southwest asia and Iraq tour
September 16 - October 16, 2006
Our COD plane landing on the deck of the USS Enterprise. Getting off the COD after landing on the USS Enterprise.
Show in the mess hall on lower deck onboard the Enterprise. The USS Enterprise cruising the high seas ready for anything.
The USS Enterprise cruising at sunset. USS Enterprise with a helicopter about to land on it.
Our visit to a cheetah refuge in Djibouti, Africa.
Our visit to an orphanage in Djibouti, Africa. By far our best experience of the tour. Notice the kids with no shoes on gravel.
Group photo in Djibouti after soccer game. Steve Burr relishes his goal.
Dog handler and U2 pilot during our visit to Al Dahfra Air Base Abu Dahbi,United Arab Emirates.
Steve Burr and I outside our VIP tent in UAE. Al Dahfra AB With the crew of Global Hawk at UAE Al Dahfra AB.
Outdoor show in front of at Al Dahfra AB,United Arab Emirates. Steve Burr and I yuk it up with an unexploded mortar at the EOD demonstration.
2 of Saddams palaces in Baghdad at Camp Victory. We stayed at the one on the left.
Our visit to the 'Crossed Sabres' in Baghdad. The green zone. Notice another set of sabres in the distance.
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That's me. Some Iraqi kids showed us a trap door to climb up into the sabres.
Explosion at FOB Falcon(Baghdad) during mortar attack. Our sunny visit to F-18's at Camp Al Asad, Iraq.
Our meeting with the commander and then the show in Qatar.
Onstage in Qatar. Howitzer demonstration at Camp Virginia, Kuwait