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Team Sergeant
09-06-2004, 18:49
Who's got some interesting SF pic's?
I'll start....
Bunker hunting, Kuwait City....
Ambush Master
09-06-2004, 20:17
Tried to post and it will not take the file !!!
Team Sergeant
09-06-2004, 22:22
Tried to post and it will not take the file !!!
Send it to me, I'll force feed it! :lifter
What's the rifle scope, TS?
Team Sergeant
09-07-2004, 08:20
What's the rifle scope, TS?
Truth is I do not remember. I know it was a simple 4x scope, might be a Leupold. I had it sent from the states with the A-2 Mount. I super glued the mount to the upper receiver and the scope to the mount! It shot well under MOA out to 300m! Not pictured is the MP-5 I also carried there. We didn’t have a lot of optics during DS, a lot of guys were receiving stuff from home.
Ambush Master
09-07-2004, 12:05
Commo in da jungle !!
alphamale
09-10-2004, 03:29
Ambush, what an excellent B&W pic.
FrontSight
These pictures are always very interesting.
Thank you,
Solid
Jack Moroney (RIP)
09-10-2004, 07:32
A little mission prep in theater.
Ambush, what an excellent B&W pic.
FrontSight
I'm willing to bet they were taken with the Pen-EE. If we asked, and they weren't classified, the S-2 would give us our pictures.
BTW: how do we attach pictures now?
Team Sergeant
09-10-2004, 07:49
BTW: how do we attach pictures now?
Look below when you "reply" and you'll see the "Attach Files" area, under that is the "Manage Attachments" that button will send you looking for your file. the rest is easy.
TS
alphamale
09-10-2004, 07:58
Ambush, what is on top of that person's head?
FrontSight
Ambush Master
09-10-2004, 08:34
Ambush, what is on top of that person's head?
FrontSight
If you are talking about the person sitting down in the center of the pic (me), the white object is a Bamboo leaf or something that is between me and the camera. Actually on my head, is a cravat.
How many people do you see there ??
If you are talking about the person sitting down in the center of the pic (me), the white object is a Bamboo leaf or something that is between me and the camera. Actually on my head, is a cravat.
How many people do you see there ??
3? I think the "fourth" is nature.
Jack Moroney (RIP)
09-10-2004, 09:20
The good guys ;)
NousDefionsDoc
09-10-2004, 09:32
Great pictures you guys! Keep 'em coming please.
NousDefionsDoc
09-10-2004, 09:35
The good guys ;)
This reminds me of an old saying in Texas, "I was country when country wasn't cool."
These guys were doing it before most people even heard of it. The Sir and I think I know the guy that took that picture. Very nice sir.
QRQ, I am waiting for the inevitable, "What LZ? I don't see an LZ!" LOL
OOOPS!! I thought I had it. Still learning.
On second thought I posted it to the :SF Team Pics".
NousDefionsDoc
09-10-2004, 09:47
No, no. You do have it, the pic is there and shows fine! I meant some people will not understand how that small a space can be called an LZ.
No, no. You do have it, the pic is there and shows fine! I meant some people will not understand how that small a space can be called an LZ.
Well!!! We were at the top of the hill and all we needed was enough room for a slick to hover!! and a beeeg crew chief to pull us into the ship.
:D When they dropped the "mail" to us they couldn't land and llowered it to us. :lifter
I liked the combinati9on of being at the top of a hill and having a bag of grenades to roll down.
NousDefionsDoc
09-10-2004, 09:56
Put it back please, its a great pic. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
Put it back please, its a great pic. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
I keep getting the msg:
mini-scan.jpg:
You have already attached this file in thread : Team Pic
If someone can correct this Shit please do. Otherwise it is at the "Team Pic" site.
:confused: :confused:
alphamale
09-10-2004, 10:14
If you are talking about the person sitting down in the center of the pic (me), the white object is a Bamboo leaf or something that is between me and the camera. Wow, in the pic it looks almost metallic.
How many people do you see there ??I thought just 1, but since you asked that must mean more.
2? (other at 1:00, adjacent to tree trunk?)
FrontSight
I keep getting the msg:
mini-scan.jpg:
You have already attached this file in thread : Team Pic
If someone can correct this Shit please do. Otherwise it is at the "Team Pic" site.
:confused: :confused:
This should do it.
The Reaper
09-10-2004, 10:33
I keep getting the msg:
mini-scan.jpg:
You have already attached this file in thread : Team Pic
If someone can correct this Shit please do. Otherwise it is at the "Team Pic" site.
:confused: :confused:
Terry:
Try saving it with another file name.
Then you should be able to post it.
TR
This should do it.
Thanks Guy! I don't reckon the 101st or 1st cav could work that particular LZ. :D
Thanks to alloya. I should have received a direct commission for this operation. We spent the better part of a day climbing the "hill" to find from Covey we were on another hill from what I thought. That is surely Lt material. Keep in mind that the maps of the AO sucked. Few were verified on the ground and they tended to show the topography of the canopy rather than what was under the canopy. :rolleyes:
Hope you dont mind, i thought this would have a place here.
Team Sergeant
09-10-2004, 12:57
I keep getting the msg:
mini-scan.jpg:
You have already attached this file in thread : Team Pic
If someone can correct this Shit please do. Otherwise it is at the "Team Pic" site.
