I served two tours in Iraq, in the Marine Corps.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Last year I traveled to the Middle East to visit with troops in Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
I am a military police officer and I have served on two deployments; my first was to Iraq, in a medical unit, and my second deployment was to Kuwait, as a military police platoon leader.
I have been to Iraq on a number of occasions. I was with the first group that went in.
While I was serving, I worked as an adventure training officer, teaching soldiers how to ski, canoe and climb.
I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.
Well, I've been to Iraq twice now. I was in Baghdad in June and then north of Baghdad in November.
While shooting 'The Unit', I went to the Middle East twice to see the troops. I met some great men and women.
I served two tours of duty in Vietnam. I won the Bronze Star. I won the Purple Heart.
I did three tours in Vietnam. I guess a total of about almost two years.
I've done two USO Tours, one in the Middle East and one in Asia, and spent time with the troops.