GazzaS Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 I've noticed that many of us have served our countries in uniform. I think it would be great if we could share this part of our heritages in photos. Maybe we can sticky this one as like some kind of group photo album? This is me: I'm not a person who goes out of his way to end up on camera, and I've lost a lot of photos between marriages, divorces, and moves. But fortunately my wife kept copies of these. One is me in my boot camp Alphas photo. The larger is me during Desert Storm at Saddam Hussein's "Line of Death". I'm wearing half of my MOPP suit and there is charcoal from the suit all over my desert cammies, neck, hands, and face. The photos have yellowed over time and I tried to improve them with the menus that go with the TS9500 printer, to no avail. The only option I could find was to improve the DPI from 300 to 600 which didn;t make any difference. Anyway... Please share photos of you in uniform if you have em. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty44 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Did you go to Parris Island or San Diego? I don't know if I have any pictures of myself when I was in the fleet, as I was the one with formal photography training. No selfies then. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GazzaS Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 36 minutes ago, smitty44 said: Did you go to Parris Island or San Diego? I don't know if I have any pictures of myself when I was in the fleet, as I was the one with formal photography training. No selfies then. San Diego my friend. And if you went to Parris Island let me salute you for your ability to become a Marine amidst those terrible sand flies. You look hard in that photo Smitty! Excellent! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty44 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Dude, I have worn a mustache my entire life, starting at about 13, and for those 3.5 months I looked like an absolute freak!! I went to San Diego as well. I did spend time at Lejune though. Did you see a bunch of recruits at the Island got the covid bug, poor bastards! Funny thing though, all this time I just thought you looked just like Marty Feldman. Sand flies got nothing on Mount Motherf#@%&*R 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Guess who? :) 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 19 minutes ago, smitty44 said: Dude, I have worn a mustache my entire life, starting at about 13, and for those 3.5 months I looked like an absolute freak!! I went to San Diego as well. I did spend time at Lejune though. Did you see a bunch of recruits at the Island got the covid bug, poor bastards! Funny thing though, all this time I just thought you looked just like Marty Feldman. Sand flies got nothing on Mount Motherf#@%&*R Still... you looked like a mean MOFO. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 Just now, Martinnfb said: Guess who? I'll guess you. But which one is you? And why do you have AK's? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty44 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 5 minutes ago, GazzaS said: I'll guess you. But which one is you? And why do you have AK's? What year was that Martin? They may have still been the opposition. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 I believe 1992, somewhere close to the border of Ukraine. And it is not AK https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/02/19/10-reasons-why-vz-58-is-not-an-ak/ 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 17 minutes ago, GazzaS said: I'll guess you. But which one is you? And why do you have AK's? the best vantage point 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 3 minutes ago, Martinnfb said: the best vantage point Top right... got it! I'd no idea you were from that part of the world. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Yup, we were as a LRRP a part of a big military exercise for NATO officials. At that time it was important that Slovakia would join the alliance. Feels almost surreal . 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted April 20, 2020 Administrators Share Posted April 20, 2020 I had no pics of me (one didn't generally run around taking pictures of oneself) until a couple guys sent me a few. Most were on R&R, but they sent one or two while in uniform. Was a pasty faced cold blooded, no nonsense gut at one time. About a year after this pic was taken, I transferred to a training batallion and did a tour as a DI. This one was taken in 1982 on a Reforger fun get together. LOL 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted April 20, 2020 Administrators Share Posted April 20, 2020 Good grief!! Martin, this place is populated by Jarheads!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted April 20, 2020 Administrators Share Posted April 20, 2020 I was thinking Harv could put up a picture of when he was in, posing with Artaxerxes. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 That's the guy form the hole? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Sadly I wasn't in the military, I wanted to be a USAF pilot so bad but I was waaay too tall and too blind (and a screwed up back didn't help). I wasn't interested in being anything else. My dad and grand dads etc. were all in the military so I was kinda bummed I didn't continue the tradition. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 On 4/17/2020 at 10:20 PM, GazzaS said: I'll guess you. But which one is you? And why do you have AK's? Top right......harv 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 1970, Utapoa Thailand. Jammer driver extraordinaire. USAF. MMS squadron. Barry knows about it.......hsrv 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty44 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 M117's for Thud's, Harv? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 500's and 750"s all Buff's.......harv 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty44 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Be modest, Harv! We know your buff, but what are the bombs for? Doing a Thud next and had to source some resin 500lb M117's. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Only Thuds I worked on, was at Nellis when I gt back to the world. Then, no weapons..I would put 500 Snake eyes on it..harv. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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