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WI, USA
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Posted: 1/22/2019 7:28:25 PM EDT
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Snakes would be less annoying than raccoons and skunks if they were of the non venomous type. Now rattlers... ewwwwww. We don't have many snakes around here to worry about. If any. I've only ever seen gardner and grass snakes and neither is an issue. Creepy but noting to worry about.
I forget if we even have poisonous snakes up here. I think we might have coral snakes but I've never seen one. I might not be right though... I just googled it. According to one sight we have timber rattlers and eastern massasauga that are poisonous. |
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Posted: 1/24/2019 7:05:08 AM EDT
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Camp Shelby was ate up with rattlesnakes. One time at the Headquarters building 1001, one of the S1 shop ladies walked out to her car and walked right back in again, shaking her head, saying, "nope, nope, nope."
Turned out there was a 4' long rattler sunning itself on the pavement right by her drivers side door. We all agreed: "NOPE." |
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WI, USA
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Posted: 1/24/2019 1:56:22 PM EDT
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Wow, talk about hazardous duty pay.....
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Posted: 1/26/2019 3:58:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By doubleclaw:
 Rattlesnakes were a bit of a nuisance at Fort Bliss, but most of the time, our guys were able to just avoid them. We saw some big fat ones out there. During my last training exercise, a SGT was bit by a baby rattler. The medics gave him anti-venom, and then we brought in a MEDEVAC bird to take him out. I’ve been told that the baby can’t control their venom output, so they can end up injecting more than a grown rattler will. Or maybe that’s scorpions... |
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Posted: 1/30/2019 6:27:58 PM EDT
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Cold fun!
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Posted: 2/3/2019 12:00:53 AM EDT
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I posted this in another thread but thought I’d share it here. This photo shows some of my guys conducting MOUT training at Fort Hood in late 2006. The number one and four men in the stack are carrying early FN M16A2s, according to my records and close ups of other weapons in the unit. Note that the guy up front has an M5 RAS with VFG on his A2, while the rear man still has the old plastic handguards. From reviewing other photos, it appears that most of our A2s had M5 rails by this point, with only a few (maybe 1 in 5) still using the old standard handguards.
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PA, USA
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Posted: 2/16/2019 1:44:55 PM EDT
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I can’t post pics from my iPad , but I have an AR-15 A2 Government Carbine from 1988 I got in 1996 for $1100.00 and recently picked up a Colt AR15A2 HBAR Sporter complete lower for $250.00 . Brand new Govt profile barrel . The only difference between these two and an SP1 is the Roll marks . All three are slabsided .
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PA, USA
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Posted: 2/16/2019 2:44:37 PM EDT
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I just found my spare “N” marked stock to use on my next 11.5 Colt Commando Upper that I got a few years ago a brand new in the wrapper N.O. S. 1997 . I am not sure what Colt model number that would be .
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Posted: 2/17/2019 12:59:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Jmmoore1970:
I just found my spare “N” marked stock to use on my next 11.5 Colt Commando Upper that I got a few years ago a brand new in the wrapper N.O. S. 1997 . I am not sure what Colt model number that would be .   How much did that set you back? They usually aint cheap. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/7/2019 12:38:30 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Snake-in-the-Grass]
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My 1980s Colt AR15A2
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Posted: 5/7/2019 12:42:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Snake-in-the-Grass:
My simple 1980s Colt AR15A2 https://i.ibb.co/kmXhdwv/DSC00806.jpg |
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Posted: 5/19/2019 7:24:18 PM EDT
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USMC in experimental NV camo, unknown date
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Posted: 6/2/2019 4:54:18 PM EDT
[Last Edit: mech4matsnova]
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Brazilian Navy, during the Rio Olympics 2016
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Posted: 6/15/2019 2:13:41 PM EDT
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Abu Hydra range, 1991
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Posted: 6/22/2019 7:38:17 PM EDT
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 Attached File Attached FileColt/Colt. Issued to me as a Bradley driver from 1-34 Armor HHC arms room. |
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Posted: 6/23/2019 9:21:07 AM EDT
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2003
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OK, USA
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Posted: 10/30/2019 9:26:57 PM EDT
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Ran across this today in AIT land. Fn upper, Colt barrel and lower. M4 waffle stock and m5 ras.
