Military Photo Thread

[68TriShield]

Big ole grin on Pete

[CigarDoc]

Here's a couple of me and the guys puffin on a nice nite. I'm the one with the Browning camo hat. (My nametag says Allard)
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...52759885&saved
Thanks to everyone who supports us. We all really appreciate it. It's hard to get a good smoke over here sometimes.

Chris

[pistol]

Originally Posted by CigarDoc

Here's a couple of me and the guys puffin on a nice nite. I'm the one with the Browning camo hat. (My nametag says Allard)
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...52759885&saved
Thanks to everyone who supports us. We all really appreciate it. It's hard to get a good smoke over here sometimes.

Chris

3/73 Cav huh? I was in the old 3-505PIR that's now 5/73 Cav. I left when they were doing all of the RISTA transformation. How's life in the 82nd Cav (that sounds so jacked up!)?

[CigarDoc]

Originally Posted by pistol

3/73 Cav huh? I was in the old 3-505PIR that's now 5/73 Cav. I left when they were doing all of the RISTA transformation. How's life in the 82nd Cav (that sounds so jacked up!)?

RSTA. LOL. We're more like highway patrol here. I wanted to go to 1st 325, but they needed medics here in 3/73. It isn't so bad. I like my job and my NCO's are good guys. We're in Scania, and it's tiny and it's hard to get smokes here. I'm supplying like 80% of the guys here with good smokes, (they are smoking Thompson's ewww.) Other than that, I can't complain.

[pistol]

Originally Posted by CigarDoc

RSTA. LOL. We're more like highway patrol here. I wanted to go to 1st 325, but they needed medics here in 3/73. It isn't so bad. I like my job and my NCO's are good guys. We're in Scania, and it's tiny and it's hard to get smokes here. I'm supplying like 80% of the guys here with good smokes, (they are smoking Thompson's ewww.) Other than that, I can't complain.

Right on, my BN was at a FOB that we built in Mahmudiyah (off of MSR Jackson in an abandoned chicken processing plant) called FOB St Michael, and we also spent a lot of time at Fallujah. Since we had our own FOB in balmy Mahmudiyah (we had no females, at our FOB, so you can imagine how high on the list for amenities we were), we never got anything man! We smoked a ton of Thompsons and my wife sent me a couple of decent boxes, so I feel your pain! We were definitely happy with what he had though. Hell, we didn't get s-hitters for until we hit the 4 month mark and showers until we hit the 6 month mark, so smoking a Thompson was nice!

[billybarue]

I'm on the left

[CigarDoc]

Originally Posted by pistol

Right on, my BN was at a FOB that we built in Mahmudiyah (off of MSR Jackson in an abandoned chicken processing plant) called FOB St Michael, and we also spent a lot of time at Fallujah. Since we had our own FOB in balmy Mahmudiyah (we had no females, at our FOB, so you can imagine how high on the list for amenities we were), we never got anything man! We smoked a ton of Thompsons and my wife sent me a couple of decent boxes, so I feel your pain! We were definitely happy with what he had though. Hell, we didn't get s-hitters for until we hit the 4 month mark and showers until we hit the 6 month mark, so smoking a Thompson was nice!

Kinda funny when a Thompson is nice. LOL. My wife is cool about my "habit" I usually spend about $150 a paycheck on stogies, and pass em out to everyone. I'd rather spend the money and smoke with my buds than have a bunch and smoke alone. I gotta admit, though, I'm glad I have a $hit*er and shower. Our unit runs a burn clinic for Iraqi children, and after 10 hours in a connex peeling and scraping burnt flesh, you smell a little nasty. Those are the days when I enjoy my smokes the most.

[pistol]

Originally Posted by CigarDoc

Kinda funny when a Thompson is nice. LOL. My wife is cool about my "habit" I usually spend about $150 a paycheck on stogies, and pass em out to everyone. I'd rather spend the money and smoke with my buds than have a bunch and smoke alone. I gotta admit, though, I'm glad I have a $hit*er and shower. Our unit runs a burn clinic for Iraqi children, and after 10 hours in a connex peeling and scraping burnt flesh, you smell a little nasty. Those are the days when I enjoy my smokes the most.

Haha, yeah, you never forget that smell! I'm in the OR all the time now (I sell surgical equipment for Ethicon-Endo Surgery), so I was reminded of that smell the first time I smelled a bovie on flesh. when we were in Iraq, the LT's in my company got together for a smoke as much as possible. We could usually get together after chow, but before our night ops about 3 times a week. I actually miss those times a lot; they were the best smoking buddies I've ever had.

[cquon]

This is me (on the right) 18 years ago, when we still had a Strategic Air Command. We had just completed a test launch of a Minuteman III ICBM.

[IHT]

i don't know if i have any photos of me while i was in (that are on any computers in digital form).

[stig]

Originally Posted by IHT

i don't know if i have any photos of me while i was in (that are on any computers in digital form).

A scanner would be just fine.

[RGD]

Well I found a couple of old photos - these go back just about 30 years to 1978. Ran them through the scanner so this is as good as they get at the moment. Notice the big ole red hat - was working on an Army Corp of Engineers job out in the Rock Island district for Quincy IL and Missouri - flood plane control job.

First picture - 220 pounds of lean mean fighting errr, ummm surveying machine!




What's wrong with this picture - notice the axle position -
This was before cell phones and so the other guy and I were stuck out on some back road in the middle of nowhere. We had Corp issued FM radios but could not reach them. Ended up reaching the Coast Guard (on the Mississippi river) who got a hold of the Corp of Engineers who called back to Fort Belvior who then got a hold of the local Army Reserve unit to come and pick us up.




In this picture - I don't know what the deal with the tongue is - but the arm is screwed. Broken wrist in 5 places, torn triangular cartridge, and pulled all the muscles in my arm. The was out in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Doing a survey of the base - not an actual inmate.
Played on the Amry (of course) football team, defensive end - we were playing the Marines. Anyway on one play something didn't go right - heard the "snap" but thought it was the other guy. When I got to the hospital there were already 12 other guys there from the game. Don't even remember who won. Tough but fun game!



Got more pics somewhere - but who knows where.


Ron

[papajohn67]

1968 - Vietnam - 101st ABN

[CigarDoc]

101st, Back when they were Paratroopers, not just a bunch of dirty nasty legs. LOL.

[RETSF]

Originally Posted by cquon

This is me (on the right) 18 years ago, when we still had a Strategic Air Command. We had just completed a test launch of a Minuteman III ICBM.

If the test launce took place at Vandenberg AFB between 1978-1984 I probably worked the launch. "Glory Trip, OOH RAH!"