The lost KBR convoy of Iraq...(YOUTUBE REFUSES TO LET THE MUSIC BE USED, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT)

[sar1127]

I am Steven Fisher's neice and goddaughter. His death in 2004 hurt our family in a way that no one can imagine, but these photos of him are so heartwarming. The months he spent there are like a mystery for us, and seeing into the way he was living is something we never thought we'd be able to know. So thank you for posting this video, it brings a little condolence to us that we'd never thought we could get. We will always miss the funniest, kindest, wonderful man we've ever known.

[loganstanforth]

What oil? Do you mean the 2 million gallons of fuel we were buying from Kuwait EVERY DAY for MARKET PRICE, hell it was above market price, I could buy fuel in Kuwait cheaper than we were paying for it? What cheap oil are we trucking out of the country? Please tell me? No tanker EVER left Iraq with anything in it but fumes and air. All the refineries in Iraq running at maximum capacity couldn't of even kept up with the fuel demands of the U.S. Military, let alone any extra for Iraq or the USA...

[dreamdiction]

I'm so glad Youtube killed the music on this video. Youtube should kill the music on all videos. FUCK YOUR MUSIC.

[reddevilparatrooper]

I remember a TCN (Third Country National) get hit on 3/16/08 while driving on Tampa to Mosul . There wasnt anything left of him in the cab of his truck . We were on our way back grom Mosul to Q-West . Things can get worse in a matter of seconds . Liberals here in the states can get car jacked or smacked down in a supermarket parking lot . The car he was driving had COEXIST and Save the Planet stickers on it and he didnt even defend himself . What a douche bag !

[loganstanforth]

I never once had to pay taxes and I was there from Apr 08 to Aug 10. I was short on my 330 days in 2008 and 2010 and had no penalties. What do you mean empty trucks? They have a Cost Plus Contract with the U.S. government to supply fuel. There would be no way a empty fuel truck could or would leave our fuel yard and the military never catch it. I will agree the SUB-contractors are treated like slaves. I did alot for them and fought for them and almost lost my job cause of it. It sucked.

[NOLIBERALBIAS]

All I know is some r being screwed, if they talk, they got sent back home and taxed on what they have made there instead of tax free.Who got screwed the most beside the taxpayers, the troops there. Empty truck run so the company can bill the gov't more. Tell me I am wrong. The non- U.S. contrators there r like slave.

[loganstanforth]

And we will take up your slack, so don't worry. Just relax and let the real men and women handle the work, you know the type of men and women that are farmers, soldiers, construction workers, fire fighters, brick layers, steel workers, welders. You know them well, they grow the soy beans for your tofu, mine the lithium for your Prius batteries, and raise the coffee beans you drink at Starbucks. I bet you can even do something productive, like knit some lace doilies to set our beer on...

[loganstanforth]

Oh, the irony in your post. I see how you enjoy the freedom of speech yet you do not support those who gave it to you and protect it. It's ok though, cause people like the men in this video, me, and hundreds of thousands of U.S. Soldier are willing to die for you every day to make sure you still have that unalienable right. I'm sure you would love living in any of those other fine countries where you can speak your mind freely like China, Russia, Old Regime Iraq, Iran, and Libya.

[AAAV92]

Committing war crimes is not patriotic. I don't care if you never killed an innocent person. Enough already are. You aren't fighting for freedom either. No one attacked us unprovoked. If you take pride in nation building, you are no better then the common thug, or mercenary. No better then a crusader in the middle ages. No better then the mafia. no better then the Nazi's. Wake the fuck up, and stop supporting the real terrorism, and a terrorist yourself. You wouldn't like it if we were invaded.

[jackbelias]

@AAAV92

These are truck drivers. There is no such thing as a war crimes truck driver. I was an 88M in Iraq and I remember the KBR guys. Most of them were good shits to have around. They always stayed in the rear of the convoys with no electronic warfare to jam the IEDs. Anytime someone got hit it was always them.

