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By Staff Sgt. Scott Wolfe
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iron Brigade cooks and KBR dining facility personnel went all out for Soldiers of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad this Thanksgiving.
Soldiers might have been missing their families back home, but they did not lack food or ambiance.
Dining facilities at Forward Operating Base Hammer and Combat Outposts Cashe and Cahill had plenty for Soldiers to choose from. Carved turkey, roast beef, prime rib and sliced ham were the main courses. Add in the side dishes, like two types of stuffing, mashed potatoes, corn, green beans and salad, a Soldier was really only left with two questions: "Is the plate big enough?" and "How much room do I leave for desert?"
Col. Pat White, commander of the "Iron Brigade" started off his Thanksgiving Day at FOB Hammer.
"Thanksgiving is a day when we sit down with our friends and family to give thanks for everything good in our lives," he said.
Family might have been missing, but friends were plentiful as squad mates sat with each other and joked over the meal.
The colonel caused a few chuckles when he dragooned Spc. Timothy Proot, of Fenton, Mo., into helping him carve up a turkey.
"My son usually helps me with this but he's not here, so hold this," he said, thrusting the meat fork at Proost and directing him to catch the first slice of turkey being cut off the bird.
Proost, a Soldier from Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 40th Engineer Battalion, said that helping the brigade commander was only the second time he had been around an "important" person.
He said the only other time was, "when the pope conducted Mass in a stadium."
COP Cashe was just cleaning up from their lunch time meal when White arrived.
He noted the ice sculptures were particularly impressive and was very admiring of the detail in the flower decorations made out of onions and potatoes. The ornamentation impressed him so much; he handed out his commander's coins to the cook staff before taking a group photo with them.
He also snuck a slice of turkey before the cooks put it away.
COP Cahill was in the middle of serving when the brigade commander showed up, so he treated himself to some prime rib and a piece of cherry pie good enough that he recommended it to another Soldier in passing.
For entertainment afterwards, some Soldiers took out their remote controlled cars and raced them around, kicking up dirt and rocks in between catching air on a make-shift ramp.
Col. White ended his Thanksgiving with a long drive in the dark back to Camp Striker, but he can honestly say that he ate as good as his troops and that Iron Brigade Soldiers were in good spirits.
"Give thanks this year for the health you have and the buddy sitting across from you," said White.
| Date Taken: | 12.02.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 12.02.2008 01:01 |
| Story ID: | 27059 |
| Location: | BAGHDAD, IQ |
| Web Views: | 365 |
| Downloads: | 342 |
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