Stuff you carried in combat

[Ndnsoldierboy]

training has been tough...movement to contact, react to contact, etc. good stuff...

Also, did a 34 mile force march on cinco de mayo....of course I made it. Took my company 12 hours to complete.

[Grits & Beans]

wow bro, that sounds tough.

[Ndnsoldierboy]

will be doing more counter insurgency training...its all in a days work.

[Grits & Beans]

stay sharp brave heart(that rhymes) lol

[Harland Jones]

will be doing more counter insurgency training...its all in a days work.

Doin' all the good. Hang Tough. !!!

[Ndnsoldierboy]

its official today...I have made it to 20 years active duty...time spent in the USMC and US Army infantry now...


Still got some more years to do...I figure 3-4 more years should do it.


Whiskey Echo Bravo, out.

[Grits & Beans]

its official today...I have made it to 20 years active duty...time spent in the USMC and US Army infantry now...


Still got some more years to do...I figure 3-4 more years should do it.


Whiskey Echo Bravo, out.

roger that!

way to go nsb!

[Ndnsoldierboy]

All training is done, medical, admin stuff, getting new gear is complete, now just waiting on the bird to fly us to Kabul, Afghanistan.

[Harland Jones]

All training is done, medical, admin stuff, getting new gear is complete, now just waiting on the bird to fly us to Kabul, Afghanistan.

Good luck to ya NSB, we'll be talking to ya !!!


Alpha, Bravo, Charlie that !!

[Ndnsoldierboy]

We got lots of cold weather gear...but nothing like we had the last time I was in-country. We don't have any of the arctic mittens. Believe we needed them back in December 2003.

And we don't have any of the cold weather goretex boots? WTF? I do happen to have my goretex boots I never wore in Iraq, so at least I can take those with me.

[MCKiemle]

That's no good.
Insufficient cold weather gear is no joke!!
Do you have to deal with snow as well? Or just extreme cold?

[Ndnsoldierboy]

I've dealt with both in Afghanistan.

[Ndnsoldierboy]

10 and a wake up now...

[Ndnsoldierboy]

Got the ole good ole M40 pro mask today...have to change the filter to the right side tho...I shoot left handed.

[Ndnsoldierboy]

arrived in Afghanistan 03 Aug....funny cause I landed seven year ago same day back in 2003. Got a ride in the C-130, and it was the Minnesota Air Guard hooking us up.