Combat Zone Fishing
An unexpected fishing trip began in a very minor way. In early 2005 Joel Stewart, then a LT in the Navy, was issued individual augmentee orders to Iraq. Prior to reporting in theatre, he attended integration training at Fort Benning in Georgia. Not knowing what to expect, he packed a rod and some tackle on a whim in his sea bag. Never used in Georgia, it proved to be a very fortuitous move when he arrived in Baghdad. He was stationed at Camp Victory, the sight of the Republican Guard headquarters and several of Saddam Hussein’s palaces. Surrounding all these buildings were man-made lakes, which LT Stewart discovered, were full of fish.
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