 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 |