Gunner
Star
- Joined
- Jun 3, 2012
As Iran continues it's nuclear program and begins making more and more credible threats against both Israel and the U.S., it becomes obvious that they must be stopped. Despite a strongly-worded condemnation by the United Nations, nothing is done about it until the United States puts together an international coalition, which begins staging near Iran's borders.
FOB Winchester sat on the eastern border of Iraq, about a hundred miles east of Kirkuk. It had been set up in the middle of the Iraqi desert. It consisted mainly of connexes and temporary buildings set up within a perimeter of large, concrete T-barriers. While most of the camp was temporary, it was built around a previous structure, a multi-story building that had been subdivided into several small rooms and an operations center. The FOB, while only containing a company and some support, was still self-contained; it had it's own chowhall, aid station, troop billets (row after row of CHUs), a motor pool, shower trailers, and a pair of generators.
The FOB was was bustling with the normal activities when the chinook helicopter carrying the journalists came in, vehicles being moved around or checked, soldiers moving back and forth on their own taskings. The helicopter came down on the concrete pad that was being used as the helipad, stopping long enough to drop off the four person journalist team and all their gear. As they gathered their stuff, the FOB's First Sergeant jogged up.
"You're the reporters right? We've got some rooms cleared for you in the TOC. You can head up there and get settled, then you probably want to head down to the mess tent and grab chow. After that come to the TOC & they can direct you to your assigned unit." he said as he directed her to her room.
Their second floor rooms were small, but secure. A door had been expertly fitted in and were designed to be secured with a padlock & hasp mounted in the outside of the door. The floors were old cracked tile & the walls were concrete, covered with a thick coat of dull white paint. The room's windows had been almost completely covered with a layer of sandbags, except for a tiny sliver at the top.
FOB Winchester sat on the eastern border of Iraq, about a hundred miles east of Kirkuk. It had been set up in the middle of the Iraqi desert. It consisted mainly of connexes and temporary buildings set up within a perimeter of large, concrete T-barriers. While most of the camp was temporary, it was built around a previous structure, a multi-story building that had been subdivided into several small rooms and an operations center. The FOB, while only containing a company and some support, was still self-contained; it had it's own chowhall, aid station, troop billets (row after row of CHUs), a motor pool, shower trailers, and a pair of generators.
The FOB was was bustling with the normal activities when the chinook helicopter carrying the journalists came in, vehicles being moved around or checked, soldiers moving back and forth on their own taskings. The helicopter came down on the concrete pad that was being used as the helipad, stopping long enough to drop off the four person journalist team and all their gear. As they gathered their stuff, the FOB's First Sergeant jogged up.
"You're the reporters right? We've got some rooms cleared for you in the TOC. You can head up there and get settled, then you probably want to head down to the mess tent and grab chow. After that come to the TOC & they can direct you to your assigned unit." he said as he directed her to her room.
Their second floor rooms were small, but secure. A door had been expertly fitted in and were designed to be secured with a padlock & hasp mounted in the outside of the door. The floors were old cracked tile & the walls were concrete, covered with a thick coat of dull white paint. The room's windows had been almost completely covered with a layer of sandbags, except for a tiny sliver at the top.