deployment pic thread? (Page 6 of 8)
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Originally Posted By telsonman:
Good ol Khost province. Looking into pakistan. If you look in front of my foot, you can see a white building. That is a Pakmil border checkpoint. From where I'm standing, the border is about 30m in front of me. The hilltop at my back, right to the left of where my camelbak is in the pic, is a contested hilltop. The border is split down the middle. Badguys liked shooting from there. http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i24/telsonman/PIC_0405.jpg http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i24/telsonman/P1010454.jpg ANA xo liked my acog http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i24/telsonman/IMG_2132.jpg http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i24/telsonman/DSCF0506.jpg http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i24/telsonman/100_0376.jpg Russian contract pilots crashed on our COPs HLZ dropping off supplies. http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i24/telsonman/100_0368.jpg On patrol The big hill is where Pat Tillman got killed. http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i24/telsonman/100_0298.jpg http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i24/telsonman/DSCN0292.jpg Incoming while at an OP. About 100m out at 12 o clock low. http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i24/telsonman/IMG_2160.jpg home sweet home http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i24/telsonman/100_0198.jpg http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i24/telsonman/SperaCOP069.jpg Doesn't it look good from the bad guys point of view? http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i24/telsonman/IMG_2159.jpg I'm so glad I ETS'd. I'm done deploying. were you at FOB Tillman? if so you may know my recruiter Jeremy Tingley |
 Jody's choice.....he's smiling like that because he's in your kitchen right now....  jellybean, the hashish smoking midget    The afghani Jay and Silent bob   |
My drill sergeant had been deployed three times as combat arms, had a scar down the length of his face from a bullet wound, and was no-shit bi polar. That's how they are supposed to be.
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Originally Posted By DLW223:
were you at FOB Tillman? if so you may know my recruiter Jeremy Tingley No, this was Spera COP. They just "sterilized" it the other day. It is no more. Kind of shitty after everything that happened down there. I know they closed down Restrepo too. We kept in contact with FOB Tillman though. They gave us Artillery support. One of their OPs, OP 4, was the closest coalition to us, and they were about 15 clicks away. We talked with them several times a day because of all the enemy movement around us. They got attacked whenever we didn't. |
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Originally Posted By The_Mad_Axeman:
Originally Posted By SurvivingAZ:
HOLY SHIT! The dude on the right looks like me! I look like an Iraqi!  Or that Iraqi looks like you  Congratulations on your creepy Iraqi doppelganger!Holy Shit... Both of you failed to read the part about how Daemon is in Afghanistan. 
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Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam..."For the rest, it is my opinion that Carthage must be destroyed" -Cato the Elder
freezing my ass off but at least we finally have the new uniforms my truck, complete with ron burgundy  |
My drill sergeant had done three tours as combat arms, had a scar down the length of his face, and was no-shit bi-polar. That's how they are supposed to be.
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Originally Posted By ArmyRizzo:
Got some more pics to post, almost done with this deployment. have to update my flickr so get some more recent ones http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3298/4564209010_345bc338fb.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3146/4563630061_a107741afa.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2763/4358294701_bb6c1c8e92.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4013/4359026398_688e9850a8.jpg Hey, that looks like Wilson! |
Dude, lotta references to Hit. They had a syaing about that place. "If it smells like shit, it must be Hit." You could smell it a couple miles out 
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Rule # 32: Enjoy the little things.
I was four years old and had a shit ton of cavities from eating nothing but Skittles all the time - By_the_Bayonet
I was four years old and had a shit ton of cavities from eating nothing but Skittles all the time - By_the_Bayonet
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Originally Posted By OIF_Vet08-09:
Dude, lotta references to Hit. They had a syaing about that place. "If it smells like shit, it must be Hit." You could smell it a couple miles out Dude what are you talking about? Hit was beautiful.
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"There are only two kinds of people that understand Marines: Marines and the enemy. Everyone else has a second-hand opinion."
Gen William Thornson, U.S. Army
Gen William Thornson, U.S. Army
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Originally Posted By telsonman:
hey blacktide, where were these at? We were with 4/25 guys in khost and paktia. Those picks look awfully Paktika-ish, where 4/25 had 2 battalions during their last tax free vacation. |
. Artillerymen don't think they are God. We simply borrowed his Smite button.
