Graduation day- 17 May 2002 |
First squad leader |
Family Day- first time seeing my 3 month old son since he was 10 days old. |
At 29 Palms |
2003 Marine Corps Ball |
Armory Section at the Ball |
Gunny Ermey at my graduation |
50 Cal. mounted on HMMWV |
A day at the range |
MK19 - 40mm grenade machine gun |
Cpl Arce at work- fix guns and kill things! |
Machine gun shoot, Jan 2004 |
Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center (MCMWTC)- Bridgeport, CA |
View of the training area from Base Camp |
View of the Base Camp from the training area |
Survival diet class- rabbit |
Our barracks at MCMWTC |
Crossing a river with a "one rope bridge" |
Rappelling with full pack |
Suspension Traverse- for moving Marines and supplies on steep to vertical terrain |
Sno-Cats for winter time |
Oshkosh 7-ton truck |
Oshkosh 7-ton truck |
Me and Cpl. Gorman. He leaves for Iraq Aug 04 |
Swim qual. wearing cammies, boots, flak, kevlar, pack and rifle. |
Swim qual. |
Birthday Ball 04- Circus Circus, Reno |
The XO with an MP-5 |
Live fire, urban movement course, obstacles simulate urban environment |
Pistol range |
Me boxing the Major |
Me and the Major after the fight |
MC Ball 2003-Double Tree Hotel San Jose |
MC Ball 2004 Circus Circus Reno |
Some new weapons shipping crates for embark. |
New embark crates |
About half of the 10k rounds we fired last weekend |
Stacked like gold bricks |
Standing |
Kneeling |
Prone |
There's something you don't see everyday |
Worlds largest MOUT/SASO facility |
Inside one of the "houses" |
This is what we did for two weeks, put up the railings |
Tank damage |
M48A3 tank |
Rear of the tank |
In the drivers hatch |
View from the drivers seat |
Yes, they actually let me operate the front loader |
Me in the front loader |
The front loader could not lift high enough for the 3-story houses |
Setting the third story |
Releasing the straps |
Waiting to get on the buses |
Handing out grenades |
Mmmm.. Grenade |