Kosovo Photos

Big Sarge · 06-17-2008, 03:26 PM

Here are a few photos from our tour in Kosovo. I can't claim all of these because some were taken by my soldiers.

Big Sarge · 06-17-2008, 03:30 PM

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TheMercenary · 06-17-2008, 06:50 PM

Air Assault!

I went to Air Assault School in 1992 when I was stationed at Ft. Campbell.

Big Sarge · 06-18-2008, 01:57 AM

Hooah! We are an Air Assault BN, but are functioning here as general lift

xoxoxoBruce · 06-18-2008, 10:23 AM

Bah... piss-ant little helicopter. Get a Chinook!

Big Sarge · 06-18-2008, 01:06 PM

Buddy-Ro you are right about the Chinook. Most folks don't realize that is the fastest helicopter we have.

Undertoad · 06-18-2008, 05:36 PM

Bruce knows.... he builds 'em!

Sundae · 06-18-2008, 05:45 PM

It's a beautiful part of the world.

I work with a former Croatian refugee. She will always be a refugee because she has absorbed enough of our culture to feel awkward "at home" when she visits, but her roots and her early memories are there - a landscape that still exists, but a country/ way of life that doesn't.

She doesn't moan about it - she is happy with her life now. But sometimes, a turn of phrase reminds me what people leave behind.

I am so tied to this country. I do love it. I'd carry on elsewhere if I had to, but if I was forced out by any of the four horsemen I'd mourn for however long I had left.

regular.joe · 06-18-2008, 07:43 PM

I was told as a young Joe, "If you don't slip and slide on hydraulic fluid walking up the ramp of a Chinook, don't get on it. It ain't running right."

xoxoxoBruce · 06-18-2008, 10:27 PM

That ramp, (and it's tongue), is a complicated piece of machinery that takes untold abuse... needs lots of lubrication.

TheMercenary · 06-19-2008, 10:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by regular.joe

I was told as a young Joe, "If you don't slip and slide on hydraulic fluid walking up the ramp of a Chinook, don't get on it. It ain't running right."

Heh, I was told the same thing. If they don't have some leaking out on the ground, don't ride in it, it's out of oil.

The good thing is when we jumped out it made for a fast exit from 1400 feet.

06-17-2008, 03:26 PM	#1
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	Kosovo Photos Here are a few photos from our tour in Kosovo. I can't claim all of these because some were taken by my soldiers. Attached Images

06-17-2008, 03:30 PM	#2
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	more Attached Images

06-17-2008, 06:50 PM	#3
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Air Assault! I went to Air Assault School in 1992 when I was stationed at Ft. Campbell. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

06-18-2008, 10:23 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Bah... piss-ant little helicopter. Get a Chinook! __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-18-2008, 05:45 PM	#8
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	It's a beautiful part of the world. I work with a former Croatian refugee. She will always be a refugee because she has absorbed enough of our culture to feel awkward "at home" when she visits, but her roots and her early memories are there - a landscape that still exists, but a country/ way of life that doesn't. She doesn't moan about it - she is happy with her life now. But sometimes, a turn of phrase reminds me what people leave behind. I am so tied to this country. I do love it. I'd carry on elsewhere if I had to, but if I was forced out by any of the four horsemen I'd mourn for however long I had left. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

06-18-2008, 01:57 AM	#4
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	Hooah! We are an Air Assault BN, but are functioning here as general lift

06-18-2008, 01:06 PM	#6
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	Buddy-Ro you are right about the Chinook. Most folks don't realize that is the fastest helicopter we have.

06-18-2008, 05:36 PM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Bruce knows.... he builds 'em!

06-18-2008, 07:43 PM	#9
regular.joe Старый сержант Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NC, dreaming of large Russian women. Posts: 1,464	I was told as a young Joe, "If you don't slip and slide on hydraulic fluid walking up the ramp of a Chinook, don't get on it. It ain't running right." __________________ Birth, wealth, and position are valueless during wartime. Man is only judged by his character --Soldier's Testament. Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. - Marcus Aurelius.

06-18-2008, 10:27 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That ramp, (and it's tongue), is a complicated piece of machinery that takes untold abuse... needs lots of lubrication. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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