tag:www.thedonovan.com,2012://1/tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10426- 2012-03-24T15:22:06Z Comments for Stuff like this... 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,2009://1.10426 2009-02-20T17:59:38Z 2009-02-20T18:06:59Z Stuff like this... ...is one of the reasons I liked being a soldier. The Armorer http://www.thedonovan.com
02/19/2009 - U.S. Army 1st Lt. Larry Baca, from Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, monitors the weather as a storm moves in outside of Forward Operating Base Lane, Afghanistan, Feb. 19, 2009. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Adam Mancini, U.S. Army/Released)
02/19/2009 - U.S. Army 1st Lt. Larry Baca, from Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, monitors the weather as a storm moves in outside of Forward Operating Base Lane, Afghanistan, Feb. 19, 2009. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Adam Mancini, U.S. Army/Released)

This cubicle is just hella better than the one I'm working in these days.  I just loved being out, even in the weather.]]> tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10426-comment:84543 Comment from Adam Mancini on 2009-02-22 Adam Mancini 2009-02-22T17:09:11Z 2009-02-22T17:09:11Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10426-comment:84540 Comment from Justthisguy on 2009-02-22 Justthisguy http://enemiesofthelibrary.blogspot.com Many thanks, Adam! You did a good thing, there, capturing that image. Quite romantic, it is. It evokes all kindsa emotions. 2009-02-22T11:18:27Z 2009-02-22T11:18:27Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10426-comment:84522 Comment from Aw1 Tim on 2009-02-21 Aw1 Tim
  I always loved being out of doors. There's a certain freshness to the air when that first whiff of ozone flits by and the cool air just makes you seem more alive.  Funny, but I also got a small rush when i was on the flightline and you could hear the turbines running and get a scent of JP mixed with salt air  (Both Jax and Brunswick are close by the ocean). 

  But one of my fondest memories is camping out in Yellowstone and having this tremendous thunderstorm roll through. Sitting in the tent with the front flap raised and secured, and watching the rain fall, hearing the thunder roll and echo off the hillsides, and smell the freshness of it all. It still is with me today.

  Besides that, even when caught out in it, you can deal with it because you can only get so wet, you know? Once you and everyone else with you is soaked, it really doesn't matter much anymore :)

  SSG Mancini : That's a GREAT image you took, and you should be justifiably proud of your talents. I have no doubt the Army scored well in finding you and you'll do even better in the future.
]]> 2009-02-21T16:50:24Z 2009-02-21T16:50:24Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10426-comment:84514 Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2009-02-21 John of Argghhh! http://www.thedonovan.com
But yes, the chiaroscuro effect of the sun on the gun trucks and troops against the storm clouds is evocative... but it was your *eye* that saw there was a picture there.

Me, I'm pretty good at Photoshop because I don't have the natural eye!]]> 2009-02-21T13:59:13Z 2009-02-21T13:59:13Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10426-comment:84511 Comment from Adam Mancini on 2009-02-21 Adam Mancini
Glad you like the photo.  I took about 30 pics walking back to the truck, and this was the best one.  I got pretty lucky with the light hitting the trucks just right, the storm in the back, the purple rocks in front, and the trucks and LT Baca positioned the way they were.  As soon as I saw it, I realized that I probably just took the best photo of my Combat Camera career.

I'm glad you like the photo, these Soldiers certainly deserve it.

Take care,
SSG Mancini]]> 2009-02-21T08:43:54Z 2009-02-21T08:43:54Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10426-comment:84509 Comment from Old Blue on 2009-02-21 Old Blue http://billandbobsadventure.blogspot.com

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]]> 2009-02-21T05:48:34Z 2009-02-21T05:48:34Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10426-comment:84504 Comment from Justthisguy on 2009-02-20 Justthisguy http://enemiesofthelibrary.blogspot.com Bill, was that the Hughes thing with the teardrop-shaped fuselage, as seen in Magnum, P.I.? I always thought that was one of the coolest-looking helicopters ever built. Of course I have no idea what it was like to fly the thing, or work on it. Very cool-lookin, though. 2009-02-21T05:23:07Z 2009-02-21T05:23:07Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10426-comment:84503 Comment from BillT on 2009-02-20 BillT http://www.thedonovan.com
That's LOH as in OH-6A, *not* the OH-5-point-8A...]]> 2009-02-21T05:02:41Z 2009-02-21T05:02:41Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10426-comment:84501 Comment from Justthisguy on 2009-02-20 Justthisguy http://enemiesofthelibrary.blogspot.com P.s. Oh yeah that's a cool pic and reminds me of some of my hiking trips in the mountains, away from large numbers of other humans, just getting the full sensory experience of the environment, and all. 2009-02-21T03:46:53Z 2009-02-21T03:46:53Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10426-comment:84500 Comment from Justthisguy on 2009-02-20 Justthisguy http://enemiesofthelibrary.blogspot.com There's a reason they're called "Field Manuals" and not "City Manuals." Fighting in built-up areas has always been most maximally icky-poo, for all concerned. Lessee: Stalingrad [shudder], last days in Berlin [shudder], Hue [shudder], Fallujah [shudder] and etcetera and so forth. There's a good reason why the mayor of Atlanta met the Yankee general and surrendered the city; to avoid that kind of thing. 2009-02-21T03:38:22Z 2009-02-21T03:38:22Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10426-comment:84490 Comment from Josh on 2009-02-20 Josh ]]> 2009-02-20T20:12:26Z 2009-02-20T20:12:26Z