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Posted: 10/31/2019 1:12:57 PM EDT
[Last Edit: grondike]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By thasiccness:
Ran across this today in AIT land. Fn upper, Colt barrel and lower. M4 waffle stock and m5 ras. https://i.ibb.co/zNtG3JY/4347-E8-E8-8-DAB-43-AB-85-E2-CB71-EA4-D9-BCD.jpg https://i.ibb.co/7XwQVHz/B2364987-AE47-48-E9-AB8-C-268-FB6-C2-D044.jpg https://i.ibb.co/86YWnxW/F5966032-6-E36-4801-B09-A-4-D24-B009-A80-E.jpg |
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Posted: 10/31/2019 2:16:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By thasiccness:
Ran across this today in AIT land. Fn upper, Colt barrel and lower. M4 waffle stock and m5 ras. https://i.ibb.co/zNtG3JY/4347-E8-E8-8-DAB-43-AB-85-E2-CB71-EA4-D9-BCD.jpg https://i.ibb.co/7XwQVHz/B2364987-AE47-48-E9-AB8-C-268-FB6-C2-D044.jpg https://i.ibb.co/86YWnxW/F5966032-6-E36-4801-B09-A-4-D24-B009-A80-E.jpg |
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Posted: 11/2/2019 8:28:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By thasiccness:
Ran across this today in AIT land. Fn upper, Colt barrel and lower. M4 waffle stock and m5 ras. https://i.ibb.co/zNtG3JY/4347-E8-E8-8-DAB-43-AB-85-E2-CB71-EA4-D9-BCD.jpg https://i.ibb.co/7XwQVHz/B2364987-AE47-48-E9-AB8-C-268-FB6-C2-D044.jpg https://i.ibb.co/86YWnxW/F5966032-6-E36-4801-B09-A-4-D24-B009-A80-E.jpg |
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Posted: 11/19/2019 7:38:08 AM EDT
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Posted: 11/19/2019 10:34:22 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By OLIAR15:
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/390738/8AC027CE-312D-46D0-889B-1FF07D021DB1_jpeg-1166426.JPG CD |
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Posted: 11/19/2019 1:56:13 PM EDT
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Me near the DMZ in Korea, 1995 summer with M16A2/M203 in my Recon Platoon.
I was a Recon Assistant Team Leader at the time:  M16A2 with PAQ-4 FSB mount and BFA, around March of 1995 IIRC: 
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Posted: 11/24/2019 2:40:29 AM EDT
[Last Edit: imdBman]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Combat_Diver:
Slings around sights, useless and sling around rear of stock renders pulling charging handle useless plus no mag useless. CD 
ETA: Great pics LRRPF52! |
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Posted: 12/13/2019 12:06:58 PM EDT
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Spotted an Air Force cat in the North Line DFAC today with an A2 built on a “no fence” M16 lower, but didn’t get close enough to see the markings on it.
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MA, USA
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Posted: 1/7/2020 11:40:25 AM EDT
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Why are the A2s disliked?
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MA, USA
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Posted: 1/7/2020 11:43:26 AM EDT
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Why are the A2s disliked?
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Posted: 1/7/2020 4:34:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BostonBilly:
Why are the A2s disliked? 
But for most people they are too old to be cool, and too young to be cool again. |
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Posted: 1/7/2020 4:51:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Pothole: They are not.
But for most people they are too old to be cool, and too young to be cool again. |
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Posted: 1/10/2020 10:16:04 AM EDT
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Here is my “ rescue rifle”. I have a thing for worn parts and dissapators. Found a chopped hbar on the ee, it had a flattop, well I swapped things around a bit and put on my beautifully patina’d FN upper and some well worn hand guards and stock (The upper was for sale, but thank god no one bit and I sold it, I would have regretted it)
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Posted: 1/10/2020 11:24:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By thasiccness:
Here is my “ rescue rifle”. I have a thing for worn parts and dissapators. Found a chopped hbar on the ee, it had a flattop, well I swapped things around a bit and put on my beautifully patina’d FN upper and some well worn hand guards and stock (The upper was for sale, but thank god no one bit and I sold it, I would have regretted it) https://i.ibb.co/yQbrXsG/5-AD05-C74-5994-4-D49-B51-A-373-B536-A9-C73.jpg https://i.ibb.co/1zrw4Px/216-C6-E28-DBBE-4-CCA-BA38-CB42-C1-E7-E1-A1.jpg |
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Posted: 2/13/2020 2:02:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mech4matsnova:
USMC in experimental NV camo, unknown date https://i.pinimg.com/564x/5a/0d/f1/5a0df164c8c02c780e8d367558b2b7f2.jpg |
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Posted: 3/8/2020 7:41:54 PM EDT
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FARC in Colombia with a commercial ban era A2 carbine. |
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Posted: 3/12/2020 4:43:10 AM EDT
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Family photo
1989 Delta Hbar, 1985 M16A2, 1987 Sporter II, 1987 sporter II / GC, 1995 sporter lightweight 9 mm NATO 
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MO, USA
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Posted: 7/5/2020 10:48:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mech4matsnova: 2003, Iraq https://www.pewpewtactical.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Marines-using-M16A2-e1508862386253.jpg I was there in 03-06 Iraq.. Saw many A2s.. And a few A1s |
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MO, USA
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Posted: 7/5/2020 10:49:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mech4matsnova: 2003, Iraq https://www.pewpewtactical.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Marines-using-M16A2-e1508862386253.jpg I was there in 03-06 Iraq.. Saw many A2s.. And a few A1s |
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Posted: 10/22/2020 8:53:34 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/22/2021 4:28:20 PM EDT
[Last Edit: TimJ]
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I was in when we switched from the M-16A1 to the A2...fwiw the 2nd ID switched in 1988 and the 101st in 1989.