. There is no such thing as a "perfectly good airplane"
. There is no such thing as a "perfectly good airplane"
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Originally Posted By prototype80:
Originally Posted By NUcadet07:
Originally Posted By smiggle12:
does anyone have any pictures at bagram. i am headed there next month  That sucks... It's a dump.it gets old as soon as you get off the bird....dread going to that place This. Shithole of the utmost proportion. Unfortunately, I have to go through there, to get out of this place. |
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My son has been there for 2 months awaiting to be deployed to FOB Kunduz. The wife and I are still waiting for pictures. He's an IT guy with the largest Defense Contractor over there. He's just waiting for a seat on a Blackhawk, military has priority over civilians. He says there are no civilians at this FOB and he may end up being the only one. Anybody been there? Just wondering what it's like. How safe it is.
Thanks guys for your service and pictures too. If any of you are ever in Ontario,Calif. and looking for something to do, please stop by my Firehouse and ride out with myself and my crew. We'll go on some calls and have fun. Dinner's on us. Stay Safe |
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Originally Posted By desertrat:
My son has been there for 2 months awaiting to be deployed to FOB Kunduz. The wife and I are still waiting for pictures. He's an IT guy with the largest Defense Contractor over there. He's just waiting for a seat on a Blackhawk, military has priority over civilians. He says there are no civilians at this FOB and he may end up being the only one. Anybody been there? Just wondering what it's like. How safe it is. Thanks guys for your service and pictures too. If any of you are ever in Ontario,Calif. and looking for something to do, please stop by my Firehouse and ride out with myself and my crew. We'll go on some calls and have fun. Dinner's on us. Stay Safe Was at Kunduz last week. Not bad actually as FOBs go. Lots of security there. He should be relatively safe. About as safe as any of us are over here. He's in good hands so dont worry. I was surprised at how good the food was there. Better than Eggers. Best of luck to your son. |
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Originally Posted By desertrat:
ljh824 Thanks, That what the wife and I like to hear. He emails us about twice a week. He says he is eating good and he isn't bored yet, but he just got there. Sounds like you been around the sand box. Take care of yourself over there. Stay Safe Will do. If you or he needs anything, let me know. |
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Well...just got an email from him this morning. <major edit of possible Opsec info> My wife is worried but he seems ok. I've been emailing him everyday now. There really isn't much I can do but that and pray for everyone over there. Stay Safe Rick Rick, I've edited your post over concerns of Opsec...time, effect, first responder actions, etc. I've sent you an IM to explain my actions, also. TimJ
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Originally Posted By desertrat:
Well...just got an email from him this morning. <major edit of possible Opsec info> My wife is worried but he seems ok. I've been emailing him everyday now. There really isn't much I can do but that and pray for everyone over there.
Stay Safe Rick Rick, I've edited your post over concerns of Opsec...time, effect, first responder actions, etc. I've sent you an IM to explain my actions, also. TimJ Dont worry, and dont read the papers. They blow things way out of proportion to sell more papers. This is a big country and even here in Kabul, something could be happening a mile down the road, and we may not even know about it here. I wont lie to you and say its completely safe here, but we go through many, many measures to ensure everyone's safety. He'll be back home before you know it. |
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I thought this was a pic thread?
This thing feels like getting bitch slapped by an 800 pound gorilla when it goes off. |
Read the nametag. You're in my world now grandma.
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I drove up past Bari Alai a few times... what a shitty place. Originally Posted By steve-oh: I thought this was a pic thread? This thing feels like getting bitch slapped by an 800 pound gorilla when it goes off. |
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Are those M151 MUTTs parked on the left edge of the picture? |
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Originally Posted By JFarley:
Are those M151 MUTTs parked on the left edge of the picture? IFAVs? |
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Originally Posted By NUcadet07:
Originally Posted By JFarley:
Are those M151 MUTTs parked on the left edge of the picture? IFAVs? Fenders don't match up with an IFAV. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/USMC_IFAV.PNG |
