Pedantic Posted March 21, 2003 Share Posted March 21, 2003 I liked the golf one...that was sweet. So were the martial-arts ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XERXES Posted March 21, 2003 Author Share Posted March 21, 2003 British Royal Marines, from 539 Troop, off the coast of Kuwait today. U.S. and British troops with journalists take shelter in 'scud trenches' during an alert of an Iraqi scud missile attack. British soldiers test their weapons before heading into desert combat. A soldier with the Czech Republic's Army Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) Unit wears gas mask during a missile attack alarm in Kuwait City. U.S. troops in protective NBC(Nuclear, Biological and Chemical) suits make their way in a mass convoy through northern Kuwait towards Iraq. A British convoy of Land Rovers drives through the northern Kuwaiti desert towards Iraq. Soldiers in the U.S. Army 3 Battalion 15th Infantry aim towards Iraq while atop the last Kuwaiti berm before crossing the border. U.S. soldiers quickly don their NBC (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) uniforms during an Iraqi missile attack in the Kuwaiti desert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XERXES Posted March 21, 2003 Author Share Posted March 21, 2003 British troops mass, and prepare to enter Iraq. British troops on the move towards Iraq. A U.S. Marine sits under his poncho liner during an Iraqi scud attack in the desert. A U.S. Marine closes his eyes as he waits in a full nuclear biological and chemical protection suit in a bunker at a desert base in Kuwait after a warning of a second scud missile attack from Iraq . British troops from the Household Cavalry, serving with the 16 Air Assault, on standby in Kuwait near the Iraqi border. A combination of two pictures shows both sides of the Article of Capitulation, written in Arabic and English, a document which Iraqi forces commanders have to undersign if their troops want to surrender as soon as they face U.S. troops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XERXES Posted March 21, 2003 Author Share Posted March 21, 2003 British Royal Artillary troops from the 29 Commando Regiment fire their 105mm light guns from a position in the Kuwait desert, at targets in Southern Iraq. Tank crews from the Alpha Company 4th Battalion 64 Armor Regiment pray during a heavy sand storm before convoying to a position near the Iraqi border. Aviation ordinancemen push 1,000-pound bombs aboard the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier in preparation for airstrikes against Iraqi targets. F-14 Tomcat pilot Tom 'Tiny' Lumsford from fighter squadron 154 Black Knights gets into the cockpit of his jet prior to taking off for a mission in Iraq. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XERXES Posted March 21, 2003 Author Share Posted March 21, 2003 Tank crews from the Alpha Company 4th Battalion 64 Armor Regiment waive their pistols and a tank shell in the air while performing a 'Seminole war dance' before convoying to the Iraqi border. A Turkish Kurd man watches a U.S. Army convoy driving along the 'silk road,' at the Turkish-Iraqi border near Cizre. Turkish Kurd schoolchildren of Bereket's primary school cheer and wave at a U.S. army convoy driving along the 'silk road,' at the Turkish-Iraqi. U.S. Army vehicles from the 3rd Infantry Division convoy over the Iraqi border. U.S. Army Sgt. Johnny Ray Monroe, 24, from Abbeville, S.C., of A Company 3rd Battalion 7th Infantry Regiment, reads his Bible while his convoy moves into Iraq. U.S. Bradleys on the move. Tanks from the Alpha Company 4th Battalion 64 Armor Regiment kick up heavy dust as they enter Iraq. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedantic Posted March 21, 2003 Share Posted March 21, 2003 What in God's name is on that guys head??? O_o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XERXES Posted March 21, 2003 Author Share Posted March 21, 2003 British troops in the 1st Batallion The Parachute Regiment get ready for action in the Kuwaiti desert. U.S. soldiers take cover in a bunker during an Iraqi missile attack. British Royal Air Force pilot Flight Lt Ian Townsend walks from his Harrier GR7 on his base in Kuwait after completing his mission over Iraq. A British Harrier GR7 jet pilot raises his hand before taking off for his mission over Iraq. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted March 21, 2003 Share Posted March 21, 2003 Hell, this is much better then watching that damned street all day on CNN. Agreed, A mod should sticky this for a while. Don't let it go to your head! Thanks for the great pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XERXES Posted March 21, 2003 Author Share Posted March 21, 2003 U.S. Army soldiers from the 4th Battalion 64 Armor Regiment prepare their vehicles to enter Iraq later today. Soldiers of the 'Widowmakers,' 3/502nd Infantry Battalion of the 101st Airborne Division, dig in after a ground attack near the Iraqi border. A U.S. Marine with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit drinks water through his gas mask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XERXES Posted March 21, 2003 Author Share Posted March 21, 2003 i DO have high resolution pictures...