tag:www.thedonovan.com,2012://1/tag:www.thedonovan.com,2008://1.9513- Comments for Are ya ready for some foosball?!?!?! 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 Movable Type 4.12 tag:www.thedonovan.com,2008://1.9513 2008-07-24T10:46:22Z 2008-07-24T12:08:01Z Are ya ready for some foosball?!?!?! The Armorer http://www.thedonovan.com
.S. Army Sgt. Mark Speakman plays a game with Iraqis during a patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, July, 20, 2008. Speakman is assigned to 2nd Platoon, Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. DoD photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill, U.S. Army. (Released)
U.S. Army Sgt. Mark Speakman plays a game with Iraqis during a patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, July, 20, 2008. Speakman is assigned to 2nd Platoon, Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. DoD photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill, U.S. Army. (Released)
 Or, if foosball isn't your style, how 'bout some boating?

U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCC) assigned to Special Boat Teams 12 and 20 rig their rigid-hull inflatable boat to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to the 159th Aviation Regiment during a maritime external air transportation system (MEATS) training exercise in the Virginia Capes near Fort Eustis, Va., July 16, 2008. MEATS trains members of SWCC on extending their operational reach by attaching special operations crafts to helicopters for transport to remote locations for further training. DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Robyn Gerstenslager, U.S. Navy. (Released)

 

U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCC) assigned to Special Boat Teams 12 and 20 rig their rigid-hull inflatable boat to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to the 159th Aviation Regiment during a maritime external air transportation system (MEATS) training exercise in the Virginia Capes near Fort Eustis, Va., July 16, 2008. MEATS trains members of SWCC on extending their operational reach by attaching special operations crafts to helicopters for transport to remote locations for further training. DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Robyn Gerstenslager, U.S. Navy. (Released)

If boating's not your thing - how about some good summertime PT before settling into academics?
 

080716-F-0558K-003  Basic cadet Anne Koons receives hand-to-hand combat skills training during the field training portion of basic training at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado on July 16, 2008. DoD photo by Mike Kaplan, U.S. Air Force. (Released)080716-F-0558K-003       Basic cadet Anne Koons receives hand-to-hand combat skills training during the field training portion of basic training at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado on July 16, 2008.  DoD photo by Mike Kaplan, U.S. Air Force.  (Released)

So, did the nice person pitching the Air Force Academy tell ya you'd be dressed like a soljer and doing combatives there, Doolie?

Lastly, after a good afternoon spent sending boattails downrange, ya gotta make the time to do a little cleaning up, because your rifle is your best friend in a firefight, and you always treat your best friend well, like Corporal Verhulst is doing in the picture below.


 


U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Sheryl Verhulst cleans her M-16 assault rifle at Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, on July 12, 2008. Verhulst is assigned to the 8th Provisional Security Company and is deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa.   DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Carolyn Erfe, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Sheryl Verhulst cleans her M-16 assault rifle at Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, on July 12, 2008. Verhulst is assigned to the 8th Provisional Security Company and is deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Carolyn Erfe, U.S. Air Force. (Released)Amazing,
Amazing, when ya think about it.  They pay us to do this stuff.

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