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Cutty72
11-22-2009, 03:37 PM
Ok guys, managed to get out in a blackhawk the other day, so I figured I'd share some pics from the ride and around the base.
The bird we rode on
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa150/Cutty72/Kosovo/DSC_0477.jpg
and random shots of the countryside and towns
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa150/Cutty72/Kosovo/DSC_0159.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa150/Cutty72/Kosovo/DSC_0190.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa150/Cutty72/Kosovo/DSC_0210.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa150/Cutty72/Kosovo/DSC_0235.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa150/Cutty72/Kosovo/DSC_0387.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa150/Cutty72/Kosovo/DSC_0413.jpg
Cutty72
11-22-2009, 03:39 PM
Here is a pic of my ride around post.
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa150/Cutty72/Kosovo/Ourride.jpg
And what makes the stay not so bad. View from outside my office.
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa150/Cutty72/Kosovo/076.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa150/Cutty72/Kosovo/078.jpg
Cutty72
11-22-2009, 04:27 PM
The country is actually really beautiful. Just a lot of run down buildings, and trash on the side of the road.
hey my third world paradise didnt have any grass and those places are relative mansions ;)
Cutty72
11-22-2009, 04:57 PM
what you can't see in the pics is that most of them only have the main floor finished. They leave the upsairs incomplete for tax saving purposes.
Homeslice
11-22-2009, 06:14 PM
Dig the hood scoops on those yot's
Kaneman
11-22-2009, 06:49 PM
Why are some of the most beautiful places in the world so fucked up?
Thanks for posting that!
ericr
11-22-2009, 08:45 PM
Cool pics :dthumb:
Particle Man
11-22-2009, 09:08 PM
sweet pics!
VatorMan
11-22-2009, 10:17 PM
:pat::trip:
Cutty72
11-23-2009, 04:04 PM
Dig the hood scoops on those yot's
the ones with scoops are Mitsubishi's actually :lol:
4cyl diesel with a 5 speed. actually pretty fun little rigs.
And thanks guys, I'll try to add more as I get the chance to go out.
mutley
11-23-2009, 04:08 PM
Cool. love taking pictures
Cutty72
03-23-2010, 04:31 PM
Got some more pics for you guys.
Buddy of mine "checking things out"
Another "kosovo Harley"
Yes, that car does have a circular saw built in to the back. It also has a chain saw right behind the driver.
Me and my bud throwing in the shocker.
Other guys in the squad.
goof2
03-23-2010, 04:48 PM
The "Kosovo Harleys" are great. The Blackhawk looks like a hell of a ride too.
Archren
03-23-2010, 05:04 PM
OMG. It's all so... so... GREEN!! :panic:
Great pics, man. Glad to see I'm not the only person under the rank of E8 who has an M9. :lol: I have an M4, too, but unless I'm outside the wire or at the range it stays in the vault.
ETA: What's your patch? I can't make it out very well in the pics. I'm weird, I know, but I like seeing all the different patches I find in the Army. :lol:
Cutty72
03-23-2010, 05:17 PM
The "Kosovo Harleys" are great. The Blackhawk looks like a hell of a ride too.
They were a huge WTF the first time we saw one, now it's just another vehicle on the road. :lol
Wonder what kind of mods GMan could do to one of them?
Cutty72
03-23-2010, 05:27 PM
OMG. It's all so... so... GREEN!! :panic:
Great pics, man. Glad to see I'm not the only person under the rank of E8 who has an M9. :lol: I have an M4, too, but unless I'm outside the wire or at the range it stays in the vault.
ETA: What's your patch? I can't make it out very well in the pics. I'm weird, I know, but I like seeing all the different patches I find in the Army. :lol:
Yeah, similar climate here as Southern SD, IA area. Coldest we saw was about 10 degrees, we had snow often, but never lasted more than about 10 days.
As for the 9's, all our SAW gunners dual carried through training, but once we got here, they carry 9 only.
The rest of us that spend more time running around than out patroling got issued them as well. I have a M4 w/CCO in the vault, in fact I get to go qualify with it again on the 30th. :rockwoot:
Really, I think everyone here should be carrying 9's, as there is no reason to have anything more than that with our current state. The local police force takes care of everything, we are strictly a visible presence.
Below are the pics of the patch.
The first is the current ghey ass one we are forced to wear on this deployment. They are talking that we may continue to wear it when we get home too :td:
The next one is the tried and true ND patch. This one is recognized across the Nation as belonging to ND and excellence will be shown by those who wear it. It killed me to have to take it off and put on the new one.
Archren
03-23-2010, 05:36 PM
Ok, I recognize the second one for sure.
