Hells Dark Lord
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posted February 26, 2007 03:07 AM
Greetings from Mosul Iraq
hey fellas and ladies, just a quick note to let you all know I am safe and sound over here, and sill kicking. So far the deployment has gone well, nothing major to report to you all. I should be home in August for leave, I hope, I am soooo ready for a break...LOL
We still have no idea how long we will be here or what our follow on missions will be, but I will try to keep you all posted up.
Until they get our internet connections fixed my time on here will be limited, this connection is like a slow 14.4kbs modem...IT BLOWS...LOL
Later all
HDL
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crashtech
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posted February 26, 2007 04:51 AM
Awsome! Glad to hear everything is well. Me, Karen and Rog got back last night from the international bike show in Atlanta. It kinda sucked but had to go anyway for parts. Stay in touch and be safe.
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posted February 26, 2007 09:26 AM
Take care Jim, and be safe.
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MadMike
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posted February 26, 2007 10:32 AM
God Bless!!! and keep your head down and rifle up!!! post up your unit address, so we can send you some goodies!!!
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posted February 26, 2007 11:14 AM
Dam, who is the no running sonofabitch in the blue and white leathers. Hope to see you home soon. I will let Melissa know you are safe and that you said hi.
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Hells Dark Lord
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posted February 26, 2007 11:31 AM
hey Mike, Brett, Brian, Mark, Roger, and all the rest of you crazy sumbiatchers...everything is decent here, its not home, but I have a nice 7 by 12 room with heat and AC, and now the internet, I have my puter, and lots of movies, my rifle zeroed at 300 meters and my pistola, along with my M240B on my truck, what more could a guy ask for.... 
Its actually pretty quiet here, for being a war zone, if that makes sense...lol It has its moments, but all in all I could be in worse places.
the worst part about being here is 1. Being away from my lovely wife Kelly, 2. Away from all my friends and family, 3. not having my motorcycles to ride, 4. having this shitttyyyyyyyy internet service....lol guess it could be worse...
atleast I get to say hey to you all now so that is a plus.
Brett tell Karen and the kids I said hey, and Roger too please...miss you guys alot.
Later guys and dolls
Jim
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Hells Dark Lord
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posted February 26, 2007 11:33 AM
hey Mike, Brett, Brian, Mark, Roger, and all the rest of you crazy sumbiatchers...everything is decent here, its not home, but I have a nice 7 by 12 room with heat and AC, and now the internet, I have my puter, and lots of movies, my rifle zeroed at 300 meters and my pistola, along with my M240B on my truck, what more could a guy ask for....
Its actually pretty quiet here, for being a war zone, if that makes sense...lol It has its moments, but all in all I could be in worse places.
the worst part about being here is 1. Being away from my lovely wife Kelly, 2. Away from all my friends and family, 3. not having my motorcycles to ride, 4. having this shitttyyyyyyyy internet service....lol guess it could be worse...
atleast I get to say hey to you all now so that is a plus.
Brett tell Karen and the kids I said hey, and Roger too please...miss you guys alot.
Later guys and dolls
Jim
Oh the addy here is
SSG JAMES WOLKENS
FOB MAREZ
4th BCT, 1st Cav Div, HHC 2-7 Cav (Scout Platoon)
APO, AE 09334
and my email is hellsdarklord@yahoo.com
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posted February 26, 2007 11:43 AM
HDL, is this about your "THIRD" TIme over there (Or the 2nd TIme)?? It scares me for you to be there!
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posted February 26, 2007 01:24 PM
HDL-
I respect you more than you could ever know. Please stay safe save your money for a new bike when you get home.
Doug
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posted February 26, 2007 02:07 PM
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Take care Jim, and be safe.
looks like the blueridge parkway. keep you head down bro
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worm~hole
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posted February 26, 2007 02:12 PM
....keep safe, HDL!....my thoughts are with you and our troops!...you and our men and women do your best there and I and and a bunch of us will do my best here and fight the fight 
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posted February 26, 2007 04:03 PM
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looks like the blueridge parkway. keep you head down bro
That was on the CheroLALA Skyway 
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crashtech
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posted February 26, 2007 04:37 PM
I will do that Jim. We all miss you here too. I say a preyer for you and Kelly every chance I can. Guess what.....Sarah is driving now...OMFG!!!!!! We got her a car for Christmas. I still cant figure out how I feal about that! Rog is good, just busy with the bikes. I am starting on my building in three weeks to finish it up complete with paint booth. The new job is getting better, got my first raise a couple weeks ago. If Karen makes any more money I will say fuck it and stay home and mess with the bikes...she is kickin ass! Lookin foward to hearing from you. Stay safe!!
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posted February 26, 2007 06:04 PM
Hey Jim,
Good to hear from you, thanks for keeping us updated.
Take care of yourself and your buddies and keep us posted as time allows.
May God be with all of you!
Dan
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posted February 26, 2007 07:15 PM
Definately nice hearing from you Jim!!!...Looking forward to hearing whats really going on there when you come home...I'm sure big brother will be checking on this site now, since your posting...Hey, you know about the conspiracy nonsense!!!
Be Safe!!!
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Hells Dark Lord
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posted February 27, 2007 12:03 AM
Brett thats awsome, glad to hear the building is comming along, as far as for Sarah, maybe its better I am in Iraq right now....lmfao j/k got to give her some shit.....lol
Dan thanki you for the blessings bro...stay safe and send my bes to to the boys
thanks CR...yeah I have to watch what I post up cant give out to much info on here, OPSEC is a MoFo.....lol
Matt, you are correct that was the Cherohala, and one of the best DG rides I have done to date...was a great group of guys and a great road on a great day....
Vincent it is my 2nd time over here, first was in Baghdad and Faleujia, this time I am in Mosul, the third largest city in Iraq, it could be worse, I could be in Baghdad again...got to see the bright side of things right....
Wormy, we are just doing what you do everyday...keep safe brother....
will be on here pretty regularly here on out, so I will keep you guys posted...got to run for now though...
Doug, hope to see you again in Feb 08 at the dealer show....First round is on me...
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posted February 27, 2007 02:11 AM
Glad you're ok jim. Keep your head down and come back safe.Good luck..... how long till you can retire?
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posted February 27, 2007 08:58 PM
 Edited By: worm~hole on 27 Feb 2007 21:02
....oh no way, brother...you folks are doing waaaaay more and going thru waaay more crazy stuff more than we're faced with here....and at least we're not dealing with the specter of IEDs on a daily basis like you folks....well, not yet anyway  ....
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Hells Dark Lord
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posted February 28, 2007 12:49 AM
Wormy the IED's are no joke here, we have had some huge ones, but for the most part they are all boom and no blast.....*knock on wood*
We all have our jobs to do to keep the country as a whole free....and if it werent for everyone, doing their part the other wont work. And I dont have to deal with crack heads, just dumbasses....
Harry I will keep it down, we have riding to do when I get back...later bros
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posted February 28, 2007 02:16 AM
Hey jim - heres a pic from last week in mannenheim germany.I worked on chinooks and blackhawks doing mods.I'm back in fla now.
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Hells Dark Lord
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posted March 05, 2007 10:03 AM
awsome pic Harry....hope you are doing well brother....
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posted March 05, 2007 04:45 PM
HDL, Great to see you post. Looking forward to you being back here in the states.
jeff
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