Post your sandbox pix and say hi to fellow THRs
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ColinthePilot
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whooo! OP is posed next to C-130's from Dyess AFB. I'll be with them in 8 mo's or so!
JohnnyOrygun
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Thank You for your service and your pics.
God Bless you and keep you safe and bless your family too.
Keep up the good work and keep your head down.
God Bless you and keep you safe and bless your family too.
Keep up the good work and keep your head down.
Tony50ae
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Awsome pics! My Guard unit will be activated in August for deployment later this year. Second time in 4 years. Funny never deployed once when I did 9 years active Army....lol. To everyone already there, hang tough guys. You'll all be home before you know it.
leadcounsel
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Oh, and for the naysayers, we are winning this armed conflict and it is a nobel and important cause.
scrat
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shouldnt the muzzles always be facing down range. Not at 3 soldiers lying on the ground.
My father would have kicked my behind if he saw me standing on the recieving side.
beaucoup ammo
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Leadcounsel..thanks for your service..from the heart, man. In the 3rd photo, what is that weapon? Looks a little like a WW2 German "Burp" gun. Original "Burp" gun was the MP-38 that was rather quickly replaced by the MP-40... both are frequently called the "Schmeisser."
Thanks for serving, thanks for the pics! We are grateful!
Thanks for serving, thanks for the pics! We are grateful!
leadcounsel
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I think a couple people are giving these trained professional Soldiers a hard time for standing in front of the barrels of these weapons...
Let me respond: First, these weapons are unloaded, checked, inspected and inventoried. Second, these are professional Soldiers. Sure accidents happen, but these guys are trained professional and have been doing this for a long time. Even the Private in the picture has been deployed now for over 1/2 a year. Third, how is this different than when you are at the rifle or pistol range and the range goes cold. You unload your weapon, lock the bolt open, lay it facing downrange and walk down range in front of many weapons that were just hot moments ago. That's how all the civilian and military ranges operate that I've shot on. When you are carrying a gun in a holster, it will occassional flag parts of your own body. When you store you weapons, do you flag people in other rooms of the house? You know, walls aren't cover... Yes, rule 2 is important but let's have some common sense. These weapons are harmlessly unloaded.
Forgive me if I'm a little annoyed but I think it's in poor taste to suggest these Soldiers - my brothers - from the 101st don't know how to safely maintain their weapons!
Let me respond: First, these weapons are unloaded, checked, inspected and inventoried. Second, these are professional Soldiers. Sure accidents happen, but these guys are trained professional and have been doing this for a long time. Even the Private in the picture has been deployed now for over 1/2 a year. Third, how is this different than when you are at the rifle or pistol range and the range goes cold. You unload your weapon, lock the bolt open, lay it facing downrange and walk down range in front of many weapons that were just hot moments ago. That's how all the civilian and military ranges operate that I've shot on. When you are carrying a gun in a holster, it will occassional flag parts of your own body. When you store you weapons, do you flag people in other rooms of the house? You know, walls aren't cover... Yes, rule 2 is important but let's have some common sense. These weapons are harmlessly unloaded.
Forgive me if I'm a little annoyed but I think it's in poor taste to suggest these Soldiers - my brothers - from the 101st don't know how to safely maintain their weapons!
Henry Bowman
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Question for those currently or recently in The Sandbox: Does anyone still wear "desert" camo, or is everyone wearing the ACU pattern now?
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Great pics. I'd love to see more.
Thanks for your service to our great country. Those who serve are patriots and heroes.
Thanks for your service to our great country. Those who serve are patriots and heroes.
Good Shot Group
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leadcounsel
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Frankly, I see EVERY possible and imaginable pattern of camoflage. The US Army wears ACUs. Reservists and National Guardsmen often wear DCUs. The Air Force has it's own new tiger striped jungle urban camo. The Marines wear their desert digital. The Navy wear ACUs or DCUs or Marine digital. The Iraqi Army and Sons of Iraq wears whatever they can get, including old Army camoflage, chocolate chip desert camo, DCUs, you name it. And then there are many other services from other nations that wear their own desert camo (some of it is EXCELLENT camo for this region, by the way, comparated to our ACU pattern which isn't very good). Of course there are civilians, body guards, contractors, etc. that bring their own equipment and camoflage.
beaucoup ammo
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Leadcouncil, many Here have never been There or in combat of any sort... myself included. While I'd never criticize you or anyone in the 101st regarding your handling of weapons, I suppose there are those who would and I'm sure they acted in good faith. Speaking for myself, you guys can do no wrong while you're in that environment.
Goes to the old saying, "you had to be there."
Goes to the old saying, "you had to be there."
Thin Black Line
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I posted this to THR a while back, but here it is again. It was an early
morning on one of many convoys. This was a rather large convoy and I
tended to stay with smaller ones later. The shotgun got a folding stock
not long after this photo. ACUs weren't quite the latest fashion yet.
http://thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=45964&d=1160148364
Those of you there now are in my prayers!
morning on one of many convoys. This was a rather large convoy and I
tended to stay with smaller ones later. The shotgun got a folding stock
not long after this photo. ACUs weren't quite the latest fashion yet.
http://thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=45964&d=1160148364
Those of you there now are in my prayers!
Thin Black Line
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Probably from their first pre-2006 deployment...you can almost tell which
rotation in photos by what people are wearing. 2003 (woodland mopp gear),
2004 (woodland IBA over DCUs), 2005 (woodland or DCU IBAs over DCUs and
some ACUs), 2006 (mostly ACU IBAs over ACUs), 2007 (Army is mostly camo
coordinated except for molle pouches, holsters, slings), 2008 (Army is officially
camo coordinated as far as those back in CONUS are concerned).
Henry Bowman
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Thanks, leadcounsel (and others).
csmkersh
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leadcounsel
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And some more....
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siglite
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Every time I see footage of Marines over there on TV, my wife changes the channel because it depresses me. I don't agree with the war, but when I see my brothers over there, it disturbs me greatly that I'm not there with them. It's got nothing to do with politics. It has everything to do with Marines in harm's way, and I'm here COTUS instead of there with you.
Semper Fidelis guys. And come home safe.
Semper Fidelis guys. And come home safe.
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