I was worried when I first found out we were going to change patches... but I like our new patch better than the old T-patch we were wearing before. Now if only our Brigade wasn't so full of raging douchebags, I might actually be proud to wear the damn thing as my combat patch. :lol:
Cutty72
03-23-2010, 05:42 PM
Yeah, see what I mean! The "old" ND patch is recognized!
And I agree, not sure if I would wear it if they did allow us back to the old one and authorize our current as a combat patch.
Archren
03-23-2010, 05:55 PM
This is our Brigade patch. I like the design. I just don't like how the unit has totally undermined any meaning behind wearing it.
Cutty72
03-23-2010, 05:57 PM
That's pretty cool.
Your IR spot is showing :lol:
Archren
03-23-2010, 06:04 PM
That's pretty cool.
Your IR spot is showing :lol:
It's not a picture of me. :lol: It's a pic I found in one of 13th ESC's PAO articles of one of our PSD guys. It was high enough resolution to get a good close up of the patch. It's 1 am here, I'm not about to go rooting around for my camera in the dark just to take a picture. :D
Cutty72
03-23-2010, 06:07 PM
It's not a picture of me. :lol: It's a pic I found in one of 13th ESC's PAO articles of one of our PSD guys. It was high enough resolution to get a good close up of the patch. It's 1 am here, I'm not about to go rooting around for my camera in the dark just to take a picture. :D
huh, didn't realize you were 2 hours ahead of me...
oh well, off to bed for me, another mission yet tomorrow!
Lucky people, I gots the arcent patch, while historic, dating back to WW1, with combat in WW2, Desert Storms 1-5 and now Iraq and afghanistan, it just looks kinda cheesy. I want a combat patch with some ohfmph behind it. I want my 101 patch back (was originally awarded it then they took it back because I didnt report directly to 101).
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/images/3army.gif
Gas Man
03-23-2010, 08:53 PM
I mod it with neons and do wheelies on you rmom
ericr
03-23-2010, 10:08 PM
This was our unit patch in Kuwait, that we never got to wear because they never did a subdued version :p I thought it was pretty cool but it's busy as hell ;)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v409/erush69/Assorted/IMG_0429.jpg
Mikey
03-23-2010, 10:59 PM
On my last Afghan tour, I was awarded combat patches from both the 82nd and 173rd. I wore them both proudly, partly because I'm an AF guy, so wearing ACUs with combat patches is a really cool thing, even though I can never wear them back at my home unit.
On my last Afghan tour, I was awarded combat patches from both the 82nd and 173rd. I wore them both proudly, partly because I'm an AF guy, so wearing ACUs with combat patches is a really cool thing, even though I can never wear them back at my home unit.
More than half the time I dont even bother wearing all the neat stuff that goes on my acu. More often than not the combat patch, but the last time I wore all the dangly things on the left side was a few years back
Cutty72
03-24-2010, 01:55 PM
Those aren't combat patches, they are my Unit patches.
Archren
03-24-2010, 09:22 PM
The phoenix patch is my unit patch as well. I can wear it as my combat patch, although since our Brigade is part of 36th ID, we are also authorized to wear their patch (the Texas T-patch).
http://www.1starmy.com/uploadimages/Product_3829_det.jpg
Although I wear my combat patch from my first deployment in 2004, with 13th COSCOM (now they're known as 13th ESC).
http://www.militaryclothing.com/id-6/ImgUpload/N_23462022_1723087.JPG
That being said... I wish I could wear the MNC-I (although they've changed the title to "USF-I") patch, which is the subdued version of this:
http://images.milbadges.com/217/multinational_force_iraq_ssi_n11422.gif
Lucky people, I gots the arcent patch, while historic, dating back to WW1, with combat in WW2, Desert Storms 1-5 and now Iraq and afghanistan, it just looks kinda cheesy. I want a combat patch with some ohfmph behind it. I want my 101 patch back (was originally awarded it then they took it back because I didnt report directly to 101).
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/images/3army.gif
i wear first cav as thats who i was with on my active duty deployment. Ive even still got some of the reversed ''no retreat'' combat patches they had made up for in country
That's pretty cool.
Your IR spot is showing :lol:
i usually cut those off with the velcro cover. i can always turn the firefly on if our birds get to nosy
More than half the time I dont even bother wearing all the neat stuff that goes on my acu. More often than not the combat patch, but the last time I wore all the dangly things on the left side was a few years back
i havent worn my CAB in years :lol:
Cutty72
04-30-2010, 05:27 PM
Got a little update for everyone.
As of 27APR10, I am Staff Sergeant Hartl.
Got pinned this morning in our awards ceremony.
Great feeling moving up, too bad it's at the end of the deployment, and I have to go to the other side of the state for the position.
Amber Lamps
04-30-2010, 09:09 PM
Got a little update for everyone.
