has a nice view.
A windy day at the top of a hill.
Feb 13 2012
My New Office
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shouldbeworking
February 13, 2012 at 19:08 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Quiet neighbours, I hope.
Garrett
February 13, 2012 at 20:04 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Holy shit, we invaded Mars?!?
Katherine Lorraine, Chaton de la Mort
February 13, 2012 at 20:57 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
There’s clearly an atmosphere. This isn’t Mars.
It’s Venus.
Hot out there, AA. Wear sunblock.
Garrett
February 13, 2012 at 21:42 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Well, to be fair, Mars has an atmosphere… it’s just really thin.
Saul Adrem
February 14, 2012 at 00:54 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
LOL, that’s exactly what I thought when I saw the pic…Mars indeed.
Ray Moscow
February 17, 2012 at 15:19 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
It might have been cheaper to invade Mars.
den1s
February 13, 2012 at 20:17 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
moon base Alpha?
Makoto
February 13, 2012 at 20:35 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Wow, Newt moved fast on his idea. Maybe he made his moonbase into a Kickstartr project or something so he didn’t have to wait to be elected to his second term…
Stephanie Zvan
February 13, 2012 at 21:08 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Very nice at sunset/sunrise. I hope it doesn’t suck at noon.
bbgunn
February 13, 2012 at 21:21 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Is that the high ground?
RealityBasedSteve
February 13, 2012 at 21:53 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
What about OPSEC??? Why on CSI (insert favorite city here) they would just take that picture, pop it into the computer, say “enhance”, and then run it through a database of all know geographic sites to determine your exact location.
Wishing you well,
Steve Wagner
F
February 14, 2012 at 02:11 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Well, knowing the exact time the image was taken, and observing the light source, I’ll bet image experts could narrow down the location pretty well.
eoleen
February 13, 2012 at 23:04 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Hope you’ve got a bunch of M18A1′s (aka “greenies”) all nicely emplaced on the brow of that-there hill….
Trebuchet
February 14, 2012 at 00:58 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Assuming that’s the country I think it is, people have been fighting over it for centuries. Every time I see a picture I wonder “Why?”
Paul Weaver
February 14, 2012 at 19:51 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Nah, we’ve only been “fighting” over that land since WWII.
Usually pretty nice at this time of year – until the dust storms come in, then it’s just time to hunker down and let it pass.
At least you get the sweet smell of CS to regularly clear your sinuses out!
Assassin Actual
February 15, 2012 at 05:20 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Ding Ding Ding, Winners always recognize the box. I am now an OC apparently. Cobra 11C. This COP got knocked out later that night. 110 Opfor assaulting the objective and doing a textbook breach.
I thought the BFA’s would give it away.
Even better, the platoon i’m OC’n lost a set of NVGs on the damn hill. Even better it was when their SCO came to visit and observe training, even better the BDE CO landed on his blackhawk 10 minutes later, Even Better it took 5 damn hours to find them.
Train 2 win
'Tis Himself, OM
February 15, 2012 at 23:19 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
The British Florist Association would never do that! :-þ
Assassin Actual
February 15, 2012 at 23:29 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
BFA = Blank Firing adapter. Blank rounds have a lower powder charge than normal bullets so you have to block the barrel to achieve sufficient pressure for the weapon to properly cycle (read: get another round in the breach). This also acts as a safety mechanism as it reduces the flame and carbon that would otherwise get ejected from the barrel.
'Tis Himself, OM
February 16, 2012 at 03:07 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Sorry, I was a nuke Machinist’s Mate in the Navy ever so many years ago. We worked with different things than you Army guys so we had different jargon. Would you like to have
Trim and drain,
Shaft and main,
3B, 4B
explained to you?
Even if you don’t, this bit of doggerel gives the power supplies for the trim pump and drain pump and the shaft lube oil pump and main turbine lube oil pumps in 594, 637 and 688 class submarines. (I don’t know about other classes, I only served in one 594 class boat and heard the 637 and 688 class boats were similar to the 594 class). The trim pump (large pump used to move water between VBTs [Variable Ballast Tanks]) and the shaft lube oil pump are powered off Battery Bus #3. Tthe drain pump (used to pump large tanks like Sanitary Tank #2 and the Waste Oil Collection Tank) and the shaft lube oil pump are powered from Battery Bus #4.
Aren’t you sorry you didn’t ask?
'Tis Himself, OM
February 16, 2012 at 03:12 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Oops, sorry, the flying fingers made a mistook.
The drain pump and main turbine lube oil pumps were powered from 4B (Battery Bus #4).
Assassin Actual
February 16, 2012 at 04:07 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
And know I know, and knowing is half the battle.
F
February 14, 2012 at 02:12 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I’d like an office like that, minus all the hardware.
YankeeCynic
February 14, 2012 at 03:35 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Only the one M120 Heavy Mortar? Better than nothing, I guess.
Getting any Calls for Fire done while you’re out? That’s always a blast (no pun intended) and will be one of the few things I miss after transferring out of Field Artillery.
ambulocetacean
February 14, 2012 at 10:58 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Tatooine looks nice this time of year. I hope you stay safe.
tubi
February 14, 2012 at 15:59 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
It’s OK, but it’s missing something. Maybe a ficus?
lordshipmayhem
February 14, 2012 at 20:36 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I think I can see your yacht from here. Or is that a Hummer?
Art
February 15, 2012 at 04:16 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
You might want to contact the engineers and see if they can bring in the divisional landscape architect and their platoon of elite airmobile gardeners. The things they can do with an entrenching tool is amazing.
I’m thinking some ground cover, a few specimen plants, a bit of hardscaping (A nice brick BBQ pit and smoker, perhaps a large chimnea), and a few small drought tolerant trees will make it all very homey. With some hard work yours may be the first COP to win the good-housekeeping seal of approval. Wouldn’t that be fabulous.
Marcus Ranum
February 22, 2012 at 03:32 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
That looks like a pretty important place to keep terrorists out of. Yep. For sure. A strategic crossroads or something like that.
brazilian hair extentions
December 15, 2012 at 20:42 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I suppose its ok to use some of your ideas*~* http://brazilian1.anime-report.com/Entry/2