Well, post some military pics.

[RichM]

T-Rations?


i like the breakfast corn beef hash outta those.

UGR-As. There are a steak meal, turkey cutlet, prime rib, stir fry, meat loaf, and several other meals now... 16 dinner and 8 breakfast meals...

 

[wolf223]

me and two hadji's.

 

[Skysoldier]

me and two hadji's.

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GANGSTA!....

 

[ochmude]

me and two hadji's.

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Is that just a mark on the photo, or do you have a Newport hanging out of your mouth?

 

[Kicker96FS]

I told him I was in the W.J. Maxey Boys Training School in Brighton Michigan......end of conversation!

Heh, that must have kept him looking over his shoulder! LOL!!

 

[joe1231913]

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My dads Vietnam achievements, all by age 20. Not too shabby.....

 

[Skysoldier]

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My dads Vietnam achievements, all by age 20. Not too shabby.....

Outstanding! We all owe a lot to those chopper pilots of Vietnam!

 

[joe1231913]

Yes we do, he was 2/7 air cav infantry, not a pilot. Funny you mention pilot though, because a pilot saved his life the day he earned his Silver Star and Purple heart.

 

[dustoff22]

Outstanding! We all owe a lot to those chopper pilots of Vietnam!

Speaking for those of us who were young and crazy helicopter pilots in Vietnam, we felt quite invincible for whatever reason. Lack of maturity probably contributing to that skewed notion. But, pilots did get a fair number of awards for the simple reason that there were often a horde of brass flying way above the action doing whatever they did. What's ironic about it is that for any mission that I received an award, there were dozens of other mission far more dangerous in far worse conditions like monsoon season night dustoffs where no one was around except those poor bastards on the ground. Awards were pretty indiscriminate for the most part. I believe that to be true for anyone pilot or not who received recognition. The exception of course any award given posthumously.

 

[Gonzo]

Speaking for those of us who were young and crazy helicopter pilots in Vietnam, we felt quite invincible for whatever reason. Lack of maturity probably contributing to that skewed notion. But, pilots did get a fair number of awards for the simple reason that there were often a horde of brass flying way above the action doing whatever they did. What's ironic about it is that for any mission that I received an award, there were dozens of other mission far more dangerous in far worse conditions like monsoon season night dustoffs where no one was around except those poor bastards on the ground. Awards were pretty indiscriminate for the most part. I believe that to be true for anyone pilot or not who received recognition. The exception of course any award given posthumously.

That's military wide, and still in full effect.

 

[snake eater 332]

Here's my team (ODA 144) back in the Spring of '95 following a training mission at JRTC at Ft. Polk. I'm in the BCGs kneeling in front of my Team Sergeant on the far right.

And here's me fastroping from an USAF MH-47 during training in the area of Taegu, ROK sometime in the Fall of '95.

Man, those days were a lot of fun!

 

[snake eater 332]

Here's my SOT-A team after a day fastroping and rappelling from one of the 160th SOAR's MH-60s at Ft. Lewis, WA (I'm kneeling front middle left).

My home in the mid-90's:

Getting ready to earn my ROK jump wings on the grounds of the ROK Airborne School.

On the tarmac at McChord AFB...just another day at work...

Here's one taken under canopy at Ft. Lewis with Mt. Rainier in the background. I was first in a chalk of 8 from the tail of a CH-47 (that little dot above the chute on far right).

 

[snake eater 332]

A paratrooper's look from an open tail on a static line jump:

Don't ask, don't tell? Prepping for a MFF/HALO jump.

Swamp Thing...after a day of helocasting, waterborne insertion, and scout swimming training in Alligator Lake near JRTC.

Teaching land nav with 2nd ID in the ROK.

 

[Pilgrim]

I was talking to an AF mechanic who was in VN. He said that his job was to get on a chopper with some Infantry guys and fly to an area where a plane or chopper went down, and try to salvage the parts. He'd take off any he could for reuse or destroy it if he couldn't get anything useful off of it so Charlie couldn't make use of it.

While he was working on the downed aircraft, the Inf guys that came in with him would be securing and maintaining a perimeter.

He had nothing but praise for the Inf guys and said he'd never want their jobs.

I wouldn't want his either !

This example and that of the pilot posting above shows everyone needed everyone else and was thankful for them all being there.

 

[GoGreyhounds]

Heres my latest and greatest.

How old is the guy on the right? Is that a COL rank he's wearing?

 

[fivepak]

31 years ago at basic training. I'm in the middle.

28 years ago in Wetzlar, Germany partying with our German infantry counterparts.

27 years ago Giza Plateau, Egypt. A little down time during Operatin Brightstar '85

August 2011 Al Asad Iraq getting ready to move out on our convoy security mission. (I'm second from right) This was the day before my birthday.

 

[JuergenG]

28 years ago in Wetzlar, Germany partying with our German infantry counterparts.