We used the top sling adapters when we could get them (not every guy cared, many just left the parade ground sling setup). In Korea we didn't use slings, particularly when conducting operations inside the DMZ. We did however have a piece of 550 cord tied to the rear sling swivel and stuffed into the trapdoor if we needed to sling the rifle or tie it to an RB15 for crossing rivers. We also carried a length of engineer tape in there to mark mines as well as a non-ferrous probe taped to the handguards for finding mines. We used them one day, that was exciting...lol I usually just used paracord for my sling. circa 1990, with a 4x scope on a no name gun show mount. In a training exercise I popped the Assistant Division Commander, Hugh Shelton, using the setup, having even a crappy scope was a real advantage.  In this one you can see the mine probe taped to the handguards....  |
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USA
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Posted: 8/25/2021 2:32:36 AM EDT
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the-receiver-of-an-m-16a2-rifle-with-a-burst-guard (1986 photo from U.S. National Archives)
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Posted: 8/25/2021 10:25:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mlin: the-receiver-of-an-m-16a2-rifle-with-a-burst-guard (1986 photo from U.S. National Archives) https://i.imgur.com/yDE00VE.jpg Nice find |
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USA
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Posted: 8/26/2021 1:57:02 AM EDT
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USMC 1989
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Posted: 8/26/2021 9:11:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryDamn...I really miss my BDUs... |
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Posted: 8/26/2021 3:58:44 PM EDT
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Hot weather BDUs, not the Elvis collar heavies. I miss jungle boots.
CD |
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Posted: 8/29/2021 8:03:14 PM EDT
[Last Edit: imdBman]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Combat_Diver: Hot weather BDUs, not the Elvis collar heavies. I miss jungle boots. CD Yes on the Hot Weather BDUs. I rarely wore my Jungle Boots in the USMC then, preferring the Speedlace. But fast forward 10 years and AF TACP, I wore them out and did a re-sole with Vibram. ETA: Flak Jackets SUCKED!!!!! Later I realized those stupid Fritz helmets sucked too! MICH was a big improvement. |
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USA
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Posted: 8/29/2021 8:34:00 PM EDT
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A2 and chocolate chips.
Operation Desert Shield. Saudi Arabia 1992.   The Bear  |
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USA
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Posted: 9/11/2021 12:53:31 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/3/2021 4:37:48 AM EDT
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Lots of pics of M16A2 rifles in use at this link for the U.S. National Archives: https://nara.getarchive.net/topics/m16a2+rifle
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UKR
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Posted: 10/25/2021 1:26:53 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By doubleclaw: Glad you enjoyed them! I have many thousands more photos saved on CDs, all from the "glory days" of GWOT mobilization at Camp Shelby. I've got pics of units from every branch and all corners of the country. I might very well be the only person on the planet with this photo collection, as all the hard drives, CDs, floppies and hard copy prints disappeared after we closed down the PAO shop in 2013. I don't have any idea what happened to all that stuff, which is why I went through and copied every file, every photo and scavenged up all the old hard copy stuff I could find before we shut down. I thought about offering the stuff up to the Armed Forces Museum on Camp Shelby, but I doubt this stuff would ever see the light of day again. I might try contacting the Army Center for Military History and see if they'd be interested. @doubleclaw My unit went to camp Shelby a lot between 2008-2011. Got any pics of marines there? |
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USA
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Posted: 2/5/2022 6:17:22 PM EDT
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Derka Derka ISIS
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Posted: 2/10/2022 10:07:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By fadedsun: @doubleclaw My unit went to camp Shelby a lot between 2008-2011. Got any pics of marines there? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By fadedsun: Originally Posted By doubleclaw: Glad you enjoyed them! I have many thousands more photos saved on CDs, all from the "glory days" of GWOT mobilization at Camp Shelby. I've got pics of units from every branch and all corners of the country. I might very well be the only person on the planet with this photo collection, as all the hard drives, CDs, floppies and hard copy prints disappeared after we closed down the PAO shop in 2013. I don't have any idea what happened to all that stuff, which is why I went through and copied every file, every photo and scavenged up all the old hard copy stuff I could find before we shut down. I thought about offering the stuff up to the Armed Forces Museum on Camp Shelby, but I doubt this stuff would ever see the light of day again. I might try contacting the Army Center for Military History and see if they'd be interested. @doubleclaw My unit went to camp Shelby a lot between 2008-2011. Got any pics of marines there? @fadedsun I might. I will have to dig through the giant pile of discs I have in storage, though. I should start an Instagram account just for all those old Camp Shelby pics... |
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