Hello everyone, I'm Rick better known as POINT MAN. I am delighted to be in the Forum with like minded people. Reminds me of my 34 years of Military Service with other like minded
people. When you're a member of our great military you are asked from time to time to serve in diferent parts of the world and in different capacities in war and peace. I have experienced
both. I would like to share an experience in a foreign land , experiencing the culture while under combat conditions. During Iraqi Freedom 2005 I was deployed to Iraq as the Commander of
a Fuel Laison Team to the Corps Support Command in Balad Iraq, which is @ an hour chopper ride NE of Baghdad. That particular part of the world has a special history of being the cradle of human history. One of my responsibilities to the General was to make sure all military fuel sites were up to speed and functioning to standard. On one mission to one of our forward operating bases, I got to
experience something that few people will ever realize, even many archeologists. This particular FOB was near the city of Nasiriyah Iraq. This city was still dangerous in 2005. Sitting just outside
the city is the ancient city of UR which is home to one of the oldest structures on the planet; the Ziggurat of UR. I was asked if I would like to visit this sight. I jumped at the chance but knew
there was a chance of IED's and enemy combatants in the area. We left one morning in a small convoy of armored vehicles and arrived at the structure without incident. Those Hummers can
sure fly when you put the pedal down. The site was guarded and under control of the new Iraqi G'ment but I got unrestricted access to everything. You may remember that in the Bible, UR is
mentioned very early and was the home of Abraham and of LOT, who left from there to go to Sodom and G. When you are there you feel like something comes over you and makes you feel that you
are in the presence of something you can't see but you feel it. We all love looking for the ancient tools of hunting in the fields and creeks. While I was on the Ziggurat there were bricks everywhere
with Cuneiform Wrting on it, which is some of the oldest written language known, and you can pick it up and hold it! However; don't get caught taking ANYTHING off of the Ziggurat or from the
site. Penalty is pretty steep, and besides you would not want to lose your military pension for it. It was an experience that one never forgets. Any points that one would find there would probably
be of Bronze since the site was erected during the Bronze Age. I will add pictures
people. When you're a member of our great military you are asked from time to time to serve in diferent parts of the world and in different capacities in war and peace. I have experienced
both. I would like to share an experience in a foreign land , experiencing the culture while under combat conditions. During Iraqi Freedom 2005 I was deployed to Iraq as the Commander of
a Fuel Laison Team to the Corps Support Command in Balad Iraq, which is @ an hour chopper ride NE of Baghdad. That particular part of the world has a special history of being the cradle of human history. One of my responsibilities to the General was to make sure all military fuel sites were up to speed and functioning to standard. On one mission to one of our forward operating bases, I got to
experience something that few people will ever realize, even many archeologists. This particular FOB was near the city of Nasiriyah Iraq. This city was still dangerous in 2005. Sitting just outside
the city is the ancient city of UR which is home to one of the oldest structures on the planet; the Ziggurat of UR. I was asked if I would like to visit this sight. I jumped at the chance but knew
there was a chance of IED's and enemy combatants in the area. We left one morning in a small convoy of armored vehicles and arrived at the structure without incident. Those Hummers can
sure fly when you put the pedal down. The site was guarded and under control of the new Iraqi G'ment but I got unrestricted access to everything. You may remember that in the Bible, UR is
mentioned very early and was the home of Abraham and of LOT, who left from there to go to Sodom and G. When you are there you feel like something comes over you and makes you feel that you
are in the presence of something you can't see but you feel it. We all love looking for the ancient tools of hunting in the fields and creeks. While I was on the Ziggurat there were bricks everywhere
with Cuneiform Wrting on it, which is some of the oldest written language known, and you can pick it up and hold it! However; don't get caught taking ANYTHING off of the Ziggurat or from the
site. Penalty is pretty steep, and besides you would not want to lose your military pension for it. It was an experience that one never forgets. Any points that one would find there would probably
be of Bronze since the site was erected during the Bronze Age. I will add pictures
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