I take it you were based at "The Rock" and got used to the good 'ole Licher, lol?
Your German counterparts were likely of Panzergrenadierbataillon 133. I was in the same barracks,
but in Panzerbataillon 134. Left in 1982 and was back as a reservist in 1983, liaison mission with
1st Bde
There is a "3rd AD Kirch Goens" group here http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/62057041476/
I live ~ 18 miles east of Wetzlar, with the Licher brewery being 7 miles S/E

 

[Carnea]

1978-1981 USS George C. Marshall (SSBN 654)

Here is the boat as we were coming into port at Holy Loch, Scotland.

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Here we are later at sea on partol...

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[fivepak]

I take it you were based at "The Rock" and got used to the good 'ole Licher, lol?
Your German counterparts were likely of Panzergrenadierbataillon 133. I was in the same barracks,
but in Panzerbataillon 134. Left in 1982 and was back as a reservist in 1983, liaison mission with
1st Bde
There is a "3rd AD Kirch Goens" group here http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/62057041476/
I live ~ 18 miles east of Wetzlar, with the Licher brewery being 7 miles S/E

Thanks for the link. I just joined that group. I was at the Rock. B co 2/36 infantry 1983-1985. I have a frined who stayed there. He owns a business now. His name is Bill Hopper.

 

[crazymjb]

Safety brief for Jordanians learning how to shoot MGs in Afghanistan

On patrol in some farming compounds

Out the ECP at our patrol base

Having a huey land in our coil on pendleton

Mounted ops on red beach, on pendleton

Vietnam era condemned squad bays re-opened for us

Back of a 53 somewhere over pendleton

Bridgeport MWTC. Pretty sure that was July, and were in Cali. **** altitude.

Most of these pictures were taken by me, though that's me in the beanie in the last one.

Mike

 

[Skysoldier]

"Vietnam era condemned squad bays re-opened for us"

Dude, I served from 66 to 73, and I never saw bays that nice! Somebody lied to you!

 

[crazymjb]

I didnt take pictures of the bathrooms

If you think those are nice you should see some of the new barracks rooms, WAAAY better than college dorms, by leaps and bounds.

Mike

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[n1oty]

I didnt take pictures of the bathrooms

If you think those are nice you should see some of the new barracks rooms, WAAAY better than college dorms, by leaps and bounds.

Mike

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Do you guys still do a "junk on the bunk" anymore or is that part of the old Corps??

 

[ochmude]

Do you guys still do a "junk on the bunk" anymore or is that part of the old Corps??

I was in from 2003-2007 and I only did one JOB the entire time. That one wasn't so much a JOB as it was a big pile of crap that my corporal had me quickly rummage through. Considering none of the equipment pictured in the Guidebook for Marines is really even issued anymore, they should probably update the book, lol.

 

[JuergenG]

Thanks for the link. I just joined that group. I was at the Rock. B co 2/36 infantry 1983-1985. I have a frined who stayed there. He owns a business now. His name is Bill Hopper.

We were the partner company of B Co. 2/32 AR

 

[crazymjb]

We usually lay all our crap out on our tarps outside for gear inspections, but it varies company by company. When one of the staff loses a piece of serialized gear that's generally when we'd get all our crap tossed.

Mike

 

[jcetto0351]

I was in from 2003-2007 and I only did one JOB the entire time. That one wasn't so much a JOB as it was a big pile of crap that my corporal had me quickly rummage through. Considering none of the equipment pictured in the Guidebook for Marines is really even issued anymore, they should probably update the book, lol.

I was echo 2/5 from 2003-2007 and we did JOB inspections before most field ops... We had quite a few security force "high-speed" NCO's that thought it was unfit of an infantry Marine to not fold 6" squares with his skivvie shorts!

 

[Andy in NH]

....I only did one JOB the entire time.

...fold 6" squares with his skivvie shorts!

As an NCO and below, I skated out of three CGRIs (Commanding General’s Readiness Inspections – in which the JOB is only one of the events) by being away at school. I’d return to the barracks at the end of the day and my platoon would still be playing games aligning all their gear just the right way. Then they’d sleep on the floor so as to not disturb their inspection rack with all the gear laid out on it.

Later as a SSGT, I got nabbed twice to be the SNCOIC for the JOB event in CGRIs. Endless hours were spent getting all the gear and equipment laid out in the exact same set up for each Marine.

When the detail inspectors showed up they’d key in on discrepancies in the uniformity of rack displays, but I never saw one of them check a rifle magazine for cleanliness or serviceability.

And like most inspections, if they found one thing out of place, they’d dig deeper for more. If a Marine had a good looking display and passed the Q&A portion, the inspectors didn’t spend much time in front of him and quickly moved on.

ETA - photos to maintain the spirit of the thread:

On liberty in Peru, Aug. '90. I'm glad the security guy kept his head on a swivel while I posed with his sub-gun!

On liberty in Turkey Nov. '99. This young conscript actually offered to let me hold his sub-gun for the photo:

On liberty in Jordan, Feb. 2000. This soldier wasn't giving up his rifle for the photo:

 

[ChevyGuy91]

ETA - photos to maintain the spirit of the thread:

Awesome sauce.



Every time I tried to get close to a foreigner with a rifle, it got pointed at me.

 

[Dench]

wow thats funny