FORWARD OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq An explosion in the distance broke the silence in tent MC-01 just after 9 a.m. "IED?" Pvt. Ryan Tozour asked his friend sitting astride the next cot, referring to an improvised explosive device, or bomb. "I never heard an IED before," Pvt. Stephen Daniel replied. He leaned forward and spat tobacco juice into a Gatorade bottle, just inches from his rifle. "I only saw a video," part of a briefing a few days before when he and Tozour got to Iraq. ... -
Two 'Private Fuzzies,' Diverted on Their Way to War
FORWARD OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq An explosion in the distance broke the silence in tent MC-01 just after 9 a.m. "IED?" Pvt. Ryan Tozour asked his friend sitting astride the next cot, referring to an improvised explosive device, or bomb. "I never heard an IED before," Pvt. Stephen Daniel replied. He leaned forward and spat tobacco juice into a Gatorade bottle, just inches from his rifle. "I only saw a video," part of a briefing a few days before when he and Tozour got to Iraq. ...-
By Bill Murphy Jr.