Is that a screen folded out in front of the keyboard or is that a cover with instructions written on it?

Thank you for the information!







Front row, right: MSG Timothy "Griz" L. Martin

It's part of the cover, it had instructions on it.  Once you started typing, the message scrolled across a LED screen on the DMDG...you could see it as you typed it and could make corrections or deletions at any time.  It was basially a small computer in it's day.  It was fairly simple to operate once a 18E Commo guy showed you a few times, but for me, it's been 1993 since I've seen one....much more modernized commo gear available now, but this was the best technology for those times.  A PSC-3 was the SATCOM radio I think, and it's been replaced for sure.  Hope this helps explain how far technology as far as commo gear has advanced, and still doing it every day.

Fine, MISO.
I try to dumb it down for the laymen and I get some "perfeshunul" telling me about how fucked up I made his rice-bowl smell.

Paul Howe right?

I. Fucking. Lost.

I believe so.  In one of the photos, he is receiving an award from then-Delta CO and future Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, GEN Schoomaker.

ETA:  I replaced the group shots on the previous page with ones where he is uncensored.

Alex in Afghanistan

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Just wanted to say thanks to the contributors.  This thread fucking deeeeelivers.

A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter conducting a medical mission in support of Afghan Commandos in Afghanistan, April 10, 2014. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Sara Wakai)


A jumpmaster assigned to the 95th Civil Affairs Brigade conducts pre-jump training and exiting procedures from the ramp of an American C-130 Hercules aircraft to Dominican Republic Special Operations servicemembers during a Joint Combined Exercise Training (JCET) operation at the 4th Paracidista FARD, Commando de Fuerzas Especiales, Fuerza Aerea training facility, on the San Isidro AFB, in the Dominican Republic, March 18, 2014. The event was part of a month-long JCET held from Feb. 17 to March 20.


U.S. and Dominican Republic Paratroopers board a C-130 Hercules aircraft in order to conduct an airborne operation March 18, 2014 as part of a month-long Joint Combined Exercise Training (JCET) operation at the 4th Paracidista FARD, Commando de Fuerzas Especiales, Fuerza Aerea training facility, on San Isidro Air Force Base, Dominican Republic. Nearly 100 paratroopers took part in the operation. Following the jump, there was a wing exchange between the Dominican and American counterparts.

Niger’s Minister of Defense M. Karidio Mahamadou shakes hands with Special Operations Command Africa Commanding General Brig. Gen. James Linder at the start of the opening ceremony of Flintlock 2014 in Niamey, Niger. (Photos by Sgt. 1st Class Jessica Inigo)


Members from the Nigerien Special Forces learn techniques for target marking during Flintlock 2014 in Diffa, Niger. Flintlock is a multi-national exercise with participants from Burkina Faso, Canada, Chad, France, Germany, Italy, Mauritania, the Netherlands, Norway, Nigeria, Senegal, United Kingdom, United States and Niger focusing on building partner capacity to help strengthen stability across Africa. (Photo by Scott Nielsen, AFRICOM Public Affairs)


Norwegian Special Operations Forces (NORSOF) provide medical care for the villagers of Gofat, Niger, Feb. 27, 2014. The NORSOF is taking part of a medical civilian action plan during Exercise Flintlock 2014. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Timothy Clegg)

Canadian Special Operations Regiment instructors teach soldiers from the Niger Army how to properly search a detainee in Agadez, Niger, Feb. 24, 2014. The training is a block of instruction during the Flintlock exercise to build partnership and the capabilities of partner African nations. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Timothy Clegg)


AGADEZ, Niger - Canadian Special Operations Regiment shows Sergeant Sawani Anza Adamou, 22nd Battalion, how an inclinometer is used to determine wind speeds during air resupply drop operation in Niger as part of Exercise FLINTLOCK 2014. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Timothy Clegg)


AGADEZ, Niger - Spanish Special Operations Forces display proper use of a signal mirror during a helicopter landing zone procedures class. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Timothy Clegg)

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I like the Canadian holster.

Pocket pistol

Is that a big gun in your pocket or are you happy to see me?

Hmmm, phone pics of photos on a former action guy's kitchen countertop?

He was a SGT in Mogadishu, fought alongside SGM (Ret) Lamb.

Man I hate this thread.  I open it with a mix of anticipation of awesome pics and no small amount of dread.

I dread it because so much sheer bad assery only serves to remind me that by comparison, a girl scout could kill me with a popsicle stick.

3rd picture. Is that a pistol length AR?

Jords.

He looks like how a SGM is suppose to look like, kinda scary...

He is professional, laid-back, and terrifying.

Your avatar cracks me up

I watched The Big Lebowski the other day and half expected to see Sam Elliot with GPNVG-18s on his head.



 

U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Logistics Group play the role of American news reporters during a field exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. The purpose of the media actor team was to emphasize the importance of interacting with the media to Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command Marines and teach them how to use it as a tool to broadcast vital messages.

U.S. Marines with 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion, Marine Corps Special Operations Command, prepare one another's parachutes prior to conducting free-fall and static airborne sustainment training from a Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 KC-130J Hercules, above Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, N.C., Sept. 12, 2012. Marines complete aerial sustainment training quarterly.


U.S. Marines with 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion, Marine Corps Special Operations Command, board a Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 KC-130J Hercules on Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, N.C., Sept. 12, 2012. The Marines conducted free-fall and static airborne sustainment training above MCALF Bogue.

