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Just a little down time before going around the Fallujah AOR in 2005.

 

Dropping bombs on bitch ass terrorists

 

Missiles....same same but different.

 

Hell Fire Missiles to be exact but dropping bombs sounds way better.

 

it's warheads on foreheads.

nobody cares about the terminology, they just want footage that turns the screen into a flash of dust and body parts

 

I don't know man, missiles are way more fun than bombs. I can't sit behind a hill and drop a bomb on the other side but I sure can fire a missile up and over the top onto something.

 

Bombs are better to build/work on, missiles are pretty boring. Plus with the right bomb you don't even need to worry about the hill.

 

I liked watching the ones that dropped a small bomb into a building to break through followed by a larger one to blow it up haha.
On my flight from Kuwait to Iraq it was me, my 3 guys and 5 rangers on a C130 and the rest of the cargo was bombs clankin around. It was pretty cool but also a little unnerving

 

Last deployment before retirement was Afghanistan 2005-2007.
The dude next to me was a stone cold bad MF'r clear back from when he was killing Russians in the 80s.

 

Me and "Lurch" somewhere in Kabul.

 

Chuck is that you....

 

how funny. that was my nickname. Well, that and Dumbass.

 

Lol way too funny!

 

Lurch looks like a big dude that I wouldn't want to street fight with.

 

So that pic is from an ANP parking lot in the outskirts of Kabul, Lurch was "banished" there, because he was too aggressive with some of the local population. If any of you know Afghan policing, being re-assigned due to being too "mean" of a police officer is saying a lot. He was always nice enough to us.

 

Dude looks like he could throw down. Look at the size is his hands. Makes the rifle look like a BB gun.

 

So, the man in the black coat was the Afghan Minister of Interior (circa 2021), Bismillah Khan. the dude on the far right holding the M4 was the baddest motherfucker I've ever met. The Minister personally hired him as head of his security detail. His nickname was "Taliban Killer," as he was brutal in killing insurgents. Just the week before this pic there was an attempt on the ministers life, and this guy took out all three of the attackers single handedly. When I met him, you could just tell this guy was not someone to fuck with.

Edit: This was us entering Pul-e-Charki prison.

 

OIF: 2006-2007. I'm the PL, third on the Right. What a shit show! Best and worst days of my career!

 

Tools of the trade!

 

Flew over those crossed swords on missions above Baghdad a ton. You could see them all the way to 15,000 feet and higher. Insane. There were two sets of I remember correctly.