We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/around_the_army.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:54:42 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification U.S. Army Soldiers from the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division dismount a UH-60 Blackhawk from the 101st Airborne Division, Task Force No Mercy, Bravo Comp. 1st of the 207 Aviation during an Air Assault in the Al Jazeera Desert, Iraq on 22 Mar. 2006. (U.S. Air Force photo By Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon)(Cleared for public release) I put a lot of miles in vehicles just like this one - they're holding up better than I am - they're still serving! A U.S. Army soldier from 2nd Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment in a turret of a M2A2 Bradley looks through... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/around_the_army.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/around_the_army.html Sat, 25 Mar 2006 06:27:42 -0600 think that 2-9 Cav may have been attached to 3BCT of the 101st, which is built around the Rakkasans. Hence the torii. And I suspect that the track in the picture is actually a 120mm mortar carrier. There's some stuff visible through the open cargo hatch to the right of the cupola armor that just might be a mortar.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/around_the_army.html#comment-43102 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/around_the_army.html#comment-43102 Sun, 26 Mar 2006 17:35:17 -0600 torii on anything and everthing that will stay motionless long enough for some soldier to sneak up on it with a stencil and a can of red spray paint. It's a wierd custom, but mostly harmless. I will say, though, that an Afghani donkey looks pretty odd with a red torii painted on its rump...]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/around_the_army.html#comment-43083 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/around_the_army.html#comment-43083 Sat, 25 Mar 2006 14:44:58 -0600 M274 Mechaical Mule. We still had them in the 82nd when I was a private in the late '70's. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/around_the_army.html#comment-43081 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/around_the_army.html#comment-43081 Sat, 25 Mar 2006 14:36:17 -0600 Hee! Blake - I provide the Army's captions... but I admit, at the end of my 18 hour day yesterday, I didn't read it closely... obviously. I did wonder about what looked like a Rakkasans marking and why did the Cav have a M113. Sorry guys, I was farking tired. And I'm old enough I never rode around in a BFIST, either. Lea' me 'lone! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/around_the_army.html#comment-43080 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/around_the_army.html#comment-43080 Sat, 25 Mar 2006 14:21:06 -0600 mmmmm.....hooker pr0n...I love it! Thanks for making my day!!! - hfs http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/around_the_army.html#comment-43078 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/around_the_army.html#comment-43078 Sat, 25 Mar 2006 13:11:21 -0600 Vehicle Identification. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/around_the_army.html#comment-43076 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/around_the_army.html#comment-43076 Sat, 25 Mar 2006 12:15:34 -0600 Canadian Forces Light Utility Vehicle Wheeled (LUVW) with installed Gun Shield ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/around_the_army.html#comment-43074 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/around_the_army.html#comment-43074 Sat, 25 Mar 2006 10:35:50 -0600 Canadian G-Wagon turret. The Canadians have ballistic glass in their gun shields. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/around_the_army.html#comment-43073 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/around_the_army.html#comment-43073 Sat, 25 Mar 2006 10:15:11 -0600 Dang John, I noted the 113 discrepancy two days ago. Murdoc got it (with a different pic by the same photog) yesterday. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/around_the_army.html#comment-43072 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/around_the_army.html#comment-43072 Sat, 25 Mar 2006 09:44:05 -0600 Er, John, Perhaps I'm showing my age, but that second picture is of a soldier in the commander's coupola on an M113, fitted with the armor kit for the old ACAV variant. Brad's have a 2-man turret with a 25mm cannon, not an M2 HB BMG. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/around_the_army.html#comment-43070 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/around_the_army.html#comment-43070 Sat, 25 Mar 2006 09:23:15 -0600