European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 20, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition pages dreaming of sleep a ice to tins a his Sun Vejr of aug a Viazon Negi Meni units stops in Southern some troops say surge duties in Iraq leave less time for rest by Monte Morin Toons when to Carer nut Tho Nour inn Seth and stripes above a Soldier from 2nd infantry divisions 2nd Forward support battalion sleeps at while waiting to head into left Julio Jerez of the Hillesheim based 2nd 6th cavalry regi ment grabs a few winks As the Convoy of Lith aviation regiment units stops in Southern by Monte Morin and Helen he stars and stripes Baghdad adequate sleep has been a rare and precious commodity for troops in Iraq Ever since the invasion four years but in Baghdad and other it can now be scarcer than weariness and exhaustion have been familiar to All military ranks and from harried staff officers building powerpoint Dis plays in the Comfort of a former Palace to teen age privates guzzling rip it Energy drinks in the gunners Hatch of a in the last several Many of those troops who Are helping to carry out the new Baghdad Security plan Are finding sleep even harder to come the aimed at queuing a bloody feud Between sunni and shiite leans heavily on the use of newly created combat outposts and joint Security dozens of the outposts have been established through out the providing company sized units a base within Baghdad while commanders say the outposts have helped enormously in building Good will among local some troops complain that the plan is driving them into the these troops say that they Are getting even less sleep because in addition to conduct ing increased patrols in their they Are tasked with guard duty when they return to their on those Days that soldiers Are allowed to re turn to a larger Forward operating base to soldiers say they Are Busy conducting vehicle getting their showering and a making and cannot take advantage of the time to catch up on the Pentagon has no policy requiring that service members in War zones get a certain amount of but the Rule of thumb for ground troops has been to allow at least four hours of sleep in a 24hour with com Manders Able to use their own see sleep on Page 6 get legally married while deployed Usa marriage certificate recognized by military no travel required completed in 3 weeks personalized service do the right thing Contact Sam or Barbara Call 0016103535381 toll free 8774822406 trained to be tired by Zeke Minaya stars and stripes Baghdad in the culture of the acceptance of discomfort is elevated to a soldiers endure intense institutional loud noises and blinding of they Are taught to carry on with a minimum of but of All the the Lack of sleep comes closest to cracking the average soldiers Armor of soldiers with the 2nd Battal 5th cavalry 1st cavalry division detailed a Range of based at Camp they were fixing vehicles As part of an Effort to establish a joint Security station near Abu West of Michael of Tor said he gets at Best about six hours a sleep a though often Only he endures Long stretches with out any sleep at All during 24to 36hour he readily admits he has Felt the effects of sex the brain starts to tire and shut Down on your body be gins to give Ive been mentally tired after Bac Toback those Are what get to you go out for 12 come Back to base for a couple of hours and then go Back out you do that for a month and youre he said that soldiers fall asleep on less intense missions All the he has not feared for his stars and stripes army Christine Andreau sleeps alongside her humvee in the iraqi the Convoy pulled alongside a service Road around to take a safety because there is always someone Alert and on the Guys fall asleep on missions All the he it happens All the but there is always somebody see tired on Page 7 military services we do what we say say what we do roup from construction to maintenance from supplies to weve got it All located at Afghanistan Qatar Kuwait Iraq email us
