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SITREP from Tikrit (Photos)
2005-04-07
Random Probabilities is pleased to bring you this long situation report with 19 (!) photos from an Army officer in Tikrit - including preparation for and execution of an amphibious assault. in the lead
Posted by:Robin Burk

#7  Always figured if my Chief asked me that, it was time to do a brief decision-check.
Posted by: Pappy   2005-04-07 7:40:54 PM  

#6  I added one of the photos above. "We're going to do WHAT, Sir?"
Posted by: Robin Burk   2005-04-07 6:50:37 PM  

#5  As in Sir, what do I do after this move? Tell me now because you're a dead man ten minutes after this shitter starts.
Posted by: Shipman   2005-04-07 3:30:15 PM  

#4  Senior NCOs are an exception to that rule, if the question is laid out in the proper manner.
Posted by: Shipman   2005-04-07 3:28:04 PM  

#3  Lol! Not unless you want shit detail!

You can do that in your scrapbook, but not out loud, heh. Frowned upon, it is.
Posted by: .com   2005-04-07 2:13:52 PM  

#2  Classic comment under one of the pictures:

SSG Brown / Tolbert to Rage 6: “Sir, are you SURE you know what you’re doing?”

I'll bet that's a question that has been asked a lot in the military over the past five thousand years.
Posted by: Steve White   2005-04-07 2:07:00 PM  

#1  The preparations for the amphibious operation reminds me of when Easy Company had to employ boats to evacuate the Red Devils after the failed attack on Arnhem.
Posted by: Penguin   2005-04-07 11:07:09 AM  

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