

Tremendous re-enlistment in Baghdad......never made main stream
media...guess it doesn't fit with their reporting of the hollow
force, poor morale, etc. For those who have been in the Al Faw
Palace you'll have a better estimation of the number of people
crammed in the rotunda.
Here is a reenlistment ceremony from Baghdad on the 4th of July.
Somehow this did not make it onto network news broadcasts. Attached
are pictures of what is reputedly the 'largest re-enlistment ceremony
ever held in military history'.
The ceremony was held July 4, 2008 at Al Faw Palace, Baghdad,
Iraq. General Petraeus officiated.
A pizzeria in Chicago donated 2000 pizzas that were made (frozen),
shipped on Sunday, arrived in Baghdad Wednesday and were fed to
the troops on the 4th. Oh, by the way, the media did report on
the 2000 pizzas...just not what they were for.
JOHN PENHALLEGON
CTR USAF AFWA