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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Fender16 on March 20, 2011, 11:37:51 AM
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Firstly, I've been away from AH for about 2 years now and somehow my account is still here, wow. The amount of changes is crazy. B29 most of all...
Any way....
I am currently in Afghanistan and was wondering with the large military personnel that make up the AH community, who else has been here? When, where, and with whom?
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Was one of the first few hundred troops in-country.
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haven't been but I'm supposed to touch sand June 1st.
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haven't been but I'm supposed to touch sand June 1st.
You know what OPSEC is man?
I'll be there in a few months
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Was one of the first few hundred troops in-country.
So you did a lot of more conventional fighting?
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haven't been but I'm supposed to touch sand June 1st.
Shoot one right in between the eyes for me. I cant enlist cause have epilepsy.
-BigBOBCH
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So you did a lot of more conventional fighting?
You could say that. Was the same with Iraq. Someone thought it would be a good idea to put my unit on top of the tanks entering Baghdad to provide close support against the guys popping up on the sides of the road. Hell, my Abrams was even T-boned by a car full of guys trying to stop us. Didn't turn out too well for them. The general public isn't aware afaik that it came down to knives & rifle butts eventually.
It's funny to me, but there's a Youtube video of my unit setting feet into A'stan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcF2ctMdMsE
:salute
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Shoot one right in between the eyes for me. I cant enlist cause have epilepsy.
-BigBOBCH
Do the same for me MarineUS, I can't join because of Hep C and now a heart condition. Sorry about the epilepsy, Red, my dad to has it.
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Was there 08-09'. Bagram and many other "lovely" areas. Detainee Operations. Was part of Task Group Trident. About 200 sailors. Attached to the 715th and 783rd MP Battalions. Attached under the 101st.
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Bagram huh? Kickin' around in RC East?
I was in Kandahar for a bit now am spitting distance to Pakistan.
1-38 CAV Ft. Bragg, NC
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Bagram huh? Kickin' around in RC East?
I was in Kandahar for a bit now am spitting distance to Pakistan.
1-38 CAV Ft. Bragg, NC
You got internet on the COP's? or u on the FOB?
1/24 Infantry
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Do the same for me MarineUS, I can't join because of Hep C and now a heart condition. Sorry about the epilepsy, Red, my dad to has it.
Out of curiosity. Have you or Red ever met any one from that place or have any clue why you hate them enough to ask for their death?
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You could say that. Was the same with Iraq. Someone thought it would be a good idea to put my unit on top of the tanks entering Baghdad to provide close support against the guys popping up on the sides of the road. Hell, my Abrams was even T-boned by a car full of guys trying to stop us. Didn't turn out too well for them. The general public isn't aware afaik that it came down to knives & rifle butts eventually.
It's funny to me, but there's a Youtube video of my unit setting feet into A'stan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcF2ctMdMsE
:salute
Bet you were the one in green. :D <S>
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Out of curiosity. Have you or Red ever met any one from that place or have any clue why you hate them enough to ask for their death?
Be more specific, "met any one from that place".
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Stay safe guys :salute
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Most bases that have been around for a while have internet services. They are far from cheap. I am paying $80 a month for internet that is mildly faster than dial up.
Of course, you can always go to the MWR and use the internet there for free but usually there is a time limit and the place is always packed.
I know a few guys that all chipped in and bought their own small satellite and have their own internet. Super expensive though.
Being part of a Stryker BDE, you will probably be here in RC South (Kandahar Province). Most of the bases are built up and have reasonable luxury's.
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The satellite idea is a good one but not worth it. Bunch of guys tried setting them up. A lot had issues with the companies and such. Heads up, be careful with using the internet you have. Probably the same me and my buddies had. Quite a few had their Identities stolen.
Yup RC East. But got to see all part of that lovely country and some others doing transfers.
Funny story. Sorta random. Running the perimeter of the base at one spot in the line closest to the village there was a kid that was always there yelling at the runners from the outside of the fence. Next to him stood the poorest looking cow Ive seen in my life. It was extremely emaciated. I felt bad for the cow and was sure it would die soon. Bit month after month it was still there and so was the kid. One day I decided to stop and try and figure out what the kid was yelling about. Come to find out he was trying to sell his pet cow to anyone. The offer was $5. I played along and asked/mimed to the kid how he would get the cow through the fence, barbed wire, and razor wire to me. He then pointed to the area around him. Bagram was, I dont know if it still is, in the top 5 most mined areas in the world thanks to the Russians. Anyways the kid points to the field and mimes that he would walk the cow over a land mine, then boom, give me pieces of cow through the fence... I then continued on with my run.
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Yes, I wouldn't trust using a credit card on the ISPs located in Afghanistan. I've also heard about people getting money stolen from them while they were at the PX on KAF (Kandahar Air Field). There were charges they had not made being sent to the Phillipines I believe. However, I bought things many times there and never had an issue. Just be sure to check your LES and bank statement often.
Strange, I have a funny story about a cow and a child as well. It involves a 240B. There was this little girl who couldn't have been much older than 10 that we would see almost daily herding her cows to the river. She never seemed to mind us and would always wave. One day while she was letting the cows drink, one went too far into the river and must have got stuck. She tried everything to get the cow out of the water. Yelling at it, hitting it with a stick, throwing rocks, cow would not budge. The cow didn't seem to care even though it was up to its neck in water. Seeing this, we motioned for her to get away from the cow and the had the gunner on our lead vehicle fire a 5 round burst next to the cow. It was out of the water faster than I got my hearing back.