Saturday, February 22, 2014

Blasts from my past

Came across a few photos while going through some 'I love me boxes'. For PERSEC reasons, I generally don't post identifying photos of myself, but I think I can get around it this time.

Sniper School Class Photo, 1993

Yours truly on the Stalk Lane, Sniper School, 1993

Yours Truly, C-17 Test Jump, Yuma Proving Grounds, 1995

8 comments:

  1. I've seen documentaries on sniper training and know this is no easy profession, not in the least.

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    1. It was the hardest school I attended, pitting both physical and mental challenges....but dame rewarding. I thin I can still figure ballistics for MOA, though I haven't professionally been behind a long gun in 15 years.

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  2. Looks like the old M-40s. Is that Benning in the background? Doesn't look so. Not A P Hill either.

    Good on ya.

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  3. I don't have your email CI but I wanted you to see this opinion piece in the WSJ.

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    1. That's an interesting piece, thank you for giving me the link. While I agree that competitive sports, I might also see the value in having the service academies spar with on another, but intramurally. Having three academies involved in the NCAA takes too much money and resources from the cadre and the players. If they wanted to play college football, they could have even more easily, attended a civilian school.

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  4. i remember those jumps in YPG.

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    1. Phillips DZ! Surface winds at 25 knots by 1000 every day.

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