tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10878061.post8813227301816018606..comments2024-01-17T15:36:20.019-08:00Comments on The Missing Man: Contractor Deployment GuideSusie Dowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09948202023288976141noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10878061.post-81842111245499747362009-04-01T11:26:00.000-07:002009-04-01T11:26:00.000-07:00No, prattle on, I think it's interesting! I knew a...No, prattle on, I think it's interesting! I knew about the passport (of course) and the base ID but can't remember anything else being mentioned. Is there any way to know how big some of this stuff is? It's frustrating because it's hard to now just what was there (and found) and what wasn't since all his belongings are missing now.Meganhttp://missinginiraq.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10878061.post-5159739275783498862009-03-29T12:40:00.000-07:002009-03-29T12:40:00.000-07:00The deployment guide is from 1998!Maybe I'm obsess...The deployment guide is from 1998!<BR/><BR/>Maybe I'm obsessing too much. As a student overseas, I had to carry an enormous packet of identification. It was so bulky that I usually kept it in my bag and carried just my smaller school id in my wallet. So I'm wondering if the same applied to contracotrs working in Iraq. I know that KBR employees carried a huge amount of identification with them. But smaller companies like Ultra Services, I don't know.<BR/><BR/>In Colin Freeman's new book, he does mention that he, John Dawkins, Omar Hadi and his aunt + the Japanese film makers, travelled into Iraq on press credentials from Jordan. But that was several months prior to Kirk's arrival. Baghdad International Airport had its own credential process that was, in theory, active at the time.<BR/><BR/>Some examples that there were likely various forms of local identification such as visas, permits etc issued by neighboring countries as well as Iraqi authorities.<BR/><BR/>My obsession with identification is this - if Kirk used a neck pouch or armband id holder (less likely) on base for his identification, and that neck pouch was not recovered from his vehicle, then isn't that a possible indication that the scene at the vehicle was not as it appeared? There would have been no reason for him to be wearing his id hours after he left FOB Pacesetter. And considering what was recovered from the vehicle, it seems that any id that didn't fit easily in a wallet - such as a passport - should have been present.<BR/><BR/>I guess it's a dog-that-didn't-bark. Why wasn't more identification found in the vehicle? Or maybe it was and CID have it boxed up somewhere - in which case, just ignore my OCD prattle.Susie Dowhttp://missingman.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10878061.post-38433710281868561072009-03-27T11:31:00.000-07:002009-03-27T11:31:00.000-07:00Wow. That's a pretty extensive list. Kirk had a pa...Wow. That's a pretty extensive list. Kirk had a passport (obviously), no idea where it went. I don't think he needed a visa at that time although it's possible - in my memory he just pushed the passport through and that was all. I have no memory of Travel Orders or Geneva cards or Emergency Data Card. I have his Immunization record in my files somewhere so I'm pretty sure he didn't take that, although he might have taken a copy. He also didn't take medical info so far as I know. He did buy a side arm as you know but I don't have any recollection of him applying for an Authorization to carry a weapon (doesn't mean he didn't do it, just that he didn't mention it). I wonder when all these requirements were put in place and how well enforced it is even now?Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14479511398245538907noreply@blogger.com