Two and a half years ago Kirk von Ackermann went missing in Iraq. He was the first American contractor to disappear. During that time we have waited and hoped while the investigation went on. Now we know it's time for us, his family, to do somethings ourselves.
So this is for Kirk. To our friends and family, it's a place to learn what we know, to see where we are now. For us it's somewhere to tell Kirk's story and ours and maybe find a place of resolution.
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This is for Kirk von Ackermann, missing in Iraq since October 9, 2003.
2 comments:
I thought from this blog I might have known Kirk, for I did the DLI-Goodfellow-Devens 98GRU dance as well, altough half a decade earlier. I was at Wildflecken for 2 years also. I always search for key words to locate old friends. This is how I found this site. My stomach tightened until I read the time frame. I feel for your loss and wish to relay my respect for him as a like-minded, patriotic person. His endeavors, revisited on this site, are a testimony to his character.
I'll start by saying that I have no idea why I have waited so long to write something here.
I am retired U.S.Air Force, have been retired for a few years now (May 2012)
I was stationed in Anchorage Ak from Jul 1998-Jun 2001, with the 381st Intelligence Squadron. I worked with Kirk in the basement of the Alcom building for over a year.
We were tasked with gathering information on daily Intelligence gathered around the world. We would develop (DISUM's) Daily Intelligence Summaries,and brief our commander who would in turn provide this information and assessment to his bosses.
Now that I have laid the framework I will take a moment to talk about my memories of Kirk since we spent quite a bit of time gathering and preparing much of the same information to brief our commander.
If my memory is still what it used to be, I believe that it was our direct supervisor (Capt French) or 1lt B.v on Ackerman) who would be charged with presenting the DISUM, although there were occasions when we (enlisted analysts) would be called on to present a brief because of our extensive knowledge in a particular subject or threat.
I remember enjoying the time I spent working for and with Kirk, there were several occasions when he would make a comment or share a humorous story with us to help lighten the mood of the office.
I had only recently found out that he had gone missing in Iraq, and I am saddened by this news.
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