:confused: :confused:
Terry,
You can send the pic to me at
JD@professionalsoldiers.com
I will ensure it's uploaded anywhere you tell me.
TS
Jack Moroney (RIP)
09-10-2004, 13:01
Mang Buk March 1968
Jack Moroney (RIP)
09-10-2004, 13:10
Trip to one of the local Sedang villages to train indigenous medics how to take care of their own folks
Jack, has that color assaulter picture been used in some open publications about various SOF units that you know of?
Jack, you need to 180 several photos. I have a great shot of Maggie at My Phuoc Tay (A-411) that ended up as a reverse picture on the book, Tales of The Green Beret. Look at the lower left-hand corner. The jump wings were on the wrong side.
Jack Moroney (RIP)
09-10-2004, 17:52
Jack, you need to 180 several photos. .
Damn, you are sure right. Guess I am used to all that old PT where the platform guy would stand up there and instruct us to do the 'mirror image". This is what happens when you give an officer a choice of which part of a slide is front and which is rear without supervision :o
Jack Moroney
The Reaper
09-10-2004, 18:15
Damn, you are sure right. Guess I am used to all that old PT where the platform guy would stand up there and instruct us to do the 'mirror image". This is what happens when you give an officer a choice of which part of a slide is front and which is rear without supervision :o
Jack Moroney
One repetition of the exercise will look as follows, One...Two...Three...ONE!!
I will count the cadence, YOU will count the repetitions.
Ready...BEGIN!!
TR
Notice there is no teamhouse. We lived on the wall with our troops. This was as close to trench warfare as I care to get. Mr. Charles was so close that we walked out at night to perform wire taps.
I have many pictures on my web site.
Roycroft201
09-11-2004, 01:30
How many people do you see there ??
AM,
That's amazing. Missed seeing anyone else except you (and I'm not sure even now). Is that someone in the distance at 0930 ?
Looking at your picture is much harder than looking at a "Where's Waldo?" book ! :D
RC201
alphamale
09-12-2004, 08:41
Ambush, What is the coil of wire under your elbow and going horizontally back?
Ambush Master
09-12-2004, 08:53
Ambush, What is the coil of wire under your elbow and going horizontally back?
Handset wire going to the Radio.
NousDefionsDoc
09-12-2004, 09:23
Umbilical cord to Covey.
Roguish Lawyer
09-12-2004, 10:09
I have many pictures on my web site.
Many GREAT pictures! Anyone who hasn't been to QRQ's site should go. It may take several trips to see all the pictures, though. There are a ton!
Ambush Master
09-12-2004, 20:42
Another. In a "clearing" waiting for a ride out.... EXFIL !!!
Sacamuelas
09-12-2004, 20:45
Great Pic, AM.
Another. In a "clearing" waiting for a ride out.... EXFIL !!!
AM and Folks: that is an excellent picture. Notice, the sleeves rolled down and the gloves. Everything in the jungle bites, scratches, sticks or cuts. We used to get a kick out of the REMFs who spent time laying out in the sun to get tans and look like "old timers". The real bush beaters were pretty pale by comparison. :munchin
NousDefionsDoc
09-12-2004, 21:22
LOL - ain't that the truth! I love the pics of the guys stumbling around in the jungle with their sleeves cut off. No Black Palm in Hollywood.
Leech scars are another good way to tell the old timers.
alphamale
09-12-2004, 21:23
Awesome pic Ambush.
What the heck is that drum going into the gun?
FrontSight
AM,
That's a great picture. It corrected me on what I saw as a 'clearing'- everytime when I heard 'clearing' in one of Plaster's books I saw a clearing like that in Platoon or We Were Soldiers...
I was dead wrong!
Thank you,
Solid
Ambush Master
09-12-2004, 21:54
Here's a couple for the "Rotor-Heads". The Cobra was doing a Buzzz of the Helipad and Flamed out !!! :eek: He then hit the tail-booms of a couple of Slicks, loosing his RH Skid in the process. He then did a "kick turn" around the Water Tower and set it down next to the Bananna Grove (all, after the flameout, done of course in "Auto-Rotation"). Not a pretty pic, but no-one was injured. We had some very good "Sticks" !!!
I think I have a picture somewhere (maybe from your site?) of a cobra that nose-planted itself into the dirt and the side of another slick. I'll see if I can find it tomorrow, I have a 0500 wake up and need my Zs.
Have a good night all,
Solid
Ambush Master
09-12-2004, 22:26
Way before "Bungee-Jumping" we were "Slack-Rappelling" !!! (This was actually used, without the aerobatics, to minimize the time that you would be "exposed" during your descent.) You coil up a bunch of rope on top of the Rappelling Tower, hook in, and JUMP !!! We made it more interesting by doing "Front-Flips and Gainers" off of the Skids!!! Give us free time and not open the Bar, Shit was gonna happen !! :munchin
Wouldn't that instantly be a case of severe whiplash?
Woah.
Solid
Guess those ladders won't be loaded on that particular Huey for a while.
Kyobanim
09-13-2004, 08:33
Damn AM! I did that with a harness and didn't like the results one bit. I can't imagine doing it with a rope seat :eek: :eek: :eek:
Ambush Master
09-13-2004, 08:41
Wouldn't that instantly be a case of severe whiplash?
