From:  Anthony Q Miller
Date: 02/01/05 06:57:53
Subject: FW: Update from Iraq

Subject: Update from Iraq

Hi everyone...I am back at Caldwell for a few days fixing to head back
to Bernstein. Here are a few pictures for Bernstein that I got from some
of the guys there.  Bernstein is 2/278's Area of Operation.  It is a
compound primarily of bunkers, hangers and an airfield.  I seem to think
that it was probably used by the Iraqi army as an airfield with bunkers
and hangers surrounding it here and there.  We live in the bunkers and
work out of most of the hangers.  Some of the hangers have CHUs in them
for housing as well.  This keeps everyone a little better protected from
mortars or rockets.  To date there have been no mortar or rocket attacks
at Bernstein since 2/278 Peacemakers took over the A/O.  In one of the
pics you can see a hanger that was made into a MWR facility with a
weight room and two tents in the back with a PX and internet center.
Water has to be trucked in for showers etc...and the mess hall only
cooks to meals a day.  However, we get some good supplements such as
canned drinks, hotpockets, and little frozen pizzas to heat up in a
microwave. 

Tony Miller