Colonel Joe Repya; A Remarkable Man
February 17, 2006 09:45:01Editor’s Note: This is a story about 58 year old LTC Joe Repya. Colonel Repya served his nation, retired and then answered his nation’s call for yet more service. I sleep better knowing that there are still Americans like this. Thank You, Sir!
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Update #1 Iraq
Today is Tuesday, June 14, the 230th birthday of the US Army. Later
today we will hold a ceremony to commemorate the accomplishments and
sacrifices of the Army. I landed in Kuwait on June 8 and was delayed two
days from getting to Iraq by a sand storm. Finally, early the morning of
June 10, my C 130 aircraft set down at Baghdad. As the Liaison Officer
for the 101st Airborne Division to the Headquarters, Multi National Corp
- Iraq (MNC-I), I work at Corp Headquarters located in the Al Faw
Palace, just east of the Baghdad Airport. The Palace complex was built
after the 1991 Gulf War as a hunting preserve for Saddam’s sons. Crystal
chandeliers, gold inlayed fixtures and marble floors adorn the Palace.
While Saddam allowed most of his people to starve, he rewarded his
cronies with Palaces. It was one of an estimated 35 Palaces built after
1991 at the cost of hundreds of millions of dollars.