Woah.
Solid
Negative. Nylon rope has about a 1/3 stretch factor, we would coil up about 10-15 feet of it on the 30' Tower and as you got to the end of the "coiled" rope, you would release the brake and then re-apply it just before you hit the ground. That technique tended to spread out the "shock" and it really didn't hurt at all !!
Team Sergeant
09-13-2004, 08:46
Nylon rope has abut a 1/3 stretch factor,
Ain't that the truth!
You have not lived until you have seen a soldier do a 35 foot slack jump off a 34 foot tower! :D The memories...
TS
Awesome pic Ambush.
What the heck is that drum going into the gun?
FrontSight
If you folks pardon my intrusion,
It is the 100 round drum for the Russian beltfed LMG, 7.62x39. The example the QP in the photo is using has its barrel cut down.
Having had the chance to extensively fire the weapon in peacetime conditions, it is a very reliable weapon in my opinion.
AM brings back memories with his pictures. Attached is a picture of my troops clowning around after being shot off of an LZ. These little people showed little fear and actually enjoyed what we did!! :D
The Reaper
09-13-2004, 11:25
If you folks pardon my intrusion,
It is the 100 round drum for the Russian beltfed LMG, 7.62x39. The example the QP in the photo is using has its barrel cut down.
Having had the chance to extensively fire the weapon in peacetime conditions, it is a very reliable weapon in my opinion.
Correct.
Looked like an RPD to me.
TR
Ambush Master
09-13-2004, 11:43
Correct.
Looked like an RPD to me.
TR
It was an RPD. We had a problem getting enough belts for them, so he'd stop in the middle of a firefight, retrieve the belt, stuff it in his shirt and drive on. We had some very talented Filipino Armorers that did some very trick stuff to our weapons !! :)
It was an RPD. We had a problem getting enough belts for them, so he'd stop in the middle of a firefight, retrieve the belt, stuff it in his shirt and drive on. We had some very talented Filipino Armorers that did some very trick stuff to our weapons !! :)
Regarding the RPD, during a certain MG shoot back in '98, we shot so much ammo thru one particular RPD that when we dropped a .308 cal bullet in the barrel after the shoot, it dropped straight thru. A few thousand rounds in about 2 hours, zero malfunctions even though the handguard was about to ignite in flames, cyclic rate dropped considerably during the shoot because of the wear on the barrel.
Bravo1-3
09-13-2004, 12:01
I got to shoot an RPD after GW-1. I thought it was a bit on the heavy side, but it was very easy to control. The ROF seemed to be very slow too, as in less than 300 Rounds per minute. I guess that made up for the (apparent) lack of a quick-change barrel. :confused:
Great pics so far.
A close friend of mine owns an RPD. That is a fun gun to shoot!
AM, those Fillipinos wouldn't be the Far East Construction Company would it?
ChaoticVirtuoso
09-19-2004, 14:22
More PICS! You guys are making us young guys drool...
Team Sergeant
09-19-2004, 19:15
More PICS! You guys are making us young guys drool...
I always liked this one... Can anyone guess the country?
TS
BTW, another good reason to keep up on all weapons systems, current or otherwise.
NousDefionsDoc
09-19-2004, 19:59
I always liked this one... Can anyone guess the country?
TS
BTW, another good reason to keep up on all weapons systems, current or otherwise.
I'm going to say Philippines
Airbornelawyer
09-19-2004, 20:41
I always liked this one... Can anyone guess the country?
TS
BTW, another good reason to keep up on all weapons systems, current or otherwise.I'm going to say Philippines
Going by the panther patch, a Scout Ranger Battalion?
Bill Harsey
09-19-2004, 20:51
Thailand???
brownapple
09-19-2004, 22:03
I always liked this one... Can anyone guess the country?
TS
BTW, another good reason to keep up on all weapons systems, current or otherwise.
Looks to me like P.I.
Could be Indonesia I suppose.
Don't think its Thailand.
Airbornelawyer
09-19-2004, 23:27
NDD is right. It is the Philippines. The right shoulder patch is the Philippine Army patch. What I can't tell from the left shoulder patch is which Scout Ranger Battalion it may be. It looks like the 74th INF BN, which used to be 1st Scout Ranger Battalion, but for all I know, all Scout Ranger patches look the same.
Team Sergeant
09-20-2004, 08:32
NDD is right. It is the Philippines. The right shoulder patch is the Philippine Army patch. What I can't tell from the left shoulder patch is which Scout Ranger Battalion it may be. It looks like the 74th INF BN, which used to be 1st Scout Ranger Battalion, but for all I know, all Scout Ranger patches look the same.
Damn you guys are good, (execpt Bill Harsey, nice try Bill :p )
They are PI Rangers. A good group of soldiers to work with.
TS
Bill Harsey
09-20-2004, 09:06
ok, I was off by about 1500 miles...got the correct hemisphere.
I decided to take our mascot out on a vehicle patrol. :D
Never mess with an A-Team mascot! :cool:
Why am I, drinking h2o and holding a pan?
NousDefionsDoc
09-20-2004, 09:42
Why am I, drinking h2o and holding a pan?
