Posted on 05/15/2006 6:28:08 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
BAGHDAD — Editor's note: U.S. Army Capt. Dan Sukman is serving a one-year deployment to Iraq. For previous entries and his bio, see the Soldier's Diary archives.
May 14, 2006
In 2005, following the first stage of the Tour de France, a young American named Dave Zabriskie was in the lead. He captured the first stage in unexpected fashion. The winner of the second stage was a Belgian named Tom Boonen. But if you are like most of us, and follow bicycling only once a year for two minutes while watching the highlights of the tour on ESPN, the fact that these two were ahead after the first two stages made no difference who the winner was going to be.
Much to no one's surprise, at the end of the race, Lance Armstrong was the six-time champion. For Lance, this was an accomplishment only to be matched by his Oscar-worthy appearance in the movie "Dodgeball."
On the first day our unit officially took over operations in Baghdad, we lost four soldiers to a catastrophic IED [improvised explosive device] attack. I remember the moment very clearly: The call came in to the TOC [tactical operations center], Medevac birds were en route, but in the end they made no difference, four soldiers were dead …Welcome to Iraq.
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