Just a cool photo because I love the M2 and silhouette shots.
Soldiers of the Personal Security Detachment, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, mount an M2 .50-caliber machine gun before conducting night fire drills during training at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Miss. The 37th IBCT is deploying to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Tagged 37th IBCT, Camp Shelby, M2, national guard, night fire, Ohio National Guard, PSD, training
Sgt. Adam D. Max a flight medic with Forward Support Medical Team, Company C, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 189th Aviation Regiment, South Dakota Army National Guard, conducts a daily pre-flight inspection, getting ready for another day on the job at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Oct. 22.
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When some people see helicopters flying overhead, they complain about making “too much noise.” They assume that our troops flying in them are just “trying to sound important.” The rest of us know that when there is a helicopter in the sky, it’s because real patriots are conducting any number of missions ranging from combat operations to PSD missions to natural disaster response, as in this photo from Senior Master Sgt. David Lipp. You see, our troops have important things to do in order to preserve freedom and liberty and aren’t too concerned that some idiot may be trying to take a nap in a combat zone.
In this photo, the North Dakota National Guard responds to an urgent request by the city of Minot, N.D., using a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to quickly reinforce an area of concern with one-ton sandbags at a flood levee at 13th Street and Railway Avenue on June 24. A North Dakota National Guard helicopter placed about 28 one-ton sandbags on the area of concern in the flood water of the Souris River.
Posted in Military Life, Photo of the Day
Tagged flood response, minot, national guard, North Dakota
I love saying that! DRASH!!
As you know, I’m deploying soon to Afghanistan. As part of the train-up, we had numerous communication exercises, mission rehearsal exercises, and certification exercises! At each one of those, we had to set up these new tents that are called DRASH. They are a bear to put up and take a platoon of Soldiers to get right.
The good thing about them is that they’re modular and more connectable than the old versions. Leaders can literally walk to various staff sections in other DRASHs without ever going outside. Thankfully, by the time I get to Afghanistan, I won’t have to worry about setting another one of these things up!
Soldiers of the 141st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade listen to a civilian instructor explain the proper way to erect a command post platform, a series of climate-controlled field tents that house command staff members and high-tech equipment. The 141st MEB has units and soldiers at Camp Grafton, N.D., taking part in new equipment familiarization over three weeks in June. Photo by SPC Jose Toribio.
Posted in Military Life, Photo of the Day
Tagged command post, drash, national guard
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