I know! I know!
Team Sergeant
09-20-2004, 09:53
Why am I, drinking h2o and holding a pan?
I don't know but I'm betting the next picture you post will go well with breakfast.... :cool:
I don't know but I'm betting the next picture you post will go well with breakfast.... :cool:
We were told by the instructors to eat a good breakfast because...it would make this particular procedure easier. :eek:
Bill Harsey
09-20-2004, 15:00
Guy, That looks like your sitting at the front of the class. Is this because your the star student?
Guy, That looks like your sitting at the front of the class. Is this because your the star student?
Student 1st Sgt. :(
Matchanu
09-20-2004, 22:59
Hey, can I play too?
Darwin, AU.
Matchanu
09-20-2004, 23:25
BJK, Thailand.
18C/GS 0602
09-21-2004, 22:21
Why am I, drinking h2o and holding a pan?
Are you about to have a NG tube inserted?
Matchanu
09-21-2004, 23:04
This is what 1200 rounds of 60 link looks like.
shadowflyer
09-22-2004, 06:20
This is what 1200 rounds of 60 link looks like.
John Rambo is that you .....:D...j/k Match.
:lifter
Matchanu
09-22-2004, 07:00
John Rambo is that you .....:D...j/k Match.
:lifter
Training cell had us carry double load outs for 3 weeks. I carried 1200 and had 400 more dispursed in front and in back of me. By the time we got to the FTX week, a normal load out, (800 rnds) seemed pretty light.
shadowflyer
09-22-2004, 07:18
Training cell had us carry double load outs for 3 weeks. I carried 1200 and had 400 more dispursed in front and in back of me. By the time we got to the FTX week, a normal load out, (800 rnds) seemed pretty light.
Damn man...that was a workout in itself ...just carrying that much ammo. I reckon being the 60 gunner was reserved for the bigger dudes in the platoon? I did have a bud who was in ST8 Bravo and then Hotel PLTN who was a 60 gunner, he was like 5'7 but was built like a brick shit house. I used to mess with him about the Team making him carry the 60 because he was the shortest one...;) :D. I got to shoot with them a few times on the fantail on no-fly days. Good bunch of guys.
Jason
Are you about to have a NG tube inserted?
And my breakfast ended up in the pan. I never "hurled" so hard before in my life. :D
I wonder what he thinks of Saddam. :eek:
Damn man...that was a workout in itself ...just carrying that much ammo. I reckon being the 60 gunner was reserved for the bigger dudes in the platoon? I did have a bud who was in ST8 Bravo and then Hotel PLTN who was a 60 gunner, he was like 5'7 but was built like a brick shit house. I used to mess with him about the Team making him carry the 60 because he was the shortest one...;) :D. I got to shoot with them a few times on the fantail on no-fly days. Good bunch of guys.
Jason
More true than not. It seemed that the smallest guy in a squad got the BAR. :D
18C/GS 0602
09-22-2004, 12:09
And my breakfast ended up in the pan. I never "hurled" so hard before in my life. :D
Patients love you when you put those down them. Did you “volunteer” for that?
Patients love you when you put those down them. Did you “volunteer” for that?
Everyone going thru training has to do it.
Matchanu
09-22-2004, 17:11
Damn man...that was a workout in itself ...just carrying that much ammo. I reckon being the 60 gunner was reserved for the bigger dudes in the platoon? I did have a bud who was in ST8 Bravo and then Hotel PLTN who was a 60 gunner, he was like 5'7 but was built like a brick shit house. I used to mess with him about the Team making him carry the 60 because he was the shortest one...;) :D. I got to shoot with them a few times on the fantail on no-fly days. Good bunch of guys.
Jason
It really varied. We had a guy in one of my platoons that was 6'7, 270 lbs. Was a draft pick for pro ball, but decided to enlist instead. The 60 looked like a toy with him. We used to tell him if he went down in combat, we'd either cut him up and divide his body parts or just lop his head of so the familiy had something to bury. Naturaly training cell would have him be wounded durring "down man" drills.
On the other side of the coin, a good friend of mine was 5'6, 150 lbs. Tough as woodpecker lips, looked like a Jack 'o Lantern from all of his missing teeth from bar fights. Funny fucker, great operator.
Team Sergeant
09-22-2004, 17:41
This is what 1200 rounds of 60 link looks like.
Match,
I just want to know if you are married and if so, happily?
I’ve never said this before, to a man, but you are a hunk and I’m thinking of leaving the wife and kids just to “stalk” you. I hope you don’t mind.
TS
Matchanu
09-22-2004, 18:07
Match,
I just want to know if you are married and if so, happily?
I’ve never said this before, to a man, but you are a hunk and I’m thinking of leaving the wife and kids just to “stalk” you. I hope you don’t mind.
TS
Get in line, Steve 1/75 has been hiding in the bushes for days just trying to get a peek at my ass. He's a wierdo.
"Doc" is no better, but we all knew that already.
Navy, it's not just an adventure, it's away of life. :D
The Reaper
09-22-2004, 18:21
"Buggery and The Lash", a history of the Navy.
TR
Roguish Lawyer
10-01-2004, 11:59
I wonder what he thinks of Saddam. :eek:
LMAO! Pardon the intrusion, but I hope this thread doesn't die . . .
