Tucker is the attendance Chief.

Tucker is the attendance Chief, in charge of Naval Construction Battalion 7 which not seldom convoys to different war-torn construction locations in the area.

For many Sailors, their first escort ride is the hardest to handle.

"You finish used to the smells," said Tucker "But you at no time forget that around any corner something could beat up."

Traveling in Iraq perceive s more like being a conveyor-belt immerse in a carnival shooting gallery, omit you know you won't just burst back up if you're hit. This is on what account leadership and professionalism have a different face when you're in the sand.

"Being a bos without here is no joke," said Tucker "It's not like being a supervisor in succession a ship; if there's a vexed question you could possibly deal with it by the agency of reprimanding that individual. But disclosed here, if someone screws up it can mean the life of another individual."

All Sailors go on through some basic combat training before entering Iraq, at places like Fort Jackson, SC where Navy individual augmentees take a two-week platoon intro course. Here Sailors learn the basic training and by what mode to be more of a warrior than a shipboard Sailor.

The evolution of Sailor into a "soldier" present to views on every American base in Iraq.

"Some of the Sailors who secure here find Iraq to be unforgiving and be in agony with the fear and mind games of war," said Tucker "I cannot stres enough to my Sailors that they ne to take breaks and find something to use their time when not working gone out in the sand."

All Sailors in Iraq eventually find something to maintain their heads focused. Whether they toss a ball around or read a part they find something to conjoin with their fellow service members and preserve morale high and their reason of purpose clear.

According to Marshall, the galleys located over Iraq are some of the best in the Navy. This may pretend ironic in the middle of the wild but the smell of flourishing baked bread and simmering meat fills the air onward the American military bases almost around the clock