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Posted on 10/14/2004 5:02:53 PM PDT by datura
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Just a salute to our Armed Forces from a veteran - one of those days when I wish I were still there.
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posted on
10/14/2004 5:02:53 PM PDT
by
datura
To: datura
isn't this just a mcguire rig doing a stabo type extract?
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posted on
10/14/2004 5:05:21 PM PDT
by
Rakkasan1
(Justice of the Piece:If Marx is your hero, Kerry is your candidate.)
To: datura
I can answer your question on this. I was Navy got to do this once as part of an goodwill between squadrons aboard the carrier. You stay connect from point A to point B. It is a heck of a ride. :)
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posted on
10/14/2004 5:06:23 PM PDT
by
Americanwolf
(Paintball Gun: $44..Accessories: $55. Protecting campaign sign from Union thugs: Priceless!)
To: datura
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posted on
10/14/2004 5:06:25 PM PDT
by
michwm
To: Rakkasan1
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posted on
10/14/2004 5:07:09 PM PDT
by
Americanwolf
(Paintball Gun: $44..Accessories: $55. Protecting campaign sign from Union thugs: Priceless!)
To: datura
That looks like FUN! (At least till you get whacked on something hard)
To: datura
Dude....
Reduce the size of those pictures...
They are HUGE. They saturate my broadband,
what would they do to a modem user!!!
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posted on
10/14/2004 5:09:59 PM PDT
by
konaice
(PULL!!!)
To: datura
Need a Barf aleart for that second pic. Got dizzy just looking at it.
The best way to dispose of explosive ordnance is in or on your enemy.
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posted on
10/14/2004 5:10:08 PM PDT
by
ProudVet77
(W stands for Winner)
To: Rakkasan1
Question: First pic..what's at the ned of the line?..somethign to stabilize it after the troops disengage?
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posted on
10/14/2004 5:13:10 PM PDT
by
ken5050
To: datura
A military helo pilot friend of mine thinks these guys are nuts. He calls them (no offense intended) "Dopes on a rope"
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posted on
10/14/2004 5:16:16 PM PDT
by
jbstrick
(This tagline has passed the "Global Test")
To: Still Thinking
It looks fun... until you get to the part of the briefing about "in the case of uncorrectable osculation the pilot will make an effort to release you over water or trees to help increase the odds of your survival..."
To: datura
Very cool!
I worked Roach Coach(hot/cold food truck) on Eglin AFB when I was 19, and the EOD guys were my favorite stop.
They were always full of humor, but the craziest guys I'd ever met in the military(and I spent almost all 19 living on AFB's). They had rattlesnake skins on the wall, time bomb clocks and a cave outside to do exercises in. I found out why they were all crazy.
I later dated the Chief Msgt's daughter over that unit and got to see another room inside. They had glass display cases of every type of IED you can think of, from rat traps to ciggarette packs. THey also had a large stock of various sized missiles.
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posted on
10/14/2004 5:18:01 PM PDT
by
Se7eN
To: konaice
Hey - I'm on a modem, and they don't take that long to load. You folks lucky enough to have broadband have no room to complain.
That second photo makes a great desktop - it gives me the willies every time I look at it.
That must be something to stabilize the rope at the end (?).
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posted on
10/14/2004 5:18:04 PM PDT
by
datura
(The difference between a Democrat and a Communist is? (The commie is honest about it.))
To: Squantos
A flying EOD team for your viewing pleasure.
To: konaice
modem...users...drowning....(gurgle)
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posted on
10/14/2004 5:19:00 PM PDT
by
EggsAckley
(............so many vanities............................so little bandwidth..................)
To: Se7eN
I got my first taste of the EOD guys doing a seep of an impact area in Germany. The first time I saw one of them kick the exposed tailfins of a mortar round out of the ground I almost hit the dirt.
I repeated that for years whenever I was around Lieutenants in an impact area. (Only once I was taught which ones NOT to kick!)
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posted on
10/14/2004 5:21:44 PM PDT
by
datura
(The difference between a Democrat and a Communist is? (The commie is honest about it.))
To: datura
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posted on
10/14/2004 5:23:33 PM PDT
by
datura
(The difference between a Democrat and a Communist is? (The commie is honest about it.))
To: datura
Done it out of 34's. It was a hoot.
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posted on
10/14/2004 5:24:15 PM PDT
by
squirt
(POLITICIANS & DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED, FOR THE SAME REASON)
To: datura
I would LOVE to do this .... or better yet have the helicopt hit 5000 feet and then sky dive off that rope.
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posted on
10/14/2004 5:25:38 PM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(Truth, Justice and the Texan Way)
To: Rakkasan1; ConservativeLawyer
It's a litle different but yer close as to the palmer mcguire rigs we used to use......
Stay safe !
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posted on
10/14/2004 5:26:26 PM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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