LMAO! Pardon the intrusion, but I hope this thread doesn't die . . .
I went "ballistic" over this one. Who in the hell...would give a loaded M4 to an Iraqi kid?
It was an RPD. We had a problem getting enough belts for them, so he'd stop in the middle of a firefight, retrieve the belt, stuff it in his shirt and drive on. We had some very talented Filipino Armorers that did some very trick stuff to our weapons !! :)
The belt wasn't a problem for me. I carried a cut-off RPD on a heavy team, raid type mission. Between the time I test fired and we got on the ground the gas adjustment plug ( it had four settings) had loosened. As soon as the gunships left the LZ we got into a firefight and my RPD became a bolt action machinegun :eek: bang/load/bang /load .......oh shit!
BWT AM is the soldier with the RPD by any chance named John "Hammy" Houser, he looks familiar.
The belt wasn't a problem for me. I carried a cut-off RPD on a heavy team, raid type mission. Between the time I test fired and we got on the ground the gas adjustment plug ( it had four settings) had loosened. As soon as the gunships left the LZ we got into a firefight and my RPD became a bolt action machinegun :eek: bang/load/bang /load .......oh shit!
BWT AM is the soldier with the RPD by any chance named John "Hammy" Houser, he looks familiar.
AM is away right now, He will be Back Monday/Tuesday.
No, That is not the pictured individual's Name
Sacamuelas
10-07-2004, 14:21
Great thread.... don't let it die. :cool:
Thanks
If you folks dont mind other countries, me and two of my platoon members in 5 star winter accomodations.
Roguish Lawyer
10-07-2004, 15:10
If you folks dont mind other countries, me and two of my platoon members in 5 star winter accomodations.
Hey Tuukka:
I would be interested in a winter survival thread in the SF Fieldcraft forum. Any chance you'd be willing to start one?
I was doing a Recon from the top of building and this is what I saw...
The Reaper
10-07-2004, 18:16
I was doing a Recon from the top of building and this is what I saw...
Nice satellite dish.
Is that a recent pic from Florida?
TR
shadowflyer
10-07-2004, 18:25
I was doing a Recon from the top of building and this is what I saw...
The SAT dish.
Looks like the exhaust to a generator coming out of the that grey box.
Let me look at it some more and I will get back with ya.
JJ
Nice satellite dish.
Is that a recent pic from Florida?
TR
You picked that up real quick. Downtown Baghdad, just outside of my room.
As soon as I seen it...I got nervous. :(
Who do you think occupies the building?
Where is that one camera pointing towards?
shadowflyer
10-07-2004, 18:42
Who do you think occupies the building?
Where is that one camera pointing towards?
I would say some alphabet agency or PSD does with all the Sat dishes and antennae..and the camera...hmm wonder if it is pointing towards the aforementioned building.
Roguish Lawyer
10-07-2004, 18:52
Who do you think occupies the building?
Where is that one camera pointing towards?
Journalists, Human Rights Watch and other vermin.
I'll bet the camera is pointing at our troops.
Journalists, Human Rights Watch and other vermin.
I'll bet the camera is pointing at our troops.
Someone took that stuff down at 0-dark hrs every chance he got...and it was not ME! :D
Roguish Lawyer
10-07-2004, 19:16
Someone took that stuff down at 0-dark hrs every chance he got...and it was not ME! :D
I'm in the wrong business!
:lifter
Smokin Joe
10-07-2004, 20:40
You picked that up real quick. Downtown Baghdad, just outside of my room.
As soon as I seen it...I got nervous. :(
I would have done a knock and talk if I saw that outside my room. (wether I had the authority to or not) That isn't funny in the least bit.
Ambush Master
10-07-2004, 21:58
No good answers to legit questions ?? One has to wonder what a FEW "Well Placed" .308 or .50 rounds would do do "High End & $$$" Optics etc. !!
That would have become my personal "Shooting Gallery" !!!
No answers, no stoppy shooting !!!! :D
Take care.
Martin
NousDefionsDoc
10-07-2004, 23:17
I would have done a knock and talk if I saw that outside my room. (wether I had the authority to or not) That isn't funny in the least bit.
Me too. Knock that shit off of there and talk about it when I got home.
John Rambo is that you .....:D...j/k Match.
:lifter
No I think it's Demi :p
Roguish Lawyer
10-12-2004, 08:51
MORE PICS! :munchin
MORE PICS! :munchin
I was going thru some boxes and came upon this one. I don't know who "acquired" the vehicles but...it was funny as hell.
I guess we got tired of humping. :D
Pining Jump Wings on my newly Abn Qual Team in 1968.
hey ambush, just letting you know that modern day RTs are still using cobras. here's a pic of one and also an A-10 doing a gun run on some bad guys. hopefully i attatch them right.
Shark Bait
10-21-2004, 12:26
I have some on my website. Click on the crest on the home page, www.whiteprint.com.
By the way, I either took the pictures or am in them myself.
Sacamuelas
10-21-2004, 12:58
I have some on my website. Click on the crest on the home page, www.whiteprint.com.
By the way, I either took the pictures or am in them myself.
