Military Pics & Comments Thread

[raildog]

[raildog]

[raildog]

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[ArmyBrat61]

My Dad's Old School woop ass.....

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[Pete123]

What is a fister?

[monkeylizard]

raildog, did they run out of "H" letters for that road sign?

 

 

 

Oh...and you stole my van picture

 

Edited July 6, 2016 by monkeylizard

[monkeylizard]

5 minutes ago, Pete123 said:

What is a fister?

I'm not sure what it means to the military, but DO NOT Google that.

[quietguy]

9 minutes ago, Pete123 said:

What is a fister?

A member of a Fire Support Team

[raildog]

1 hour ago, Pete123 said:

What is a fister?

Forward Observer 13 foxtrot

Edited July 6, 2016 by raildog

[Omega]

A few from my unit prior to retirement.

[Pete123]

Those are some great pics you all are posting.  The artillery/mortar shots are really good.  

I didn't realize that Chinooks can do mid-air refueling.

I'm old school, so I definitely appreciate the missiles that armybrat posted. 

[Sidecarist]

1 hour ago, ArmyBrat61 said:

My Dad's Old School woop ass.....

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I remember a NIKE base near Buffalo NY in the 60's when visiting my grandparents.  They sure made an impression!

[ArmyBrat61]

My Dad worked on the Zeus, Hercules, Ajax, Hawk, Pegasus and Pershing missle systems...both stateside and in Europe. He was standing in the gap in Germany during Kennedy's trouble with the Commies.....then onto 'Nam to satisify Johnson.....

 

 

 

 

Edited July 6, 2016 by ArmyBrat61

[raildog]

10 hours ago, Pete123 said:

What is a fister?

[raildog]

Here are some more artillery pics if i can find all my old non digital and scan them i have some really good ones from Afghanistan 

[monkeylizard]

My dad is a retired USAF chaplain. When we were at Kadena on Okinawa he was assigned to the 909th Air Refueling Squadron. He flew a lot of missions with those guys, including some to gas up the Habu, aka the SR-71 Blackbird. He has some great pictures from those flights. I'll try to get my hands on them, scan them, and post some up here. Of all the pictures he took in all the years around some amazing aircraft, those are still my favorites. Those and the Space Shuttle arriving at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma on the back of the 747. That was pretty cool too.

Edited July 6, 2016 by monkeylizard

[raildog]

For those that want to make their own memory's this is up for sale 

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-view-details.html?adId=1104269120&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=facebook-post-adId%3D1104269120&utm_campaign=edelman

[Johnny Rotten]

[Johnny Rotten]

[Pete123]

Sergeant Stubby was the most decorated war dog of World War I, and the only one to be promoted to sergeant in the field after he successfully located and captured a German spy.

[Pete123]

[Pete123]

Jap torpedo plane under fire

 

[Pete123]

The Battle for Midway.  This was the turning point for the Pacific fleet during WW2.  We unleashed major whoopass on them.

 

[Handsome Rob]

Just received a MONSTER kick in the head! Mum just emailed me this pic.....

That's little me in the back left corner.

The guy to my right was one of my best friends,Simonn McCullough. He joined the Paras in '92 & spent a year in Northern Ireland. He was killed by an IRA booby trap whilst pulling a republican flag from the side of a protestant school wall in '94.

The young kid one to the right of centre, back row is Adam Hope. He was recently promoted to Regimental Sergeant Major after 19 years service with the Royal Army Medical Corps. He made all the papers as being one of the last 2 British soldiers to be removed from Iraq. He & a company corporal were volunteering in a civvy hospital when the orders came through & basically told the Army to pound sand. They weren't leaving until ALL the civilians in the hospital had been evacuated to safety.

They got a severe reprimand & a Military Cross for Gallantry for that.

This is them now (right & left. Don't know the guy in the middle)

[Handsome Rob]

Hah! The guy to the right of Simon McCullough ( 3rd from the left, back row) is Jamie McCormack. He's Royal Engineers, I think 18 years in & the sergeant on the front row is his Dad, who served with the Engineers in Northern Ireland & The Falklands (plus lots more I don't know of/can't remember)

 

And the caption is wrong. W weren't air cadets, we were Cadets of the Prince of Wales own Regiment of Yorkshire, the same regiment I went on to serve with, however briefly.

The little shady looking guy, second from the right, back row: I forget his name. It was David Verner.....he's now a multi-millionaire graphic artist & the kid 3rd from the left in the front row is Rob Holmes. Doing life for double murder. 

I had some......interesting......friends as a kid!

 

Sorry for all the edits, memory's a funny thing!

Sent from a mountain top, via telepathy.
 

Edited July 9, 2016 by robtattoo