Youth radical shitheads need to shut up. None of you are old enough to understand the world outside of your parents homes let alone a situation on the other side of the world.

[AAAV92]

@jackbelias You don't know jack shit about me. But I know whatever we are fighting for over there is a lie. Instead of getting jacked up on adrenaline why don't you spend a little time questioning the motivation of your government dickhead. Saddam wasn't a saint, Qaddafi wasn't a saint, Assad isn't a saint. But we did far more damage to the countries then any of them did combined, just so banking cartels could come in and rebuild them and pass on the debt to the populous of that country.

[jackbelias]

@AAAV92

Yeah I do. You are a radical angry kid speaking about things you dont understand. Every adult in the world is secretly an evil war criminal blah blah blah. All radical youth sing the same tune, we have all heard everything you have to say before.

War criminal truck drivers? WOW. If it hadnt been for those truck drivers many of the locals wouldnt have fresh water or medical supplies.

We didnt do more damage to these countries than the assholes we removed regardless of our motivations.

[AAAV92]

@jackbelias Angry? Radical? Bout as angry as a slave, and about as radical as a founding father. Nothing wrong with defending your nation, but this has nothing to do with defense. It's a currency war, oil is the just cherry on top. The enemy you are fighting is funded by the same people that fund you. Same as in WW2.

[loganstanforth]

I made sure 350,000,000 (350 million) gallons of fuel were moved into Iraq along with fixing hundreds of vehicles and sending thousands of soldiers into battle, and never once did I have a failure of my workmanship. I take pride in what I did and the time I gave to my country. Alot of people look down on us contractors, but it dosen't bother me, I knew what I was there to do, and I did it without faltering, compromise or failure. Some people question wether they are a good American, I don't...

[loganstanforth]

The money is ok, but not great and the insurance sucked, but there is more to it than that. It gives you the ability to say I did my part to do what others have done before me. And that is write a blank check up too and including my life to protect your freedoms you love so much, and that is what alot of those men did that day. And if it come down to it, I was willing to give my life for it as well. That is what I was prepared to do for my country. What are you prepared to do for yours?

[sailingwest]

@loganstanforth "Protect your freedoms "???? what are you talking about ??/ the Iraq war was about OIL pure and simple and if you believe that America was there in the defence of democracy you are delusional.

[Foreshadow44]

I have nothing snarky to say. When you do a job like this that is inherently dangerous I hope you had life insurance so that if you die, your family will get paid hopefully. I would do that job if I were sufficiently insured and would gladly pay for that insurance myself. I also see a truck driver didn't have a gun. Why? I know if I did this job I would have at least a pistol, or a stun gun or something, and the flak jacket and helmet are good too.

[jackbelias]

@Foreshadow44

KBR werent allowed any form of defense when I was over there. Us 88M drivers could have an M16 or an M249 but pistols were limited to officers or E-7 and above. Long weapons were useless in trucks as it turned out. KBR had no electronic jamming either so they were the only ones who got hit in our convoys. All military trucks were able to jam the cell phone signals that set the IEDs off.

I thought all of us should have been allowed to at least bring a pistol from home.

[mando719]

Man, I can still smell Iraq and remember the convoy missions we did. I was with the 369th TC, in a PLS M1074. Anaconda 2004-2005. I do not miss the IEd's or many ambushes I was in. One thing our company never did was leave anybody behind. God bless.

[loganstanforth]

What was his name? Where was he out of Cedar II, Anaconda or another? I may have heard his name...

[dropdead2112]

@loganstanforth Steve Fisher. He was in Anaconda.

[dropdead2112]

Thank you for sharing this. My father was killed on april 9, 2004. I really appreciate your thoughts! He's at 8:50. I miss him so much!

[stang46281]

can you tell what happened when the trucks were destroyed did the army go back and pick the drivers up or would they leave them? I saw a video were KBR drivers were left behind after their trucks were disabled by insurgent fire.

[Duluiyah]

all lost in that ambush are posted on 'The Wall' in Balad, Iraq along also if I may, my brothers name Keven Dagit