(different pictures of course) but they are pretty big...would you mods rather me not post them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted March 21, 2003 Share Posted March 21, 2003 It won't matter. If they are too big, I think they will show up as hyperlinks, but post them so we can see them. Pwetty pweeze? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XERXES Posted March 21, 2003 Author Share Posted March 21, 2003 warning, if you are on 56k, the modem will likely explode...and if your monitor isnt as big as an average sized tv, be prepared to scroll. i linked them, so it doesnt overload the thread. (these make perfect wallpapers) http://jccc.afis.osd.mil/LBOX/full/739084.jpg http://jccc.afis.osd.mil/LBOX/full/737761.jpg http://jccc.afis.osd.mil/LBOX/full/737410.jpg http://jccc.afis.osd.mil/LBOX/full/737401.jpg http://jccc.afis.osd.mil/LBOX/full/737203.jpg http://jccc.afis.osd.mil/LBOX/full/739438.jpg http://jccc.afis.osd.mil/LBOX/full/741338.jpg http://jccc.afis.osd.mil/LBOX/full/728494.jpg if ya want more just look at the index or whatever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XERXES Posted March 21, 2003 Author Share Posted March 21, 2003 another funny caption An American soldier gasps for air as he realizes too late that his buddies aparently clogged up the breathing filter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTeddyPaul Posted March 21, 2003 Share Posted March 21, 2003 Originally posted by XERXES British soldiers of the Irish Guards regiment march with shamrocks in their berets to celebrate St. Patrick's Day Monday at Camp Coyote in Kuwait. So thats what you do with parsely. BigTeddyPaul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mima kake Posted March 21, 2003 Share Posted March 21, 2003 MIMA KAKE HATES WAR!!! But these are some impresive photo's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leXX Posted March 21, 2003 Share Posted March 21, 2003 OH yes, let's all take the piss out of the British soildiers. Considering they could all very well be dead right now or in the next few days/weeks, I think it's very bad taste to make such jokes. Don't be so bloody immature! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XERXES Posted March 21, 2003 Author Share Posted March 21, 2003 what!?? I was in no way being serious about it...If you look at it that way, I teased the American soldier too:( I'll stop if you say so...you just gotta remember, my sense of humor is pretty cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leXX Posted March 21, 2003 Share Posted March 21, 2003 And I have absolutely no sense of humour when it comes to war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C'jais Posted March 21, 2003 Share Posted March 21, 2003 It was Irish troops, not British. Damn you 'Mercans are fascinated by war.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mex Posted March 21, 2003 Share Posted March 21, 2003 Originally posted by NeoDios And looking 5 pictures above it, with all the British troops...damn!!! Shut up. Nice pictures, very good. And XERXES, this is war, it isnt funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XERXES Posted March 21, 2003 Author Share Posted March 21, 2003 Originally posted by C'jais It was Irish troops, not British. Damn you 'Mercans are fascinated by war.... their soldiers in the Irish Guard...which is in the British Military. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C'jais Posted March 21, 2003 Share Posted March 21, 2003 Originally posted by XERXES their soldiers in the Irish Guard...which is in the British Military. True, but I got the notion that the English people in here still regard Ireland as theirs. My mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C'jais Posted March 21, 2003 Share Posted March 21, 2003 Originally posted by Captain wing Shut up. Relax. If you read more closely, you'll see he's actually impressed by the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XERXES Posted March 21, 2003 Author Share Posted March 21, 2003 Originally posted by C'jais True, but I got the notion that the English people in here still regard Ireland as theirs. My mistake. im not British/English either...but I do know that soldiers from all the teritories are still called British troops...well cause...its the British army, I mean...look at the pictures with the black people playing guitar and singing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted March 21, 2003 Share Posted March 21, 2003 Originally posted by mima kake MIMA KAKE HATES WAR!!! But these are some impresive photo's. OMG! OMG! mima is alive!!!! Yes!!! Do you have any idea how much I have missed you?!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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