I got the idea from the last thread I checked out,
I thought maybe we all could if everyone agreed to it that is,
post a pic of themselves to match a face to a name if you will?
Mine is a picture of myself getting ready to go on patrol in Kosovo in 2002, here’s the link below.
Sorry Redleg … access was denied for viewing.
I don’t think you want to see my face! Every time I take a photo, I end up looking at it and asking myself, ‘Gawd… am I REALLY that old?’ One of my crew took a nice photo of me in the Cheif’s seat of our Paladin, but the ol’ Chief looks like Whistler’s Mother! Gravity is most certainly winning the battle. Did a 12 year break in service make look that old??? (yes)
Seriously though, it’s a great idea and if I ever get a good photo again, I’ll post it for y’all.
Ron.
fixed it, should be good now? (Black and white photo)
I’m also 26yrs old, 27 in Nov.
This was last summer in Kuwait. I was on Camp Doha with a joint task force. We were leaving for the field when this was taken. Nice balmy afternoon 115F at around 5 pm. IT was 130 the next day [:p] [V]
It’s not even a nice place to visit [:p]
Eric
Great idea Redleg, curiosity kills the cat…
Erush, my brother-in-law got back from Doha Qatar(I assume its the same place as Camp Doha) recently after the major ops ended in Iraq. He hated the place with a passion. He said he had sand in every crack of his body constantly. Oh yeah, it was hot, hotter, and well you’ve been there…After reading your post again, I think they might be different places. Yes?
“It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it.”-R.E.Lee
Redleg - That’s better now … another youngin’ … but I see that there is more proof in this photo between building armour models and hair (or lack of it).
Eric - Quit trying to steal that poor soldiers rations from their pack !!!
posting my pic would break monitors all over the world!! Big red one!!! Nice alice pack redleg. My back still feels them! Thanks to you and erush for your service!!! I salute you and all the other vets here! God bless you all! Bob
Tigerman You figured it correctly. Qatar is a country south of Kuwiat below Saudi. Doha in Kuwait is an old port converted to an Army base. Still neither place is somewhere I’d want to go [:p]
Sherm you do me wrong brother. I’m facing the camera and that’s a female army Lt going through someones pack [;)] Actually that was Lt B’s pack and I guess she wasn’t done packing [:D] I’m talking to PFC (now SPC) Lisa Walters as we prepare to roll out.
Eric
Not that pack Bubba !!!
I know you’re the big fella’ in the middle and isn’t that your right hand trying to slip the ration pack out …
hmmm … I think so.
Here is a picture of me taken by a friend during a field trip to my motor pool back in July. I was giving rides in an M113A3. I was just under 39½ years old and now I am just over 39½ years old. The big 4-0 is looming ahead, on the plus side, I have less than 4 years to go before I can retire!
Good to be able to put a face to the “voice” Major Rob.
But of course you now know you may be fair game for the photo manipulators around here.
Soon they’ll have you in the commanders hatch of a Russian T-something-or-other.
At least he doesn’t have to worry too much about Chinese Buffet jokes.[:P]
I’ve TC’d in the commander’s hatch of a Kuwaiti M-84 (Yugoslav made T-72) as well as in a former Iraqi T-59 (Chinese made). I’m not that unfamiliar with Soviet tanks.
Okay, Okay,
I give in. This is a picture of me a few years earlier. You can definetly see I had an interest in German Armor
I took an extended trip to Argentena, but I’m back in the states now. Just don’t tell anyone you saw this picture.
Hey SF,
Shhhhh, I was thinking more of one of those little french tankettes. Congrats on number 1800 - closing in on 2,000!
Major Rob - glad to see you. Redleg and Erock as well.
Major,
You fit in a T-72? I had to turn down a chance to drive one because they couldn’t find a shoe horn big enough to squeeze my fat butt into it! I’ve driven a T-34/85… my leg still hurts from the clutch (I prefer Stuarts and Shermans, yes, over M1’s, M113’s and M109’s). I’ll have to find a photo that’s fit to post. It’ll scare the heck out of all of you!
Just looked around my office. I found one of my wife and me with an M3 Light I was driving for the Patton Museum. I’ll have to scan it, then figure out how th’ heck to get it onto this page!
Have a great weekend all!
Ron.
Ron.
At 5’2" and 140 lbs, I fit comfortably into most modern as well as vintage armored vehicles.
This turned out to be a pretty good idea, and lots of fun!
I should show you guys the mo-hawk I cut when I was in Kosovo, it looked horrrrrible!
Rob good to see you my friend, you’ve been the source for any Abrams information. You, J-Hulk, myself are all in the 4-0 to be club. [:p]
Build22 you have me ROTFLMAO. That pic along with your other post with the pics of Shermie and Bill were just what the doctor ordered for me this week; I needed that! I like your Sturmpanzer also.
“It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it.”-R.E.Lee
It’s great to see so many people, of all ages, having a bit of fun here, and it’s good to see a few more faces guys.
Gotta get my ugly mug up here soon, or I might be too late (at least all the chubby jokes might be used up by then[:D]
For you ‘youngens’, I remember when I was younger and thought 40 was old, but once you get there it ain’t so bad. I still got a full head of hair at 42, it just ain’t the colour it used to be; Anybody ever tried painting a figure with grey hair[:p]
Keep up the good atmosphere in the forums.
Happy modelling
Peter