Welcome Dave. Where on the site? I looked but must be having a glitch inthe matrix as I can't find them. :confused:
EDIT- Damn.. I found them. Duh, strategically hidden under the click on the SF crest. HaHa Great pics.
Shark Bait
10-21-2004, 13:16
Yup, I originally stashed them on the site for my old team members. Just a few pics from some good and not so good times.
Welcome Dave!
Nice pixs!
Doc
NousDefionsDoc
10-21-2004, 17:43
Welcome Dave. Great pics
I thinks someone was asking us to move. This was done with 90mm recoiless rifles. The camp is My Phuoc Tay -- A-424/411. Sorry about the small pic.
Basenshukai
10-26-2004, 06:29
Our Vietnam-style firebase in South America (2004)
Edited by Team Sergeant
Basenshukai
10-26-2004, 06:48
Me and a counter-guerrilla soldier during advanced marksmanship training. (2004)
Excellent pictures Basenshukai. We now have an impressive timeline of 'Interesting SF Pics'.
Solid
Basenshukai
10-26-2004, 06:56
(L to R) Myself, our detachment senior 18C (cross-trained as an 18D) and our senior 18D treating South American special forces soldiers after they accidentally drop a mortar on their forward observers during one of their training exersices. Amazingly, they were conducting this training without any medics on site. Our detachment was there by mere coincidence.(2004)
Bill Harsey
10-26-2004, 07:17
Me and a counter-guerrilla soldier during advanced marksmanship training. (2004)
Fire danger looks low in that picture. Good logging weather.
NousDefionsDoc
10-26-2004, 07:26
Me and a counter-guerrilla soldier during advanced marksmanship training. (2004)
You look happier than a pig in shit! Great training weather huh. And isn't the Galil a lovely weapon for advanced marksmanship? LOL
Man I wish I was 25 again.
Basenshukai
10-26-2004, 07:44
Lovely environment down here.
Winter: No problem ... rain three times a day.
Summer: No problem ... average temperature above 96 degrees Fahrenheit; humidity 90 % and climbing ... until it rains.
"There's no inclement weather in SF"
Check out this picture of a stuck HMMWV during the rainy season. (2004)
"There's no inclement weather in SF"
Check out this picture of a stuck HMMWV during the rainy season. (2004)
"There's no bad weather, only bad clothes"
Smokin Joe
10-26-2004, 17:29
Lovely environment down here.
Winter: No problem ... rain three times a day.
Summer: No problem ... average temperature above 96 degrees Fahrenheit; humidity 90 % and climbing ... until it rains.
"There's no inclement weather in SF"
Check out this picture of a stuck HMMWV during the rainy season. (2004)
Thats the 1st right side up, stuck hummer I have ever seen. Nice bogg or would that be better considered a swamp?
Basenshukai
10-26-2004, 20:03
Well ... that's essentially a road with poor drainage.
A standing ODA rule is that anyone getting a vehicle stuck pays for it with a case of beer. The Team Sergeant got that one stuck (to the satisfaction of all of the team's senior guys).
Our definition of "stuck": putting any vehicle in a position where it cannot further move itself by its own power; mechanical problems are an exception unless directly caused by the user.
Any disputes as to the validity of said "stuck" vehicle gets resolved in the team's famous "Kangaroo Court" (a tradition started by our previous Team Sergeant). Needless to say, the "Kangaroo Court" is never fair but it seems to work somehow.
We eventually got that vehicle unstuck with the help of a group of SEALs working in the same base camp. We would tip beers at eachother's team house at the end of every week. My only request to the team's CPO that no one outside of the base camp would know that "frogs" bailed out "green berets". Chief only laughed. But, I reminded him that his commo guy's inability to make communications forced my 18E to make the communications for him - a fact I was willing to bring up at the AAR back at the US Embassy. Chief stopped laughing and only grinned saying: "Ok, deal." They were great guys and we had an awesome working relationship with them.
BAS
NousDefionsDoc
10-26-2004, 21:36
More like a drainage with a poor road.
Bill Harsey
10-26-2004, 21:40
Thats the 1st right side up, stuck hummer I have ever seen. Nice bogg or would that be better considered a swamp?
In Oregon, that's a damp spot.
Basenshukai, if you have any more photos in general I'd love to see them.
Good night,
Solid
I personally wonder about the opsec value of posting pictures of active firebases whether in South America or the Middle East. I have pic's of firebases I've been too but there is no way in hell I would post them on the web.
Just my .02
hard to see, but it's a cobra firing a rocket.
trying to keep it going. took this one the other day.
NousDefionsDoc
10-29-2004, 09:37
That last one is great! It would make a good one framed and mounted on the wall or a recruiting poster. Maybe "Usama, your ride's here!"
I'm still picking pieces of wood out of my hair. They dusted us good. We fired up the woodlines with cobras as the 60s came in, but i only got it on video. Took a copy of this one to the pilots and crews this afternoon and they loved it.
Kyobanim
10-29-2004, 09:52
trying to keep it going. took this one the other day.
That is a fantastic pic! Should be an SF recruiting poster
I got a better one than that. Give me ten minutes to go reduce it and put it on my thumb drive. Be right back.
Roguish Lawyer
10-29-2004, 10:06
Viking:
You RULE! :)
RL
This one was taken by our 18D in Sept. from the side of a mountain. It's one of my favorites from this trip.
