I stumbled across this & thought youse guys might be interested.  It's not my site.  I don't know who they are, but they take lots of pics.

[url]http://www.ashkins.com/backinthestan/index.html[/url]


Enjoy.

...and they sure have a thing for broken helicopters...

Thanks, neat look "behind the scenes".

[img]http://www.stopstart.fsnet.co.uk/smilie/biggrin2.gif[/img]

dumb question: Why do their uniforms have DOD (i guess it means dept. of defense) instead of Army or US Marines, etc?
Mike

They are DoD civilians.  Probably some sort of techs or in-country DIA analysts, as their knowledge of foreign weapons system NATO designations is above average.

Thanks for posting that!! Awesome!!

-T.

Great pics,

but whats up with the fondness for latrine photos???

Yeah, for real! It oughta be called the "Field Sanitation Web Page."

Great pics. Saw some really cool tech pics of the BRDM.
[NI]

Criminy, what a hole!

It looks like Arizona.

Hey operatorerror, I am gonna build a "male relief tube" in my back yard and route it to California . . .

Wow.

What a great way to spend a Saturday evening — feel almost like I've been there! Thanks for  posting, [b]Norm_G[/b]!



Run down to Blockbuster and rent "Three Kings" — in the first few minutes of the intro, you'll see a few brief clips of "male relief tubes" in action. Or rent it for the rest of the movie, which ain't too shabby, either...

Thanks Norm_G, that site got me in trouble with the wife, I was in the back yard diggin my own relief tube holes!

Interesting pics, I like the MI-8 pics the best, being a heli guy myself.

Thanks for the link!

DISE = deployable intelligence support element.

"Organizations like the Deployable Intelligence Support Element (DISE) support split-based operations by bringing together communications capability, automated intelligence fusion systems, and broadcast downlink in a scalable package able to deploy with the entry force. It is not a specific piece of equipment or a particular configuration of equipment. It is a flexible organization able to support any type of ground force commander whether from Army, joint, or combined forces. The DISE provides the commander with a link from his forward deployed force to an intelligence support base located in CONUS or other locations outside the AO.

Split-based operations allow uncommitted IEW assets, including MDCI assets, to support the deployed force through remote collection, processing and analysis, and TENCAP operations in garrison, or from secure locations outside the AO. This includes intelligence of units as they deploy from garrison to port of debarkation (POD) and onward to the AO. The support relationship established between deployment and uncommitted assets in turn facilitates the smooth integration of follow-on assets once they deploy to theater. The deployment of these follow on assets allows the commander to transition from IEW support provided primarily by national assets, the commander can focus the intelligence effort to the resolution required for tactical operations while receiving the unique support available only from national means."

[url]http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm34-1/ch1.htm[/url]

When I was this MASS-2 we had just got the IDASC. Tech Fred was the maker's tech rep with our unit. When we went to the field or Korea (we didn't take it to PI or Thailand) he had cammies we issued him. He had these collar pins that were huge, in black. It was a shield with a bunch of stuff on it, and something like Civilian Technican written on them.
He was totally geeked and loved wearing them and driving in Hummers.

Very cool pics, thanks!  Lange and Walton look like a couple of nice girls :)

LOL!

(I thought the Arizona comment would create a bit more of a response than this.)

You might as well piss on us too. Everyone else is.

Definately love the MH-53 coming in, that photo is great!

Deployable
Intelligence
Support
Element

Or at least that's what it meant when I was NCOIC of one.

Damn it!  I was second.  

Honk if you're a 98C.