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Jun 15th, 2005 at 3:25pm

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Ok here are some of my pictures from Kuwait and Iraq

First three are just some helo's since this is a flight sim website:
A Cobra
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A huey
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and an Army medical Blackhawk
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Here we are supporting our team in Kuwait...
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...and in Baghdad
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Here is my crew before crossing the LOD.  I am on the left, my driver in the middle and the tank commander on the right, picture taken by the loader
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Just in case we got pulled over, we needed a registered vehicle!
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And finally just a shot of battle from the hatch of my loader
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Note the M-16 under the tank commander's .50 cal for those pesky close up shots.

Here are 3 more that I had at work:
Me linking and loading up 10,000 rounds of 7.62 mm for my coax
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My tank commander (right) and me just outside of Baghdad after we wiped out an "ambush" (seriously, who ambushes a battalion of tanks with rifles and machine guns?)
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Here is a shot of the back of an M1-A1 through the thermal sights on one of our training missions in Kuwait
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Reply #1 - Jun 15th, 2005 at 3:31pm
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VERY interesting shots, especialy since I'm going into the military. What exactly did you do?

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Reply #2 - Jun 15th, 2005 at 3:33pm

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You got a picture the poster before they tore it apart... (or did someone take it as a souvenir)

Found any gold AK47's?
 
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Reply #3 - Jun 15th, 2005 at 3:40pm

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I was the gunner on the tank.  I fired the 120 mm main gun and the 7.62 mm coax machine gun.

Don't know what happened to the poster, wish I had it though.  No gold AK-47s either, we weren't allowed to touch anything we found...well, when there were officers around that is. Wink
 
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Reply #4 - Jun 15th, 2005 at 3:49pm

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I know a guy that is over there now. This will be his second time being deployed to combat, this first time was in Kosovo. Anyway, interesting shots. I like the last two.
 
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Reply #5 - Jun 15th, 2005 at 4:21pm

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20 years back it looked much more peaceful...
 
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Reply #6 - Jun 15th, 2005 at 5:26pm

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Thanx for sharing... love the motto on that tank- LOL!
 
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Reply #7 - Jun 15th, 2005 at 6:13pm

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That last shot is unbelievable  Shocked
 
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Reply #8 - Jun 15th, 2005 at 7:17pm

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Awsome shots, and Thank You. Wink Smiley
 
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Reply #9 - Jun 16th, 2005 at 4:25am

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Nice photos, they bring back bad memories of my last holiday out there, never got to Baghdad though, the politicians wouldn't let us Sad
 
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Reply #10 - Jun 16th, 2005 at 4:42am

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Very nice to see another DAT in action!  Smiley  I also notice all the spent M-60 casings on top of the turret.  Getting a little target practice, were we?  Wink
 
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Geez Kevin I hate to make you look old but we don't use the M60 anymore!  It was replaced years ago by the FN M240G.  What a great weapon, I put 10,000 rounds through my coax before I cleaned it once!  Oh, and those are .50 cal on the turret, time to get the trifocals gramps! Grin  J/K

Yeah Ozzy, if the damn politicians would have let you all do your job the first time we wouldn't have been in this mess.  But don't worry, the Republican Guard put up just as much resistance this time.  Too bad we wiped them out before they could see us.
 
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Oh, and those are .50 cal on the turret, time to get the trifocals gramps! Grin  J/K


I was talking about the spent casings in front of the loaders hatch and by the rifle...  Wink

*Sigh*  Yup, I am definitely getting old...

Kevin

P.S.  Isn't that guy on the main gun going to knock your boresight off or do they still do that?  Smiley
 
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Yeah, Kev, I was talking about the same ones!  The 'Ma Deuce' kicks her shells all over the turret.  You can tell by the big loop links.  The loaders spent casings go into a collection box that he can then dump over the side, just like my coax inside.
The only thing that would really screw up the boresight on the M1-A1 would be hitting a house, and sometimes that doesn't even mess it up.  Yes, I am speaking from experience, I had nailed many trees in Syracuse, NY when I was still a green gunner!  I think that this photo was taken before we went to the Udari range to boresight anyways.  Didn't matter, it was the CO's tank.   I mean, how often does he actually shoot?!
 
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Reply #14 - Jun 16th, 2005 at 1:28pm

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Very cool shots. I love "GAVE peace a chance"

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