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Offline skycaptn

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« Reply #30 on: February 24, 2007, 08:46:23 AM »
Bolt did you ever wander up to N. fort hood? a great deal of simular terrain.. but, I will have to agree with you soil is closer to bliss.

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« Reply #31 on: February 24, 2007, 06:12:28 PM »
More than I cared ..I was in 2nd Arm. Dv. 1986-88 , alot of field time with the Mech. / Armored Units .. in 91  switched MOS and went ADA , went to school at Bliss ..those terrain / mtn . pics are dead ringer for Bliss . Now Im back in the Guard , just finished my 3rd School  ( Fire Support Specialist )
now my Unit that I'm with is gearing up for its 2nd ( my 1st ) deployment  to either Iraq or Afghanistan . prolly 1st Q of 08 .

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« Reply #32 on: March 05, 2007, 07:49:05 PM »
Here are some more with commentary by VWE:

the tent I moved into when I first got here, made me think of M.A.S.H.


standard up armored HUMV, this is the tank of HUMV's and can withstand a 155mm shell exploding 3 feet from it.


a palace about 1/4 mile from my trailer.



my trailer when I moved here, my stuff is on the left. Not much space but a little privacy goes a long way.


a Rino up armored bus. If you have to travel to another base that is within 20 miles or so this is your transportation. It will withstand up to an RPG and keep rolling.


you gotta have fun!


an engineer vehicle they use to remove known I.E.D.'s and is probably the toughest vehicle in theatre.


me and my radar.
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« Reply #33 on: March 05, 2007, 10:40:21 PM »
The over exposure is due to the desposible camera I bought over here, I'm sure it got heat damage.

The second palace picture is where Uday and Kusay, Saddams sons, made their final stand. I think the exchange went something like this:

"Knock, knock... GO AWAY!    knock, knock...   i said GO AWAY!!      KNOCK, KNOCK!   WHAT?!? WHAT IS IT YOU WANT??  Tow missile! HA!  :D

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« Reply #34 on: March 05, 2007, 10:46:23 PM »
You at Victory??

Seen the fish???:eek: :eek:

:)
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« Reply #35 on: March 06, 2007, 05:47:36 AM »
Victory, yes... fish also yes... I'll try and get a good shot of em so everyone will know what were talking about. :rofl

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« Reply #36 on: March 06, 2007, 08:11:25 AM »
VWE,

Thank you for your service

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« Reply #37 on: March 07, 2007, 04:35:56 AM »
The hummer on its back,look to the lower left,that is blood, or some type of transmission fluid.
i hope for the latter.

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« Reply #38 on: March 07, 2007, 05:05:11 AM »
Just water... had a couple 5 gallon cans on the back. No real damage done just scared the ba'geebee's outa the turret gunner. That's why you do alot of training before you leave so at the slightest inclination of a roll over the two back seaters reach up and pull the gunner inside. It was a good wakeup call and makes everyone stay focused on where they are at, what they are doing and what is around you.

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« Reply #39 on: March 07, 2007, 08:35:04 AM »
nice... keep this updated as best you can.  Its good to have first hand info.

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« Reply #40 on: August 17, 2007, 04:50:17 AM »
O.k. I've added a few vidoes of a little of my R&R, its starting to cool off just a tad. I've not posted or even taken any new videos or pictures from here in a while cause it so dang hot out.

http://www.myspace.com/182976832

You don't have to have a myspace account in order to watch the videos but you do to see the pictures. But the videos give you a good understanding of where I'm at...  

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« Reply #41 on: August 17, 2007, 05:40:13 AM »
Nice pics VWE, stay safe fella, thank you for all your sacrifices and service, and come back healthy mate....(otherwise this exsquid (to use a US term) WILL hunt you down and force your bellybutton to get drunk with me......)


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« Reply #42 on: August 17, 2007, 08:03:32 AM »
Yeah, I served 4 years as a squid too... and though I'm Army I'm actually attached to the Navy in Baghdad. Don't think about that one too hard or you'll blow a fuse...

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« Reply #43 on: August 17, 2007, 08:15:16 AM »
Lol........I'm sooo confused......still, stay safe m8, thanks for your service and come back healthy etc

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« Reply #44 on: August 18, 2007, 10:33:21 AM »
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