How's this for "Lots of free time in the Army"?

thanks for the pics mate.

stay safe, and thanks for what you're doing.

I personally think this is one of the most interesting topics in here for a long time

Thanks for posting this for us, and keep safe with the other guys in there!

glad i revisited this thread...great pics have been posted and it's been informative..keep up the great work

The sign's supposed to say "Danger", but I'm not sure if it was intentionally modified or not... Either way, it caught my eye...

Always looking for the "artistic" picture, no one passes up a sunrise...

Even if it means it's about to get really freakin' HOT!!!

Whoever gives you crap about free time can f themselves. Were glad that you were posting for us in your free time. Hats off to you good man. Be careful.

This is a Buffalo...
It's what the army uses to investigate and remove IED's and UXO's. (Unexploded Ordnance) Besides being really big, it's built to take a real beating. The arm on the side is used to actually dig up potential threats. Notice how the end is sand color, and the rest is charred? About a week ago, one of the bombs went off while they were checking it out. Needless to say, the arm's components are easily replaced and always on hand. You also can't tell from the angle of the picture, but the underside is "V" shaped, in case of a blast from below. The shape deflects the "majority" of the blast.

For a size reference, look at the large cooler on the back, which is next to a case of 6 1.5 liter water bottles. There's also a ladder on the side...

I like this topic a lot.. good pics and very interesting stuff.. be careful out there..

@ "I ANGER STAY BACK"

I bet this was a killer joke when they made it!

I bet no one gets to see one of these fly over their heads EVERY DAY...

Of course, they're moving so fast and so low, half the time we don't see them either...

Apache Attack Helicopter

awesome, thanks, love the buffalo

more great pics...thanks for sharing all of these

Almost every day, EOD collects and disposes of large numbers of explosives. How do they do this, you ask?

They put them all in a pit and blow them the fuck up!!

The boom is always impressive, and it can be felt miles away... At the time of this picture I was about a mile away. The large buildings behind the explosion make up Baghdad International Airport, which is not small by any standards... That was one detonation of about 6 in a row....

Very cool thread, and would love to see it continue. This stuff is interesting, unlike the canned crap that they put on the daily news. Keep up the great work (both on the thread and on the ground!).

Excellent thread - interesting stuff. Please continue posting your experiences - I like seeing the other side.

Only thing I can say about this thread is a big HOOAH! an stay safe soldier an continue to post these cool pictures. More of you an the guys in your unit be cool too........put a more human face on this.

yeah, cool thread.
here's a question: how easy is it to "get it on" with a female soldier when you're out there "killing time?"

Here's one of the soldier's helmets after the 2nd hit that destroyed the humvee pictured before. The soldier was burned, but not too badly. The helmet was melted off of his head from the heat. You can see the melted retention straps, and there's even some melting that went on inside the helmet throughout the padding...

As for the "getting it on" question; I'll be honest. While it is officially known to be against Army regulations for any sexual activity during deployments, where there's a will, there's a way. I've seen it go well and go bad for fellow soldiers in the past. While I was in Kosovo, one guy was crazy enough to actually have sex with a female in his cot with a room full of people present and the lights on. They were in a sleeping bag, but the fact she was riding him didn't hide what was going on real well. Needless to say, he was caught. He also got her pregnant. I'm sure his wife wasn't cool with that.

Many take the chance of getting in a lot of trouble to sate their hormonal thirsts. To answer the question, It's not that difficult.

Of course, I am happily married and would never jeapordize what I have at home by taking the chance. News travels fast; even over seas...

all i can say about that helmet is wow...glad he wasn't hurt too badly

Here's one fresh off the camera, less than four hours old...
I got the luxury of riding in the Buffalo today, while we went to "interrogate" possible IED's. We were lucky enough to not find any, however; The first site we went to had two suspicious bags lying next to the road.

So... Using the arm, the bags were hooked, picked up, and shaken vigorously to reveal....


Two bags full of dead chickens...