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Iraq 2003 - OP Telic 1

A Reservist's tour of duty in support of UK forces in Kuwait and Iraq from March 4th to June 26th 2003. This gallery is a photographic diary of my time in Iraq.

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16 Air Assault Brigade HQ - Camp Eagle, Kuwait	My Home	Desert Rose	L85A2 - SA80	Pre War Phase Exercise's
USMC Sea Stallion	2 Troop, 1 Section	USMC Haircuts	Cocktail of Drugs	Sand Storm
Road Move	GAS! GAS! GAS!	GAS! GAS! GAS! - Again!!	Assembly Area "Brighton"	REME
Approaching the DMZ	Over the Border....At Last!!	Oil Fires	Oil Pipeline Ablaze	Gas Fires
Camels		More Smoke	Relief In Place	Crossing Route Tampa
Morning After...	Digging Holes	Iraqi Armour	Mail Run	Civilised Messing
Sunrise	Lined Up	Desert Football	Digging Holes - Again!	Testing the Fire Position
	How many rounds?	Living conditions	Chilling Out	Brook
Lynx	Riding Cupola Cover	Chester GOSP	Driver & Commander	Digging Holes - Again!!
The Donkey Killer	Natural Born Killers	Curt	Bridge 5 - Near Al Basrah	4 Star Accomodation

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Guest		19-Sep-2010 01:46
Thank for sharing your experience. I dont' understand why any of this was necessary but I thank for supporting our country.

limahoteluniform		05-Aug-2010 21:24
Kev, I was there in 2003, I MARDIV DASC(rear echelon), Second Wave across the berms west of As Safwan Hill. Your pics brought back the sights and sounds, and especially, the smells--of burning GOSPs, burning trash, burnt-out vehicles, animal dung, and us. We were required to wear our MOPP (NBC) suits from Day One for two weeks straight. Glad it is over for me. Hope the best for those who are still there.

P. Christensen		09-Apr-2009 20:36
Great Picture's...Kev... The Old time's In Qurnah... Member Of the Light Reconaisence Squardroon...Danish Battalion.. who' overtogh the peacekeaper Rolle in the area...of Qunah... Spent 9 Month There...2003-2004

Brian		29-Dec-2008 22:27
Very good pictures! A lot of memories, good work! The ATV / Quads used by the Britts are Suzukis, what model I am not sure. The Americans use the Polaris 700cc model # MV-7

Guest		30-Sep-2008 15:51
I was der wiv 2 close support regt r.l.c but seems like a life time away but jus fort id say that ive got sum of da same pictures as u e.g the mig

Eduardo Torres		07-Sep-2008 09:52
very interesting pictures, should be a dangerous and exciting experience to be in the war

al cunningham		05-Aug-2008 11:22
i was there with jnbcr(reme sparky with 7rct).smashed my spine to pieces end of may near water pumping station.med discharge from army.living in scotland now.thank for posting photos.

Guest		01-Jun-2008 19:56
Great Gallery Kev. I was there with green slime Great record of time spent best regards Widowmaker.

Dave Berry		27-Apr-2008 07:32
Fantastic gallery, Kev. Those of us who weren't there can only imagine. Thank you for sharing your memories. Dave Berry

tim		10-Jan-2008 02:48
was there with 202 and 33 field hospital in the mt sction in mar to july 03. your pictures are good and many memories brought back . ty

Gaz		23-Oct-2007 11:25
Wow, your TELIC 1 images brought back memories! I was with 16AA HQ, 1 R IRISH. I remember sitting in Kuweait waiting for something to happen. The smell of those portaloos. Rotton. Respirators needed! The mixed sex showers. What an idea that was :D Stay safe.

Marina		27-Apr-2007 16:16
Great pictures. Want to get out there soon enough.

will		21-Apr-2007 20:30
26 RA WKSP?, rocking guitar?, crap at golf?, 1000 bucks on 'gentlemans relief'?. you know how you are! drop me a line.

