Pics from Iraq.

Nark · Post by **Nark** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 12:16 am

Here are a few more pics.

sigmet77 · Post by **sigmet77** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:43 am

Wow, those are great......I didn't realize you had snowstorms there 'cause all I see is white:)

g5 · Post by g5 » Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:20 am

Thank you for working towards making my commute more affordable.

60N · Post by **60N** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:35 am

Well one good thing about the war. It looks like it's good for the BC plywod industry.

TopperHarley · Post by **TopperHarley** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:23 am

How bout some pics of Iraqi women. I'd ask you to post your pics from the phillipines, but I don't think they'd be up here too long

2R · Post by 2R » Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:25 am

Do not let all that luxury make you soft !!!
Sleep on the floor like a real grunt .Keeps you tough .So the bullets are to scared to hit you

sigmet77 · Post by **sigmet77** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 3:50 pm

Now I can see them, stupid work firewall.

ScudRunner · Post by **ScudRunner** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:51 pm

How do you find your bed? the sheets blend in with the background so well awesome camouflage!

goates · Post by **goates** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:17 pm

Found any of these yet??

http://www.camelspiders.net/large-camel ... icture.htm

2R · Post by 2R » Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:36 pm

There is a spyder that lives in the desert that we warned about .It is a flesh eater .It will numb flesh then eat it . Ears and lips are it's favorite as you sleep.So sleeping in the nude is out unless you want to lose some meat and veg.Maybe it was just the Libyian desert .I will try to remember the name .I thought that it was called a camel spyder .My old neighbour was a ' desert rat ' and he used to have some great tales about desert warfare .
He said if you could eat, shit and piss sand you could work in the middle east with no problems .

goates · Post by **goates** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 11:15 pm

2R wrote:There is a spyder that lives in the desert that we warned about .It is a flesh eater .It will numb flesh then eat it . Ears and lips are it's favorite as you sleep.So sleeping in the nude is out unless you want to lose some meat and veg.Maybe it was just the Libyian desert .I will try to remember the name .I thought that it was called a camel spyder .

You mean like the ones in the link I posted??

Nark · Post by **Nark** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 3:07 am

I wish it was BC plywood.

The 4'x8's are really 4'.5" x 7' 10". Feel sorry for the guys trying to put the hut's together.

This pic is from one of my first nights in country. I stayed on the floor of the passenger terminal of an outlying base in the middile of no where. The wood was pretty hard around 2am. Not to mention the AC really kicked in and I had to put on sweats. Just a heads up, flightsuits don't make the best pillow's.

2R · Post by 2R » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:12 am

You needed to throw some rocks on that nice clean floor to toughen you up .What are they catering to the don't ask don't tell groups now. Clean floors and Air Conditioning .Next thing they will be feeding you more than once a day .Holy cow they will be complaining that the coca cola /pepsi machines are spaced to far apart .

When i was a kid it was uphill to school both ways !!!

I am pretty sure the name of the flesh eater was the camel spyder ,not sure if it is the same as what you posted .Just what i was told that you would see a lot of facial deformities outside tripoli and what i thought was leprosy was attributed to camel spyders eating the flesh of sleeping victims

ScudRunner · Post by **ScudRunner** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:53 am

That last pic is pretty much how I lived the first two years in aviation, minus the laptop, living large over there at the taxpayers expense i see.

This is for Fighting! This is for Fun!

2R · Post by 2R » Tue Oct 02, 2007 11:03 am

http://www.history.com/media.do?action= ... _broadband

That gunny gets around !!!

Gung Ho

Sheila · Post by **Sheila** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 4:50 pm

Ahmad Zia, 12, shot accidentally by Canadian troops in Kandahar on Tuesday, is transferred to Canadian medics for treatment at the military hospital at Kandahar Airfield. (Dene Moore/The Canadian Press)

ottawa,kan · Post by **ottawa,kan** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:07 pm

HEY!!!! Sheila posted a picture of a hottie. Not a hot chick in Iraq, but one in Afganistan. Close enough. Do you see her there in the blue scrubs, behind the guy in camos?? Thanks Sheila. And thanks for explaining that terrorism is caused by the Canadian Military. I thought it had more to do with people who hate women, gays, christians, jews, suffi's, hindus, buddists and bahai. My bad.

niss · Post by **niss** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:09 pm

It should be worth noting that the soldier is wearing ACU, so hes/shes americain.

looproll · Post by **looproll** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:57 pm

keep your head down

ottawa,kan · Post by **ottawa,kan** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:36 pm

Now that the dollar is so weak compared to the loonie, I imagine the Canadian Forces save money buying their Army Combat Uniforms from the USA. Assuming we don't just give them too you out of pity or something.

:) Anyway it was a Canadian reporter that said it was Canadian forces in the pic. You'd have to assume she was there wouldn't you??
As for the he/she part of the post, I'm a little ashamed of you Niss. You should be able to tell that that's a guy in the ACU's, and you should be able to tell the chicks hot too. There's plenty of visible clues to both in that pic. Haven't you cruised along in the moped just behind a woman driving and been able to tell from just a glimpse of hair or shoulder if she's hot or not???

Nark · Post by **Nark** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 12:44 am

More pics.

This one is Nark himself:

At least someone is happy to see us here.

Just a little idea of how dusty it is.

North Shore · Post by **North Shore** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 9:12 am

Nark,

Unusual uniform? Looks more like a flight suit, and no camouflage markings? How does that work?

Was going to run the YYJ Marathon today, but pulled my achilles back in June so no running since. Back at 'er next year, I guess..

Take care,

A

Nark · Post by **Nark** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 9:28 am

Northy:

We wear flight suits outside the "wire" because of the fire proctection they offer.

Our cammies tend to melt when exposed to great heat, ie IED burns up the vehicle. I've personally thanked God for the up armour all our vehicle have.
With every move these pussy insurgent do, we counter it. The new MRAP vehicle has a V shaped hull so the IED blast is deflected away from the vic, which does little damage to the MRAP. Cool shit if you ask me.

We have new FROG (Flame resistant outer garment) gear that looks like our digi-cammies, but they slowly making their way out to us.

Anyways, I've got more pics coming. The internet is kind of slow out here.

I was chatting with someone about the Boston Marathon. I didn't know you had to have a 3:10 or better. Thats something I don't think I could ever do. Maybe one is enough in my lifetime.

Cheers

sky's the limit · Post by **sky's the limit** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 12:41 pm

Nark wrote:
With every move these pussy insurgent do, we counter it. T
Cheers

They may be many things, but "pussy" doesn't seem to be one of them. You are fighting with all the high tech gadgets the Gov't can throw your way, weapons included. They have very little to play with - takes balls imho. Of course religious fanaticism trumps night vision though right??

Stay safe,

stl

2R · Post by 2R » Sun Oct 07, 2007 9:34 pm

Stay there long enough and we start calling you 'Dusty '

Not the" Suck me dry and call me Dusty " Dusty the famous gold prospector from diamond gerties,just dusty cause you will look dusty covered in all that dust.

Anything is better than a crimson shirt

Pics from Iraq.

Pics from Iraq.

This is causing Terrorism