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Lookin' around DoD this week...

By The Armorer on August 2, 2008 | | Comments (2)
A U.S. Marine amphibious assault vehicle embarks aboard the U.S. Navy's amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall, July 19, 2008. The Marines, assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, are taking part in the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group composite unit training exercise COMPTUEX, Atlantic Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Aaron Loy
A U.S. Marine amphibious assault vehicle embarks aboard the U.S. Navy's amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall, July 19, 2008. The Marines, assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, are taking part in the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group composite unit training exercise COMPTUEX, Atlantic Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Aaron Loy

U.S. Marines pick up chicken to go from Iraqi employees at a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in the Hey Al Dubat area of Fallujah, Iraq, July 16, 2008. This and other businesses have become popular with local residents as a result of security improvements in the area. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Chris T. Mann
U.S. Marines pick up chicken to go from Iraqi employees at a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in the Hey Al Dubat area of Fallujah, Iraq, July 16, 2008. This and other businesses have become popular with local residents as a result of security improvements in the area. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Chris T. Mann

A U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter flies over eastern Baghdad as the command staff of the 10th Mountain Division conducts an aerial reconnaissance of major joint security stations and combat outposts in Baghdad, Iraq, July 25, 2008. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brian D. LehnhardtA U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter flies over eastern Baghdad as the command staff of the 10th Mountain Division conducts an aerial reconnaissance of major joint security stations and combat outposts in Baghdad, Iraq, July 25, 2008. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brian D. Lehnhardt

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By Alan Briley, RN on August 2, 2008 1:46 PM
 That clerk didn't even seem to notice the helmet or molle gear in KFC. What's up with that? I get weird looks just with open carry of my Glock here in the KFC in Halifax. I had one store owner today try to hire me as a security guard!

(I guess living in a war zone can affect your perception of normal, huh?)
 
By Justthisguy on August 2, 2008 7:38 PM
Ah, on the Marine amphib vehicle: Fred Reed used to terrorize slightly-more-youthful-and-callow Marines than he was, when driving/navigating one of those things, by shouting "Dive! Dive! Dive!" It seems that the politics of Marines, and former Marines, are all over the map, but one thing they all seem to share is a low, nasty sense of humor.