As of 27APR10, I am Staff Sergeant Hartl.
Got pinned this morning in our awards ceremony.
Great feeling moving up, too bad it's at the end of the deployment, and I have to go to the other side of the state for the position.
Congrats!!! I never went past SGT/ E-5 even though I took BNOC... Oh well, good on you bro!!!
Amber Lamps
04-30-2010, 09:14 PM
Lucky people, I gots the arcent patch, while historic, dating back to WW1, with combat in WW2, Desert Storms 1-5 and now Iraq and afghanistan, it just looks kinda cheesy. I want a combat patch with some ohfmph behind it. I want my 101 patch back (was originally awarded it then they took it back because I didnt report directly to 101).
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/images/3army.gif
Memories...... Don't forget....
Archren
04-30-2010, 10:45 PM
Got a little update for everyone.
As of 27APR10, I am Staff Sergeant Hartl.
Got pinned this morning in our awards ceremony.
Great feeling moving up, too bad it's at the end of the deployment, and I have to go to the other side of the state for the position.
:rockwoot: Congrats, man!! That's awesome. :)
Cutty72
05-01-2010, 07:48 AM
Thanks, I finish up my BNCOC in June, finish our re-integration drills in Sept, and then I get to start driving across the state for drill. I'm the motor Sergeant of a detachment. SO, about 40 people, and I'm the 3rd highest ranking there... :lol:
Archren
05-01-2010, 12:12 PM
Thanks, I finish up my BNCOC in June, finish our re-integration drills in Sept, and then I get to start driving across the state for drill. I'm the motor Sergeant of a detachment. SO, about 40 people, and I'm the 3rd highest ranking there... :lol:
Yeah, I so don't envy you that job. :lol: I have enough on my hands with two Soldiers and a Major. :panic:
Cutty72
05-01-2010, 12:22 PM
Actually it should be pretty nice. Should be me and my mechanic off on our own. The PSG should take care of all the other soldiers. My focus is maintenance and keeping everything up to par for the det.
Cutty72
05-01-2010, 12:24 PM
OH, and we did a bit of CLS training the other day.
Needed a little comic relief, and it was hilarious to see the students reaction when they came to me while checking over the "casualties" :lol:
Archren
05-01-2010, 12:36 PM
Dude. :lmao: What. The. HELL!!
racedoll
05-01-2010, 09:40 PM
Great pictures. I wish I understood all this military lingo you guys have written.
ericr
05-01-2010, 10:16 PM
:lol Cutty
Cutty72
05-02-2010, 05:18 AM
Great pictures. I wish I understood all this military lingo you guys have written.
CLS = Combat Life Saver. One step below a medic, they do the "quick fix up" in the field until you can get to a medic.
Any others you don't know, feel free to ask, or google them, they quite often come up.
Amber Lamps
05-02-2010, 05:13 PM
CLS = Combat Life Saver. One step below a medic, they do the "quick fix up" in the field until you can get to a medic.
Any others you don't know, feel free to ask, or google them, they quite often come up.
Do they still require a CLS in every squad?
Cutty72
05-03-2010, 05:36 AM
Do they still require a CLS in every squad?
"require" used loosely, but we had at least that in our BN. In fact, one company had a 95% qualified rating.
We had a lot of free time for training.
Amber Lamps
05-03-2010, 10:28 AM
"require" used loosely, but we had at least that in our BN. In fact, one company had a 95% qualified rating.
We had a lot of free time for training.
:lol:
Archren
05-03-2010, 02:03 PM
We had a similar percentage in our unit. They made just about everyone go through CLS training who wasn't already CLS qualified when we went through PMT (pre-mobilization training, for the uninitiated). Really though... there are just some people who aren't cut out for sticking others with needles. :panic:
Cutty72
05-03-2010, 02:08 PM
They no longer do the re-stick on the annual recert. So do it once and you are done. scary.
Archren
05-04-2010, 12:44 PM
They no longer do the re-stick on the annual recert. So do it once and you are done. scary.
They took away all our sticking equipment here in theater, anyway (needles/catheters, fluids, etc.). So sticking during a recert is moot. Kinda defeats the purpose of a CLS, IMO.. but.. whatever.
z06boy
05-04-2010, 01:12 PM
Cool pics...always neat to see different places around the world. Congrats on the promotion too.
The one pic...wtf ?!?!? :rofl: :cheers:
Cutty72
05-04-2010, 02:33 PM
They took away all our sticking equipment here in theater, anyway (needles/catheters, fluids, etc.). So sticking during a recert is moot. Kinda defeats the purpose of a CLS, IMO.. but.. whatever.
All our CLS bags still have everything... except the Saline bag. :idk:
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