Since I've been gone so long...

Alan2442

Alan2442

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I thought I would share what I've been up to in my time away.

The last one is the only one I'm in since I was taking them all...i'm on the left. This is my platoon training for fire support operations

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I have a video of some shots I fired at a small building. I will post it up here when I get a chance to sit down at an actual computer.

And of course...

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...gunner says hi
 
Thanks for the pics and for your service!!! Keep safe out there!!! Give my best to the rest of your unit and scratch gunner's ears for me too!!!!
 
Stump Buster said:
Thanks for the pics and for your service!!! Keep safe out there!!! Give my best to the rest of your unit and scratch gunner's ears for me too!!!!
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+1 , also now we'll be able to recognize you if we see you from behind with your helment on, lol. :p
 
Good to see you Army guys take team work seriously. :D ;)

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Sorry Alan,ex Marine here & I couldn't resist.:rolleyes:
So you call in or direct the arty for the grunts?Or do you shoot the big guns?
Thanks for the pics & your service & welcome back.:)
 
i call in the artillery and run the FDC...the let us fire the guns every now and then. When I get to Alaska at the end of march i will most likely be working as a Fire Support Officer (FSO) which is more calling in the rounds versus and Fire Direction Officer (FDO) which runs/directs the calling in of rounds.


no need to apologize. the wind is a bit of a problem here in OK...when there is a 40+ mph wind on a day where the temperature is just below freezing you would be surprised what you would see soldiers doing to stay warm...there were three port-o-potties on that barren hill...and about 20 guys taking turns sitting in them together to keep warm. I am sure it was the same in the Marines
 
Yup,I remember one time in Germany,it was colder than a witches whatchamacallit & myself & my fellow mechs. would take turns setting inside the enclosure of a portable light unit that had a little briggs & stratton engine that powered the generator.It was cramped but warm.
 
Looks like fun man! Good to have you back.
 
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