AH-64 Apache flying into FOB Q-West in Iraq. Notice the consentina wire and the sand berm constituting the perimeter of the base.

Armored vehicles preparing for a convoy from FOB Q-West.

Crashed Special Forces C-130 on the FOB Q-West runway on December 31, 2004.

City of Mosul and Mosul Air Base from the air. The airfield is in the middle ground with the city in the background.

Crash S.F. C-130 at FOB Q-West. In the foreground is the hole that the plane hit upon land with debris from the plane still in the hole.

Golf driving range the men constructed on FOB Q-West.

Gun truck from the Iraqi national guard. January 2005.

Interior of the crashed S.F. C-130 after engineers had blown the nose off to destroy all the sensitive equipment.

Looking up the ramp that lead down to the underground power plant at FOB Q-West.

Mercenaries from in the parking lot of FOB Q-West only mess hall.

Interior of a HUMVEE on convoy duty. If ambushed, the men on the side of the ambush were expected to crawl across the equipment and exit through the opposite side of the vehicle.

Oakes standing in front of a Blackhawk helicopter.