Attention all...

[jerrymrc]

I say that because I'm currently working here. WHy people have been fighting over this worthless patch of nothing for thousands of years is beyond me.

It's got to be one of the most miserable places on earth.

Just like many of us here you now get the T shirt. Feels good don't it....... Many places I would go back to but the sandbox is not one of them.

[Prairiedogsfearme]

If most of the middle East was turned into a decorative serving bowl; then China & N. Korea could be next. This just might be a nice world again. One good thing out of the middle East baklava, and targets (the moving kind)

[ryanek9freak]

Ryan! Great to hear from you.

Is there anything we can send you (anything that won't get us locked up or fined?)

In my opinion all of the Middle East should be turned to glass.

Well, thank you Thomas. I pretty much have anything I need over here though, nothing that the PX and Haji shops cant take care of.

I'd love to Nuke this place.

[Seamonkey]

We're taking the Fobbits to Issengard?

What did you say?
I love that clip!

You know, as much as I hate this place there are some cool moments. As we drove back last night and passed the gate an MRAP was doing their checks and it must have been bottom of the ammo box night cause they were unloading EVERYTHING.



Was flipping great! MRAP .50 full auto for some nice healthy burps instead of the usual few rounds. One soldier was emptying his M-16... twas a nice moment!

BANG BANG!

[Byte Stryke]

Just like many of us here you now get the T shirt. Feels good don't it....... Many places I would go back to but the sandbox is not one of them.

Ive got the Ver. 1.0 shirt and the Ver.2.0 shirt
Aslo got a matching coffee cup around here somewheres..
Shits don't clear up around here soon, I have an offer to go to Kabul and play there for a while.
Not sure the Body can take much more though.
I Might have a few more tours left

[ryanek9freak]

Ive got the Ver. 1.0 shirt and the Ver.2.0 shirt
Aslo got a matching coffee cup around here somewheres..
Shits don't clear up around here soon, I have an offer to go to Kabul and play there for a while.
Not sure the Body can take much more though.
I Might have a few more tours left

Eh, i've toyed around with that as well, but I don't think this old body can handle anymore. I'm outta here next april, and I'm done.

[sniper7]

glad to hear from you!

turn all of the middle east into glass, maybe even let a stray fall down on our southern neighbors...

keep your head down and stay safe

[theGinsue]

Well, thank you Thomas. I pretty much have anything I need over here though, nothing that the PX and Haji shops cant take care of.

I'd love to Nuke this place.

<heavy chuckle> "Haji shops"!

Yup, you're official now!

If things change, let us know ASAP. I don't have a lot of dough, but I believe in taking care of our own and Ill do whatever I can to get you what you need (even if it's just for morale!).

Eh, i've toyed around with that as well, but I don't think this old body can handle anymore. I'm outta here next april, and I'm done.

Ages you pretty danged quick; don't it?!

[theGinsue]

One soldier was emptying his M-16... twas a nice moment!

Here is my most memorable "M16 Mag emptying" story:

I was OPFOR (OPPOSING FORCES / volunteer additional duty) for a good part of my career. I recall during one exercise getting constantly limited in our actions with more and more "you can't do that" commands.

I had a couple of VOX (voice activated headset) radios that I found just happened to have one of it's 5 freq's the same as the "good guys" radios (I bought mine at Radio Shack for hunting nonetheless). We used this to our advantage for intel. After getting our butts chewed for raiding their camp (again) by coming through this filthy pond and told "You can't do that", we were a bit irritated (I'm keeping the language clean).

So, we pulled up stakes and decided to go home (they either want us to teach them how to identify their weaknesses, or they don't - and they DIDN'T).

Since we all had full mag's of blanks we needed to discharge before securing the weapons, I decided to active my VOX and put the headset onto my receiver. Mind you, we were standing within viewing range of the "good guys" camp. I unloaded my mag quickly (not full auto, but single-shot semi as fast as my trigger finger could pull the trigger).

It seems that the guys runnning the "good guys" show had the volume of their radios up a bit too loud. It was a riot watching them hank the headsets off of their heads.

<big sigh> Those were the good ole days.

[sabot_round]

Fuck Iraq.
That is all.

LOL
I'll be heading out there soon. (again!!) We'll be miserable together.