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Post by dstauffer on Mar 15, 2006 6:22:17 GMT -8
The following are pics from Camp Echo during a sandstorm-   (This one is of the sun... that is how thick the sand was!)  Here are a couple of pics from Baghdad - (This is an aerial view of a part of Baghdad, taken while I was flying in a UH-60 Blackhawk from Camp Echo to Camp Victory to head out on vaction. Please note the presence of the new "Iraqi National Symbol," the satellite dish...LOL)  (This is a pick of either the Tigris or Euphrates river... I don't know which)  (This is a pic of just one of Saddam's palaces in Baghdad. This one is located on Camp Victory)  (This is a pic of another of Saddam's palaces in Baghdad. This one is adjacent to Camp Slayer)  Here is a pic from Babylon - (This is Saddam's palace in Babylon; it is adjacent to the archeological site of ancient Babylonian ruins)  And... finally... a pic of me - (Lookin' pretty scruffy!)  I have a few more pics from Baghdad (Camp Victory) and Babylon; if anyone is interested in seeing them, I will post 'em
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Post by cameron on Mar 15, 2006 7:36:47 GMT -8
Great pics!
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Post by dstauffer on Mar 15, 2006 7:39:47 GMT -8
Thanks, cameron!
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Post by MARIO on Mar 15, 2006 9:50:54 GMT -8
Wow...great pics!
I love that palace in Baghdad / Camp victory. Beautiful area. Saddam sure was living it up!
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Post by dstauffer on Mar 15, 2006 10:00:29 GMT -8
The "Camp Victory" palace, the "Babylon" palace, and the "Camp Slayer" palace, are just three of the forty-odd palaces Saddam had throughout Iraq.
I was supposed to take a tour of the "Camp Victory" palace, but our schedule changed.
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Post by dustdevil28 on Mar 16, 2006 18:26:51 GMT -8
Spent some time on the Nimitz eh.
If you don't mind me asking, what was your rate when you were in the Navy?
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Post by dstauffer on Mar 17, 2006 2:42:47 GMT -8
battleborn -
Yes, I was onboard the Nimitz from 88-92, when she was homeported out of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington. I was a Data Systems Technician Second Class and worked out of the Microcomputer Repair shop.
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Post by MrDoublel on Mar 17, 2006 11:24:57 GMT -8
Nice pics. I like the one of the sun. When I was in Saudi during the Gulf War the smoke and dust obscured the sun enought that we could pick out the sunspots on it. Thankfully it hasn't gotten that bad here. The air polution can get pretty thick though.
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Post by Sailor on Mar 23, 2006 17:44:08 GMT -8
Mrs was looking over my shoulder as I was looking at your photos. Wow, over 40 palaces like those. I understand that the ground under many of them is honeycombed with German designed tunnels and bunkers. Some of those Iraqis must be part gopher.
That palace at Camp Victory is amazing. Can you give us any idea just how big that thing is?
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Post by dstauffer on Mar 24, 2006 6:18:54 GMT -8
Sailor -
I do not know anthing about the palaces being honeycombed with German-designed tunnels and bunkers, so I cannot comment on it. Having said that, most of the palaces I have seen (the exception being the palace in Babylon) are either next to water or surrounded by it.
The palace at Camp Victory is quite large from the outside. I do not know its exact dimensions, but I would say that it is roughly the same size as an average state capital building -- just a guess. The body of water surrounding the palace is man-made and I was told that Saddam had it stocked with fish every year. There are large, luxiourious homes that ring the lake.
The same can said of the palace at Camp Slayer -- which was apparently going through some sort of construction phase when the war started as the cranes show.
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Post by dstauffer on Mar 24, 2006 6:45:56 GMT -8
Here are a few more pictures: Our Living Quarters (a 40'x7' shipping container)  Our Work Trailer (a 20'x7' shipping container) [Note: the "deck" between the living and work trailers is 20'x20']  Please note that the personal exercise equipment is no longer there -- the person who owned it sold it. The washer and dryer were to be installed in our living quarters, but that would have taken up a lot of room. |
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Post by Sailor on Mar 27, 2006 17:39:29 GMT -8
Sailor - I do not know anthing about the palaces being honeycombed with German-designed tunnels and bunkers, so I cannot comment on it. Having said that, most of the palaces I have seen (the exception being the palace in Babylon) are either next to water or surrounded by it. The palace at Camp Victory is quite large from the outside. I do not know its exact dimensions, but I would say that it is roughly the same size as an average state capital building -- just a guess. The body of water surrounding the palace is man-made and I was told that Saddam had it stocked with fish every year. There are large, luxiourious homes that ring the lake. The same can said of the palace at Camp Slayer -- which was apparently going through some sort of construction phase when the war started as the cranes show. Thanks man. They struck me as being pretty good sized. Over 40 of 'em? Well, we know where some of that "Oil for Food" money went. |
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Post by dstauffer on Mar 27, 2006 20:34:20 GMT -8
Sailor -
The figure of 40+ palaces does not include the homes Saddam's sons had built for themselves throughout Iraq.
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Post by peterd on Jun 7, 2006 12:19:32 GMT -8
Nice photos.
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Post by daelf777 on Jun 28, 2006 19:12:48 GMT -8
Would the camp victory palace happen to be for sale? lol
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