Paul H		06-Apr-2007 00:54
great pictures,reminds me of my time there ,thanks for the memories

Ben		27-Jan-2007 15:47
Hi all, very interesting photos! @Perry: As far as I know the Quad ATVs in use with the British Forces are made by Suzuki but I do not know the model designation. Greetings Ben

perry johnson		08-Jan-2007 18:57
Dose any one knom what type of quad bikes are seen in the image ''Royal Marines Patrolling Quad Bike Style'' please reply thanks

Nick B		26-Oct-2006 22:50
I'm an ex Westminster dragoon....lucky enough to have done the training and never have had to use it. Seeing these pics, I feel very humble. Will 'Thank You' do?

Sevi B.		24-Sep-2006 09:52
Thanks for sharing your photos with everybody interrested in the topic! Especially the pics from Bosnia awakened some old feelings and made me want to go on ops again. Sure, it ain`t the same cause Austria is a neutral (and therefor non-belligerent) country, so we only take part in peacekeeping missions......fortunately. But after my 2001 deployment to Kosovo (as a rifleman with AUstrian CONtingent 4) I guess it`s all about that certain kind of view you can only get as a soldier....... Stay alive, wherever it takes you!

Jennifer Zimmerman		15-Dec-2005 05:52
you might know my friend Bill Luther in this photo? http://www.pbase.com/littleflurry/image/27161672 Thinking of you all everyday. Come home safe.

Paul McDonnell		29-Nov-2005 21:29
Fantastic pics Kev! Looking at them, I get the kind of sick urge to go back...the wife would kill me! I only wish that the MOD had the same camera skills as you. Op Telic 3+4

Guest		26-Aug-2005 12:45
Great Pics, was in the same brigade with 1 Para and recognise a few places

Gollum		07-Jun-2005 18:09
Usual suspects posting here! Along with the excellent pics, some of which fill some gaps, as Conn says like the Baath party HQ at Al Qurnah. Kev said I ought to plug my diary (it's here: http://www.mchill.dial.pipex.com/articles/OpTelic/ ) so there it is, plugged. I'm not as nostalgic as Conn - my view of the past is foggy rather than rose-tinted - and it's a bit sobering to think that in another six months we will be liable for mobilisation again...

Guest		26-Mar-2005 20:07
Excellent pics, Kev. It looks like we spent most of 2003 in the same places, I spent the war there with 16 Air Assault and 1 Para - from January to May. I was with the US Marine attachment. I'm going to put up a gallery of my pics as soon as I get around to it. Take care, and glad you made it back OK. Barry, US Navy

Robin Rowe		03-Aug-2004 13:00
Great pics. Feels like a long time ago, but those images bring it all back.

2Lt Conn MacEvilly		02-Jan-2004 11:03
Fantastic photos - well done. I have seen some truly awful photos (of corners of walls, people's feet, that kind of thing) from our adventures in Iraq, whereas yours look like they have come from the Telegraph's photo-journal of the war. Better still are the descriptions, which give a good sense of how it felt to be there. Bizarre - sensations of nostalgia looking at them! Happy days, eh? You might want to know that in the photo entitled "Digging Holes - Again!" we were actually only about 2km (or less) from the very porous front line (while there was still fighting going on). That's why Maj Phipps, my boss, went mental when he found blokes (non TA, I hasten to add) hanging up their washing on the fences. Thanks, too, for the photo of the Ba'ath Party HQ in Al Qurnah. I lived there for four weeks but was too busy to take a photo of it. Strange that you never took a pic of the crappers, once we had them. Taking a dump into a hole filled with other people's previous deposits, while chatting to a female medic sat doing her business beside me and with Iraqi kids taking the mick from the wall behind us is one of my abiding memories. Maybe next time?

Adam		22-Dec-2003 09:06
Excellent snaps, it all looks great in hindsight!!

Darren Griggs		16-Dec-2003 10:19
Excellent set of pix Kev.

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