Ben cross
5/21/07
A4
From listening to stories to news broadcasts i have always wonder what it is like for a American soldier to prepare for Iraq and what is like while over their. From the flight the gear the living spaces the saying goodbyes are all i want to learn bout. The life among people not of your culture helping complete strangers who u may never see again.
To answer this question i looked in many sources and even interviewed a soldier who was gearing to leave. I gather information from news broadcasts such as the today show, cnn, local news. Looked into articles in the newspaper on the happenings over seas. The web also brought many first account storied form Iraq and what the troops did over their.
From sources like cnn and the today show i found about the state of living for the troops. That they played volleyball had Internet access can keep in touch with family much easy. That some of the troops felt they were in a war they weren't allowed to win. How they missed family. This was what i got form these sources
Articles form the sun journal and the local news. Gave me stories of how families n my area where coping with the son death in the war or his going away. Also showed local homecomings and what people around my residence where doing to support the war. A story told of how family leaves a fake solider outside with a bag and ask for supplies to send to their son.
From the interview of a friend Brandon hiller i learned how he had to pack up all his stuff in his apartment and stop paying bills tier and store his stuff at a pals while he leaves. He goes all around the country visting his family on his break time. He also never knew when hes was getting shipped off till 2 weeks before so its not a great warning time ahead. He says he likes being over there to do the pay is so well but is also risky Because constantly worried about that.
So in conclusion I found out that being in Iraq is well paying to soldier but leaving is quite stressful and requires a lot of visiting. As a soldier usually is put to work by his platoon doing work around the base and is stationed there.I found its information from interviews, news broadcasts, and newspaper articles.
Ben cross
5/21/06
A4
works cited
1.interview with Brandon Hiller 5/12/07
2.Sun Journal
3.http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/21/iraq.main/index.html CNN.com, 2007,
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