Some might be re-posts...

How old is this pic? Dang near everyone at my unit has a set of PVS14s for them. Kinda surprising to see a HSLD unit not have NCGs issued to all of it's members.

OPERATION PRIME CHANCE (August 1987 – June 1989) was a U.S. Special Operations Command operation intended to protect U.S.-flagged oil tankers from Iranian attack during the Iran–Iraq War. The operation took place roughly at the same time as Operation Earnest Will (July 1987 – December 1988), the largely naval effort to escort the tankers through the Persian Gulf. The operation was begun after the mining of the U.S.-flagged Kuwaiti oil tanker Bridgeton.  The two operations were intertwined—United States Army helicopters flew nighttime search-and-destroy missions from Navy frigates and destroyers and from two leased barges in the northern Persian Gulf. Navy SEALs and explosive ordnance disposal operated from the barges as well. But while Earnest Will was the widely publicized reaction to Kuwaiti pleas for help, Prime Chance was secret. The army helicopters flew at night, slipping to and from navy flight decks under cover of darkness. The helicopter pilots often flew some 30 feet (9.1 m) above the water, and became the first to use night vision goggles and forward looking infrared devices in combat. Tactics included using MH-6 Little Birds as spotters for the more heavily armed AH-6s (for barge-launched missions), and using the warship's radar and that of their SH-60 Seahawk helicopters for the same purpose (on ship-launched efforts). (Wikipedia)




An aerial view of the barge HERCULES with three PB Mark III patrol boats and the tug boat MISTER JOHN H tied up alongside. The barge is operating in support of Navy efforts to provide security for US-flagged shipping in the gulf.


A crewman stands atop the cabin of a PB Mark III patrol boat tied up to the barge Wimbrown 7 during a pause in operations. The barge is heavily armed, carrying, from lower to upper right, an M-2 .50-calober machine gun, a Mark 2 81mm mortar, and a Mark 19 40mm grenade-launcher. The patrol boat and barge are among the Navy assets being used to provide security for U.S.-flagged shipping in the gulf.


Contact mines partially covered by a tarpaulin on the deck of the captured Iranian mine-laying ship TRAN AJR.


Task Force 118, 4/17 Cav & 4/2 ACR, aboard USS Jack Williams (FFG-24)

Retired U.S. Army Special Forces Chief Warrant Officer Gary O’Neal held a five gallon bucket of water by an ice pick through his neck. O'Neal’s dedication to his country was recognized last Friday, July 9, 2010, when he was one of 14 “warriors” inducted into the Army Ranger Hall of Fame at Fort Benning, Ga. “This teaches Soldiers how to overcome pain,” O’Neal said.


Retired Special Forces Chief Warrant Officer Gary O’Neal conducts a tandem High Altitude Low Opening parachute jump. O'Neal’s dedication to his country was recognized last Friday, July 9, when he was one of 14 “warriors” inducted into the Army Ranger Hall of Fame at Fort Benning, Ga. “I will be the first Golden Knight inducted into the Army Ranger Hall of Fame,” O’Neal said.

Damn. I haven't seen those pics in years.

Quoted:






Always wanted to do this on a big ass boat

A Man I will always have immense respect for.

"Fearless" was one on the greatest, most inspiring yet terrible stories I've ever read. RIP Adam Brown as well as his fellow team members later lost on Extortion 17.


Thank you to all that have shared all these great pics and the info in this thread.

In these 2 pictures, I know this guy who is on the right in both of them.  I went thru ANCOC 12B at Ft. Belvoir VA back in 1987 with him (dang, that's a long time ago!).  He was in 1st SFG at the time and is the author of a book as well.  Pretty interesting guy, and he was in the process of putting together info for the book at the time I believe.  Like most of us, I think he was dual 18 series qualified at the time.  I know if I posted his name, people would probably recognize him and the book.  Since his face is obscurred, I'll leave it at that.  Interesting in that every once in awhile, I see somebody I crossed paths with here in these pictures....thanks for posting them!

Thank you, as always.  I appreciate reading your insights and anecdotes.  I didn't realize one of the soldiers was SF.  The site from which I pulled the pics identified them as Rangers, so I marked the files as such.  Now I'll go do some digging to find information about the book.

This soldier is identified as SF in the caption, but the photo came from a series about MARSOC Marines.

A Special Forces soldier scans the terrain after a short night’s sleep during a three-day mission through the mountains of Bagwa, Farah province, Afghanistan Feb. 25.


MARSOC Marines take a knee in a wheat field in Suji as Afghan National Army Soldiers and Marine Special Operation Command Marines patrol through the village in Farah Prov., Bala Baluk District, Afghanistan, March 29. The coalition forces started the three-day CRP lead by the ANA with a dismounted patrol through Suji, Peyo and Pasaw, an air drop of humanitarian aide supplies for Aka Sadiq and a route recon through the mountainous terrain of eastern Bala Baluk. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Nicholas Pilch)


U.S. Marines with Individual Training Course, Marine Special Operations School, Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, slowly work through tall grass during a fire and maneuver exercise Sept. 24, 2010 aboard Camp Lejeune, NC. The exercise was the culminating event of a weapons and tactics package the course conducted that week. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Thomas W. Provost)