The title are Major Brott's infamous words.
The IA got called up to move. Apparently Gen Ali, the 17th Division Commander, decided to finally tell Col Maraud, the 55th Brigade Commander, to move his headquarters to within his own AO. We made a friendly visit to the new headquarters, a former US patrol base, Diesel. Diesel is located on the banks of the Tigris on the outskirts of Baghdad.
We decided that we would like to live with the IA at Diesel. After making many plans during the afternoon we mounted up to roll out to COP Meade. During our trip I asked Major Brott how likely we were to move to Diesel. According to Major Brott, we had a "95-98 percent of a chance."
An hour later, there became a fifty percent chance that we would move to Meade instead. An hour later, we were certain to move to Meade. It seems the battalion we will be supported by has no ambition of supplying us with what we need to sustain ourselves at Diesel. The truth is, the distance between the two posts is slight, so a 15-30 minute drive will take us to visit Diesel.
So here we are, now with a 95-98% chance of moving to COP Meade. Moving to Meade is actually a good thing. We no longer will need to have everything brought to us as it is all mostly provided at Meade, no longer will we need to be baby sat by a personal security detachment (PSD). Another good thing about moving to the COP is that we will spend more time doing our job of advising the IA instead of building a patrol base.
All is well... Our internet hookup might not pan out as well as we hoped, but we will make do. Our plan is to isolate ourselves within COP Meade so we don't get absorbed into their element and can remain somewhat autonomous. We should be moving within a week or so.
Time is flying by and we shall be home soon. Thank you mom for the package.
The picture at the top is of the only forked tree of it's kind we have seen... It's the little things that count here.
Hold down the homefront for us.
.jpg)
7 comments:
What does the acronym COP mean? As in COP Meade.
Who provides the security ?
Be well !
COP refers to the Combat Out Post.
We are fortunate to move into the 4/27 compound, COP Meade, under thier security. However we get our own corner.
Thanks
So what's COP Meade like in terms of creature comforts? Will you be safer there? Will there be any of the IA guys there that you knew from Mustang? Sounds like a major undertaking, especially since you've spent so much time and effort putting your current post together.
Stay safe.
Love, MOM
I was looking up COP Meade and saw your blog. My name is Jan and I am a volunteer with Soldiers' Angels. Wanted to know if you have heard about us? If not - please go to www.soldiersangels.org We are the largest independent troop support group in the USA. You can sign up for support yourself or have your guys sign up for support. It is a one on one adption. I don't know how you can respond to me but I saved this on my favorites and will check back. Thanks for your service. Why I was looking up Meade is a mother just signed her son up for an adoption and I assigned him to someone and wanted to see where it was and the conditions of the COP.
Jan,
Thank you for your post and all that you do. We here do appreciate every little thing. Most of the time we feel forgotten, until people like you come along.
Happy Thanksgiving
Nice post and pictures. I ran across it with a Google search. My son 1LT David is there at Meade right now too. Say hi from his dad if you see him (That would surprise him I am sure!)
Stay safe and lots of people back here are constantly thinking about and praying fro all you guys (and gals) over there.
Gene Pope
Just left COP Meade in January. We closed mose of it, and set up a new "better" and more consolidated JSS Meade in the NE Corner. I was TF113 Sigo, and getting the new tower and signal up and running was my job.
Post a Comment