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2005-04-07 Iraq-Jordan
SITREP from Tikrit (Photos)
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Posted by Robin Burk 2005-04-07 9:44:42 AM|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#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||   2005-04-07 11:07:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#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||   2005-04-07 2:07:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#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||   2005-04-07 2:13:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#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||   2005-04-07 3:28:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#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||   2005-04-07 3:30:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#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||   2005-04-07 6:50:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#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||   2005-04-07 7:40:54 PM|| Front Page Top

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