looking at my pictures from my deployment to Iraq in 2003 the other day, and it's amazing to me how old they look now. They look like pictures of the Vietnam conflict and we all look like kids.
It got me thinking I'd like to get all of these pictures uploaded digitally, because almost all of them are actual pictures that you hold in your hands. If anything ever happened to them, they would be gone forever. I'm going to have to scan each and every one of them and get them on my computer. I have some uploaded already, but not that many.
Beyond just uploading them for preservation, there is a story that goes with all of these pictures as well. I was thinking about someplace to upload all of these pictures, complete with the accompanying stories, for people to see. I've put some on the book years ago, but that's not really the same idea obviously. WordPress is good for blog type stuff, but not for pictures. I'm thinking this place might be a good spot for something like this. It's not to brag or say "Look at me!" It's my own version of a war documentary, of which I've viewed my fair share of.
I was an Army reserve 88M truck driver assigned to a tactical fuel hauling unit which used the M818 tractor exclusively as well as some M931's sprinkled in here and there. The 800 series trucks were 1960's and 70's vintage, and the 900 series were likely late 80's to 90's issue. We deployed out of Ft Drum, NY. We arrived at Drum in December of 2002, Kuwait in March 2003, and Iraq not long after that. This was the very beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and I was there before it was even named that. It's the most interesting time to see the conflict in my opinion.
So if that sounds interesting I might start posting from time to time in here. It would be a good place to document my experience I feel. Kind of a bummer that guests won't be able to see the pictures, but I still think this is the right place to do this.