NousDefionsDoc
10-29-2004, 10:15
Outstanding!
If you run across anything that resembles this, please post it.
Roguish Lawyer
10-29-2004, 10:19
Nice, NDD. :D
Kyobanim
10-29-2004, 10:33
Damn Viking, you ought to do a tabletop book with pics like that!
NousDefionsDoc
10-29-2004, 10:37
Damn Viking, you ought to do a tabletop book with pics like that!
Agreed
Shark Bait
10-29-2004, 10:38
Here' some more. Well, it doesn't seem to be letting me upload. :mad:
Damn Viking, you ought to do a tabletop book with pics like that!
or sell them as a Desktop backgrounds CD.
The are nice pics and captured the moments well.
NousDefionsDoc
10-29-2004, 10:46
Here' some more. Well, it doesn't seem to be letting me upload. :mad:
Pesky bandwidth issue. :munchin
Some of the cobra pics i've got and the huey pic were from Sept when my team air assaulted as the QRF for a contact. Just want to say that we lost two great warriors that day. Tony Olaes and Stacy Goodwin. Tony was a great medic. I saw him save a lot of lives, mostly children, during last years rotation. I will miss those guys and I pray for thier families. Please never forget those guys. We sent a lot of hardcore enemy soldiers to meet their 72 VIRGINIANS that day!!!
NousDefionsDoc
10-29-2004, 11:01
Some of the cobra pics i've got and the huey pic were from Sept when my team air assaulted as the QRF for a contact. Just want to say that we lost two great warriors that day. Tony Olaes and Stacy Goodwin. Tony was a great medic. I saw him save a lot of lives, mostly children, during last years rotation. I will miss those guys and I pray for thier families. Please never forget those guys. We sent a lot of hardcore enemy soldiers to meet their 72 VIRGINIANS that day!!!
Nobody will forget, that's why this And some gave all... (http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3587) is here. Feel free to add anything in there you wish.
Here's another good one. It's one of our indig team mates. He's one of the indig recon guys we've trained up and work with. This guy is on my team sergeant and junior bravo's Recon Team (RT Raptor). I'm on RT Hawk but did a joint op with them the other day and got this lucky shot. The indig we work with are awesome. Great soldiers.
Shark Bait
10-29-2004, 11:05
Ill try again. Good pics from down range, given to me by one of my ANCOC students. Seem to be clear of OPSEC issues.
Shark Bait
10-29-2004, 11:07
It worked!! I have a few more I'll add two at time.
Shark Bait
10-29-2004, 11:09
One more. All of these are only 1/4 of actual image size. I guess that was the problem.
Kyobanim
10-29-2004, 12:05
Anyone care to donate copies of thieir pics to a slideshow/screensaver project? or a calander?
go ahead. posted them so everyone can enjoy. getting late here. headed to my rack. later.
NousDefionsDoc
10-29-2004, 12:17
Thanks for the pics.
Don't forget to check the claymores.
'night and good hunting manana.
Shark Bait
10-29-2004, 12:41
Anyone care to donate copies of thieir pics to a slideshow/screensaver project? or a calander?
Feel free to use any of the ones on my web site, www.whiteprint.com/team_room.htm I have the others I posted here at higher res, too.
Shark Bait
10-29-2004, 12:43
go ahead. posted them so everyone can enjoy. getting late here. headed to my rack. later.
G'night Viking, definitely with you in spirit. Happy hunting & be safe!
Out of curiosity, anybody know why the pics i posted are lost?
NousDefionsDoc
10-30-2004, 09:46
Out of curiosity, anybody know why the pics i posted are lost?
Yeah, what the hell? :munchin
Anyone care to donate copies of thieir pics to a slideshow/screensaver project? or a calander?
I have my Vietnam slides along with some from Panama and Thailand on a CD. Give me your snail mail address and I'll sent them to you.
Here's One: "C&C Ghost Recon"
Team Sergeant
11-01-2004, 08:15
I'll try this again.
And we'll keep an eye on it!!!
Great picture!
Let's see if I can get this to work - here is a team shot . . .
NousDefionsDoc
01-20-2005, 11:34
Folks, there has been some discussion of the RPG-2 Rocket Launcher and the B-40 Rocket. I offer these pics of the one that I carried as my primary weapon while running Recon with RT California.
RPG02 pic shows the B-40 rocket inside the RPG-2.
The B40 pic shows the rocket sized with a Demo knife. Note the stabilizer fins.
The RPG_B40 pic shows the entire B-40 rocket disassembled. Please notee the war head, which is a shape charge, the blasting cap, the stem with the stabilizing fins, and the propellant charge.
When the B-40 is properly inserted into the RPG-2, a stud at the juncture of the warhead and stem on the rocket fits into a slot just forward of the front site. The hammer is cocked, and when the trigger is pulled, the hammer strikes the firing pin, which strikes a small primer on the bottom of the rocket, which ignites the propellant charge, which sends the rocket out of the tube.
The final pic is yours truly with my favorite weapon.
Please feel free to query this most Grateful Warrior!!!!!!!
