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A little photolio.

By The Armorer on May 23, 2007 | | Comments (10)

First up - this is why people can put up with some of the stupid stuff that comes with being in the military. The job is anything but ordinary (though I admit, why people *enlist* and make a career out of Finance and Personnel Administration is beyond me).



U.S. Marines drive an Amphibious Assault Vehicle as it tows another vehicle from Camp Schwab, Okinawa, to amphibious transport dock ship USS Juneau (LPD 10) under way in the Pacific Ocean on May 21, 2007. The Juneau is assigned to Task Force 76 which operates from Sasebo, Japan. DoD photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael D. Kennedy, U.S. Navy. (Released)

Hi-res available here.

I would note the unwitting irony here. The vehicle being towed in - or 'recovered'... is an AAVR7A1 - an Armored Assault Vehicle, Recovery... The slightly jarring thing for this Army guy is the fact that the towed vehicle has people in it. We don't do that. Of course, being at sea is a different kettle of fish - you aren't likely to be in a run-away vehicle careening downhill headed for an orphanage, and if the towed vehicle failed in the water, and both have full crews and troops in the first one - there might well not be room, and jumping from AAV to AAV just might not be the safest thing to do when the depth is hundreds of feet under the hull...

Secondly, and just as kewl - the newest addition to the Arsenal: The Arms Rack of Argghhh!

Custom-made, but still pretty cheep. Schweeeet!

The rotary arms rack of the Arsenal of Argghhh!

Now the Armorer has a ready-rack in the Armorer's Den, ready to annoy GFW's by its mere existence.

Life is good.

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By Barb on May 23, 2007 10:48 AM
Oooh - Purty! And functional :-) That's a very nice addition to the Castle!
 
By Heartless Libertarian on May 23, 2007 10:56 AM
OK...I spy...a couple of SVT-40s (would one be your shorty one?) a VZ-58, a SMLE, and something French. Is the VZ-58 a dummy/inop?
 
By MajMike on May 23, 2007 11:08 AM
they have the tow cables crossed too. i would be leery of the constant pull/tug with the whole floatie thing going on.
 
By John of Argghhh! on May 23, 2007 11:20 AM
HL - yes, it is. I'm contemplating getting a semi. The "frenchie" is a MAS 49/56. I've a 49, as well, though it's the Syrian version with the integral bayonet. Yes, my Finn KVT-40 is there (it has the bayonet) the SVT has the scope. There's a Romanian AK in there, too. The SMLE is and isn't what you thinnk - you can be forgiven for your ID, as it's a hybrid and you can't see the receiver. It's actually a MkV in MkIII wood. I got that from frequent commenter John S, some years ago. But how did you miss noting the Winchester M1?
 
By J.M. Heinrichs on May 23, 2007 11:39 AM
"its" Cheers
 
By John of Argghhh! on May 23, 2007 11:41 AM
Sorry, John, you can't ding me for that. That's Mike Lehnherr's job. My personal cross to bear. I continually screw up its and it's and don't even do it consistently. Izzat all you got today?
 
By J.M. Heinrichs on May 23, 2007 12:30 PM
Well, the President was caught driving without his seatbelt fastened. There must be some connection between that and the unmitigated failure of his Iraq 'adventure', and his refusal to admit to using concaine before his debates with VPresident Gore, who really won the 2000 election, and whose magnanimous efforts to save the world from catastrophic climate change are being gravely hindered by the President's refusal to understand the realities of GCW demonstrated by his refusal to wear a seatbelt. Cheers
 
By Cricket on May 23, 2007 12:55 PM
Bright shiny things for Denizens to ogle! JMH, Bush is to blame for my getting a smoker instead of a Weber. He is also responsible for the slug population in Washington state, Hillary Clinton needing rabies shots and Algore in general.
 
By John of Argghhh! on May 23, 2007 1:23 PM
John - cocaine. 8^)
 
By J.M. Heinrichs on May 23, 2007 2:15 PM
'Concaine'- not the real thing. Cheers