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March 5, 2011
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One of our trucks pulls security from a vehicle fighting position at a COP during 3-4 Cav's NTC rotation.

Before anyone asks, NTC was the worst month of my life. I would rather have actually been deployed.

And: Before anyone comments on the quality of that vehicle fighting position allow me to say: I was put in charge of getting that hole dug. I am a medic. What I am definatly not is an expert on digging holes big enough to drive vehicles into.
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*eruraven Jun 27, 2011
Hm well thats quite an interesting shot..don't know that I can say anything else about it being a civiy and all and utterly clueless about whatever all those anagrams mean and all so..yeah lolz.

Stay safe though!
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=RBL-M1A2Tanker Mar 6, 2011
Not a bad hull down position. It's not perfect by far, but it'll get the job done and make it more difficult to be hit.

Ah NTC. Been there, done that.
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~SlowDownGandhi Mar 6, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
Ahh, well thanks. I hope to never dig another, lol.
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=RBL-M1A2Tanker Mar 7, 2011
Do what we did...we found an Engineer unit that had an M9 ACE to dig some holes for us. We also had mine plows, but that's something you find on tanks, not so much on Humvees lol

But yea, totally cheat and have an Engineer buddy hook ya up. ;p
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~AndrewDro Mar 6, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
It's not supposed to be pretty, it's supposed to work. I really do love this picture, though, all the little details really bring it together. The open space above just adds to this feeling of anxiety; all that big blue sky, waiting for something, anything, to happen. Stay safe and try not to get your lid shot off man, good luck out there.
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~SlowDownGandhi Mar 6, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
Lol, I guess it worked. Thanks for the compliments and the well wishing. I'll do my best.
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~Sierra117X Mar 6, 2011
Looks pretty solid to me.

I passed the Army Reservist Center yesterday in Orlando. I have never seen so many soldiers gathered in one place in my entire life. Lots of Humvees there too.
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~SlowDownGandhi Mar 6, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
Thanks. Yeah I bet that place was chock full of dudes. Probably mass chaos at a place like that.
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~Sierra117X Mar 6, 2011
Yeah, they ran out of parking spaces, and the cars maybe stretched a mile down the street.


How've you been lately? Things going well?
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~SlowDownGandhi Mar 6, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
It's ok. Bought a new lens for the D90 and spending most of my time getting ready to leave for Afghanistan early next month. Always busy. You?
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