Toby Todd
1-2
RT California
Roguish Lawyer
03-01-2005, 23:41
With all the new QPs on the board, I thought I would try to resurrect this thread. If anyone has pictures they would like to share, I know that many of us would love to see them. :munchin
Check out the Chain of Command pictures. I think that is Rummy behind my head. In that position he would be Sec. of the Army.
Check my wooly T-shirt. :D
http://tadahling.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/re-enlist.jpg
Kyobanim
03-02-2005, 04:29
Hey Terry, couldn't they find a shirt big enough for you? :D
I'll try this again.
Viking (or first in, it's a pretty simple Q I imagine), what's the tape on the butt for?
had his name written on it.
Check out the Chain of Command pictures. I think that is Rummy behind my head. In that position he would be Sec. of the Army.
Secretary of the Army Stanley Resor
Endorphin Rush
03-02-2005, 10:51
Gentleman,
Great thread with Superb pictures!!! As someone has already stated, these pictures have provided a photographic timeline that is incredible.
In order to keep them coming, let me offer a hint to anyone that may not already be aware...Microsoft offers a free download that can instantly resize any images that may be too High-Res for posting due to bandwith. This simple tool takes almost all of the work out of resizing. I don't remember where I found it, but a simple Google search for "Microsoft PowerToys" will take you to it.
Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
Image Resizer
This PowerToy enables you to resize one or many image files. When resizing you can choose from one of four standard sizes or choose a size that you specify. You can also choose to resize the original image or create a new one. Right click any image(s) and select 'Resize Pictures' in the context menu.
Thank you !!
ER
Hey Terry, couldn't they find a shirt big enough for you? :D
I probably "grew into it". I only wore fatigues once or twice a month, and then we had reg. days and jungle days. Normally I wore a T-shirt, PT shorts, Chucky Taylors and a ball cap. :D
Ambush Master
03-02-2005, 17:09
Check out the Chain of Command pictures. I think that is Rummy behind my head. In that position he would be Sec. of the Army.
Check my wooly T-shirt. :D
http://tadahling.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/re-enlist.jpg
Not Rummy, Stanley R. Resor !!
Not Rummy, Stanley R. Resor !!
Kinda looked like a Rumkmy head to me. :o All I recognize is Tricky and Westmorland. MvNamara was prolly Sect of Def. I never made "The Man". :D
I've been meaning to post some pics for awhile but I have been busy (ANCOC) and haven't had the chance.
The second pic might look familiar to some of you, anyone know where they might have seen it?
Big gun fun. Although the F-16 that dropped the last one was a little close.
Just some really cool pictures that either I've taken or someone on the team took.
Just some really cool pictures that either I've taken or someone on the team took.
Good thing OSHA don't follow you around. There's a bunch of stuff that would drive an OSAH inspector crazy in that Hummer picture.
But I loved them all. Great pics.
Pete
Kyobanim
03-14-2005, 15:55
That sillouette photo is fantastic! Would make a great wallpaper.
The Reaper
03-14-2005, 15:57
Max Tab:
Nice pics, thanks for sharing.
TR
That sillouette photo is fantastic! Would make a great wallpaper.
How about an AVATAR??
So does anyone know where they might have seen the big sign hanging recently?
Roguish Lawyer
03-14-2005, 19:35
The second pic might look familiar to some of you, anyone know where they might have seen it?
Back porch of the GBC?
Roguish Lawyer
03-14-2005, 19:37
Great pics Max! Thanks for sharing.
Ambush Master
03-14-2005, 19:39
Back porch of the GBC?
I second that !! :D :munchin
Roguish Lawyer
03-14-2005, 19:43
And I've got proof!
:lifter
Roguish Lawyer
03-14-2005, 20:08
You are correct sir ! :D
So I take it your team brought it back? Or, better yet, got the Navy to do it? :D
Actually no, we started the firebase, and had the sign made, but the people who replaced us closed it down and they brought it back.
Roguish Lawyer
03-14-2005, 20:11
Actually no, we started the firebase, and had the sign made, but the people who replaced us closed it down and they brought it back.
FWIW, I thought that was one of the coolest things I saw when I visited Fort Bragg.
alphamale
03-14-2005, 21:44
Nice pixels Max Tab!
Please post more.
FrontSight
Nice pics Max_Tab, thanks for sharing. I like the Hummer pic. The QP's on top look as calm and cool as can be, while the water rages below. The imagery seems fitting.
Nice pixels Max Tab!
Please post more.
FrontSight
THAT, could have been posted somehow anonymously and everyone could have guessed who. :D Was gonna ask how many pixels per pic, but was afraid FS would answer.
Nice pics Max Tab. Looking forward to any others you can post.
The QP's on top look as calm and cool as can be...
...but the guy that lost at rock/paper/scissors and is crawling into the driver's seat is swearing his ass off and plotting his revenge. :D
...but the guy that lost at rock/paper/scissors and is crawling into the driver's seat is swearing his ass off and plotting his revenge. :DLMAO :D
...but the guy that lost at rock/paper/scissors and is crawling into the driver's seat is swearing his ass off and plotting his revenge. :D
Naw that's the idiot that said "we can make it, no problem"
great pics max tab, how's school?
almost over thank goodness
I just stumbled into this thread. They are some great pictures, but what happened to most of them? There looks to be descriptions but no actual pictures? With blinker fluid leaking, heading back in my lane...