I've been getting a lot of email from you all over the past week, and I apologize for not having had a chance to respond to it all personally. Here are a couple of common questions:
Q: Why aren't you, or when are you going to, show other Minnesota troops besides Bravo Company.
A1: Transportation in Iraq is very slow/difficult/unperdictable (read some of my earlier posts about the trip from Kuwait to Fallujah), if I tried to visit other bases I would be spending my entire 2 weeks waiting for helicopters instead of taking pictures.
A2: I thought there was more value in focusing on just one group of soldiers, and really taking the time to get to know them in order to provide in-depth coverage that is hopefully representative of all the Minnesota Guard soldier serving in Iraq to some extent.
Q: Are you endangering soldier by tell where they are? Are you endangering a soldier's family by saying where they are from?
A1: I have very strict guidelines about what I can an cannot write about. I will never write about future operations, or operations still in progress, and I will not discuss military locations in Iraq that are not already widely known by insurgents.
A2: I believe it is very common practice to list a soldier's hometowns, it helps readers/viewers identify with the soldiers. That said, if any individual or soldiers family had a problem with their hometown being listed I would certainly remove it from my website and photos immeadiately.
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Just keep doing what you do best -- taking photos and telling the story. It is not just Bravo Company's story, but the story of every son, daughter, husband, wife, brother, sister, neighbor, friend. I can see our soldier's face in every picture you take and every story you tell.
Eric, I am glad I found you and your pictures. Thank you for doing this. My grandson is with Charlie Co. 1st CEB, 1st PL.stationed at Camp Baharia. Take a picutre of those guys sometime. The children are my favorite, however. And, the litter piled high with mail. So glad those guys have not been forgotten. God Bless. Donna
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