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Thank you for your service!
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Originally posted by aaron_silva
The one sentiment that cannot be said enough!BEERTECH
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I hate school firewalls.. I'll check them out when I get home.
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Pictures from an early evening blast earlier in the week. Hole #1 (first picture) is of approximately 500 57mm HE-T (high explosive tracer) being set off with around 500lbs of Comp B flake and two blocks of Comp C-4. The rest of the holes were of 100mm HE and 115mm HE tank rounds using 155mm HE artillery projectiles and Anti-tank mines as the donor material.
Don't forget the good things Hitler did.Comment
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How far away from the explosions were you in those last two pictures?Comment
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i know they are really iffy on what comes outta iraq. do they screen your pictures? or do they tell you what you can and cant take pictures of? just curious.Comment
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I was as close as they'd let me be....approx 3/4 mile. Hopefully sometime this next week I'll be able to aquire a Snickers candy bar which will most likely allow me to push "the button".
Since I'm a civilian, they really don't screen much of anything. If they have a problem with an individual, they send them home. I've been able to take whatever pictures I've wanted to take. With 24 (or more) rather large blasts everyday, the enemy knows we are here (in this area). I am prior service USMC and know what kind of information and what kind of photos would compromise security. I do take some of those types of pictures, but only email them to military friends of mine over a secure lan line who are in this type of field and can find them useful. We also pool certain types of pictures together with other EOD/UXO companies who work in this country with contracts from the Army Corps of Engineers to help each other out when difficult circumstances arise.
Tomorrow morning's blow should be spectacular. We are lighting off more than 20,000 57mm HE-T rounds with around 20 pallets of Anti-tank mines. Hopefully we will have some low clouds wich will contribute to broken windows up to about 2.5 miles away. The afternoon shot will most likely include rocket motors and 122mm HE rockets with an assortment of fused 100mm HEAT rounds and 115mm HE rounds. With low heavy clouds this evening, a nasty shockwave is in the forecast for the morning.Don't forget the good things Hitler did.Comment
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RedBaron - What does everyone over there think of the Kerrymaking a big deal about 300 tons when you guys destroy much more than that?Comment
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Becareful, I brought home 6 fallen commrades Yesterday to Dover AFB and one of them was a Civilian. So don't say it can't happen to me. remember my brother in law also a Civilian that was working in Mosul was injured in a rocket attack.Originally posted by RedBaron86325
I'm just saying becareful dude. Enjoy the heat.Comment
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\Originally posted by 65Matt
To put in into a little bit of perspective, we demo that quantity on almost a daily basis (and we are one of many sites). We take in more than that each week that the Army/Marine Corps finds in people's houses in this area. Sitting here, we kind of laugh about the whole thing being over-blown by the media. All I can really say is that it is just politics and the media monster needs food to fill their 24hs/day appetite.
M-tecknik-3, we've lost a few guys in our small camp over the last couple of months. Nothing worse than hearing the medevac call over the radio and scrambling to provide assistance if necessary. There are a lot of things I'd like to comment about, but I'd rather err on the side of caution...You know the deal. I can say that it is a very awakening experience to bring your next door neighbor back to camp in a bag.Don't forget the good things Hitler did.Comment
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Thanks for the pics, and putting the recent media claims into perspective. Take care pards.
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bill, best of luck. all of us SD'ers wish you a safe and speedy return (mainly cause we need help with our cars)...sigpicComment
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And isn't said enough.Originally posted by RobComment
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