Found some more of my grandpa and great grandpa, or maybe great-great grandpa, I'm not sure on that one.
Your confiscation sounds a little more impactful though as I have a pretty good guess as to what it could be. Speaking of though, I had a few college classes with a guy who was in a team that came across yellow cake in Iraq.
We came across a bunker that we found stuff in and when we realized what it was, we all exited and called it in. We were told to sit tight, monitor the radio for guidance, and refrain from going back in.
After a while we were notified of a direction and description of vehicles coming to relieve us. Nothing showed up on BFTs. They showed up in Expeditions, had plain tan outfits, no name tapes or unit designation. They spoke with our PL, confiscated our media devices, wiped them, and sent us on our way.
We also had a mission where we tracked certain vehicles to and from Syria into this area in the desert west of Balad.
Tun Tavern was America’s first gay bar.
It sounds almost identical to the stories I was told. All the materials got moved. Makes you wonder why GW and the Republicans never pushed back against the narrative and just let the media roll with that lie that they were never there. How is it even logical that they wouldn't release the info that they absolutely knew they were moved. Unless of course it was our guys that moved them, and then that brings a whole other series of questions.
We came across a bunker that we found stuff in and when we realized what it was, we all exited and called it in. We were told to sit tight, monitor the radio for guidance, and refrain from going back in.
After a while we were notified of a direction and description of vehicles coming to relieve us. Nothing showed up on BFTs. They showed up in Expeditions, had plain tan outfits, no name tapes or unit designation. They spoke with our PL, confiscated our media devices, wiped them, and sent us on our way.
We also had a mission where we tracked certain vehicles to and from Syria into this area in the desert west of Balad.
Tun Tavern was America’s first gay bar.
That’s my old unit you’re flying with VMGR-152. Small world.On the plane to the island of Iwo Jima
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That’s my old unit you’re flying with VMGR-152. Small world.
Spent 20 years in the Marines, and loved just about all of it.
That is a KC-130J. It’s loaded up with tech to help the crew land “blind” if it needed to, but not something we have to do “for real” all that often. You can land that plane at a 540 fpm decent rate without issue, but it’s not pleasant for the passengers.That flight was crazy on the way back. We landed in a storm and the first attempt was unsuccessful. All I remember was how how hard we slammed onto the runway on the first attempt and how powerful that plane felt on the takeoff for the next attempt; it literally pulled us backwards from the thrust. I always remember it as a C130 but it isn't. What kind of plane is that?
Never mind: you said VMGR-152 is the plane?
That is a KC-130J. It’s loaded up with tech to help the crew land “blind” if it needed to, but not something we have to do “for real” all that often. You can land that plane at a 540 fpm decent rate without issue, but it’s not pleasant for the passengers.
Lookin sharp Gunny. Can almost guarantee that was a memorable night for you.
I'm dumb. It looked different to me with the longer nose cone so I assumed it was something else. Everything you described sounds like everything we experienced on that flight back lol. You're sitting on the floor so your ass is like 2 ft from the ground you're landing on. There's no windows back there and we slammed into the ground hard on that first attempt so it was a little jarring. The main thing that still astonished me is the thrust though. Never felt anything like it before.
That’s wild. Yes, I have been there before, but not for a long time (2001).
Amazing pictures of some really GREAT Americans! They don't make Americans like that anymore....
All my pictures are hard copies. I'll have to pull out the old photo album and snap some pictures lol.
Happy Veterans Day to all my military brethren!
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